Rip Lyster is a Director of Product with eight years of engineering and product leadership experience, grounded in dual BS degrees from Carnegie Mellon in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy. He blends hands-on software and systems engineering with product strategy, driving AI-infused features and operational improvements across startups and scaleups. At Top Provider and previous roles at View and Xip/Fractional AI he led cross-functional teams to cut mobile bugs by 95%, implement remote monitoring with AWS Lambda, and launch AI reminder flows that improved retention. Comfortable shipping infrastructure, analytics, and customer-facing products, he also designed hiring pipelines and led onboarding for early engineering growth. A former NCAA swimmer, he applies disciplined teamwork and persistence to complex product pivots and shutdowns, and has an unexpected sideline interest in renewable energy and precision engineering work reflected on his GitHub. Based in Sunnyvale, he focuses on making AI-driven software more intuitive and operationally robust.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
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