Summary
Federica Pelzel is a product leader with 12+ years’ experience bringing mission-driven technology from concept to maturity across startups, government, and Fortune-scale firms; she currently shapes products at Google after directing humanitarian data products at Mastercard. Trained in design and now grounded in technical product management through UPenn’s MCIT, she sits at the intersection of strategy, user-centered design, and technical rigor. Federica has a track record of launching open data and civic tech initiatives, and she researches fairness and ethics in AI, speaking internationally on human-tech topics. She combines hands-on product execution with a policy-aware perspective, often translating complex data systems into usable, socially positive products.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Universidad de Palermo
MCIT, MCIT at University of Pennsylvania