Summary
Melissa Guyre is a product and design leader with 12 years of experience blending human-centered design, engineering rigor, and startup-style execution to build connected consumer experiences and AI-driven services. Currently heading Global Applied AI product and design at Panasonic, she has led AI wellness coaching ventures, IoT-connected kitchen products, and streaming/content platforms across roles at Panasonic, Traeger, Yummly, and IGN. Known for crisp technical specs that engineers appreciate, she combines qualitative research methods, rapid prototyping, and data-informed roadmapping to move ideas from concept to scalable products. Her domain expertise spans IoT hardware, personalized recommendations, developer APIs, subscription commerce, and content management systems. A lifelong learner with an MS in Human Factors, she pairs academic research in conversational interfaces with practical product leadership and people development. Outside work, she’s an excellent home chef—an unexpected everyday testbed for many of her food-tech product ideas.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Foothill College
Master of Science - MS Human Factors in Information Design, Master of Science - MS Human Factors in Information Design at Bentley University
B.A. Media Studies - Honors Research Program allied field in Cultural Anthropology, B.A. Media Studies - Honors Research Program allied field in Cultural Anthropology at University of Rochester
Blair Academy