Erren Lester is a product management executive with 10+ years of experience building and commercializing software and AI-enabled products across startups, enterprise, and government. He has led cross-functional engineering, design, and ML teams at Meta and Tulco Labs, where he took multiple ML applications from concept to production and helped drive a $400M acquisition. Erren blends technical depth (B.S. in Computer Science, MBA from Carnegie Mellon) with strategic product leadership, having designed repeatable data architectures and a NIST-based cybersecurity program replicated across portfolio companies. He served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow with Top Secret clearance, bringing government-grade rigor to high-impact initiatives at the FBI. Known for turning complex requirements into pragmatic roadmaps, he also has a track record of increasing company valuations by infusing AI into operations, sales, and products. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines startup agility with enterprise governance to deliver secure, scalable product outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Governor's Diploma, Computer Systems Concentration, Governor's Diploma, Computer Systems Concentration at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
MBA, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategy, MBA, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
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