Candace Williams
Senior Product Manager II at HealthSherpa
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCandace Williams is a Senior Product Manager with nine years of experience blending data analysis, backend engineering, and user-centered design to launch and scale revenue-driving digital products. She has a rare background that spans founding science teacher and data analyst roles to technical product work—combining a Stanford MA in Education with hands-on Python/Django development to bridge pedagogy and production. Candace has repeatedly accelerated growth and ARR—growing education products to 5,000+ students and driving a 5X ARR increase at BlogTalkRadio—while also improving engineering workflows like cutting ML deployment times via CLI refactors. Known for introducing scalable SDLC and roadmap processes at organizations of 100+ people, she pairs empathetic research with rigorous metrics to prioritize high-impact work. Based in Greater Boston, she thrives at the intersection of technical implementation, cross-functional leadership, and community-driven product strategies.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude with Department Honors), Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude with Department Honors), Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Claremont McKenna CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Annie Wright SchoolsMaster of Arts, EDUCATION, Master of Arts, EDUCATION at Stanford University
Github Skills (18)
docker10
spark10
kafka10
dbt10
data-science9
data-engineering9
data-structure9
pandas9
python9
data-analysis9
data-structures9
flask8
data-pipeline8
google-cloud8
bootstrap8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
teacherc/spheri-app
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Spheri is a simple web app that recommends a song based on your local weather
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 47 commits in 3 months
songpythonflaskgoogle-cloudbootstrap
teacherc/de_zoomcamp_candace2023
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:27 commits, 29 pushes, 2 branches in 25 days
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