Liz Karst
Principal Product Manager - Microsoft Teams
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLiz Karst is a principal product leader with eight years of experience turning ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes across platform, marketplace, and consumer products. Currently shaping collaboration at Microsoft Teams, she has a track record of delivering double- and triple-digit impact by aligning cross-functional teams and obsessing over intuitive user experiences. Previously she led growth and marketplace product at edX and built a V1 data platform at Uplight that onboarded 250k+ devices and accelerated utility program launches via new data and analytics APIs. Comfortable contributing technically when needed, she has hands-on experience with data models, ingestion pipelines, and web stacks (Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Phoenix) and scaled product teams from small to 10+ PMs. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Liz blends rigorous engineering training in mathematical biology with practical product craftsmanship, often surfacing operational frameworks that boost planning efficiency and adoption. Her uncommon combination of systems thinking and customer-first detail work helps teams move fast without sacrificing long-term product health.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron SchoolB.S. in Engineering Mathematical Biology, B.S. in Engineering Mathematical Biology at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringColorado School of MinesProgramming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
efkarst/ttt-with-ai-project-v-000
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:190 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
efkarst/homeup
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:103 pushes, 8 branches in 3 months
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