Kien Nguyen

Director of Product Management, Teach For America

San Diego

When things are ambiguous, I love finding clarity especially when building new products. I also enjoy volunteering and building community for tech / startup professionals in San Diego.

I am a product manager with 3+ years of experience in B2C & B2B software product discovery work and taking high potential ideas and turning them into products.

Currently, I'm a product manager at Teach for America (TFA) where I have the opportunity to define and build products that help improve connectivity and strengthen the community among TFA's 60,000+ alumni.

In my prior product role at Mitchell International, I led user research & product discovery work which resulted in the development of a new product that I saw all the way through from idea to launch and allowed our business unit to secure a new strategic partnership, bringing in $1.5 million in annual recurring revenue.

Being the first in my family to graduate from college and work in product & tech meant I often had to be resourceful to figure next steps. I can not thank the communities that have helped me to grow personally & professionally enough. That is why I try to give back whenever I can. Most recently with Startup San Diego I helped to organize San Diego Startup Week in 2019.