Usman Raza
Director Of Product Management at Independent Consultant
Albany, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolUsman Raza is a physician-turned-product leader with 12 years of experience building scalable SaaS and patient-facing digital health solutions, now serving as Director of Product Management at Claritas Rx. He combines clinical training and public health experience with an MIS from UC Berkeley and an MPH from Harvard to translate complex care pathways into regulatory-ready software, data platforms, and AI-enabled clinical tools. At Pear Therapeutics and HealthTap he led cross-functional programs that doubled e-prescription and prescriber engagement, sped releases from weeks to days, and launched data products that doubled customer success adoption. A hands-on product engineer and open-source contributor, he has contributed front-end and backend improvements to DuckDuckGo Instant Answers and founded product ventures such as Hardloop and goa Health. He is adept at framing discovery with JTBD and dual-track practices, and holds a patent for an access-control framework—an example of his focus on auditable, scalable systems. Based in Albany, CA, he now consults and collaborates on digital therapeutics, virtual care and RWE initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
HSSC, Pre-Medical, HSSC, Pre-Medical at P.A.F. Degree College PeshawarMaster of Information Management & Systems, Information Science/Studies, Master of Information Management & Systems, Information Science/Studies at UC Berkeley School of InformationMBBS, Medicine, MBBS, Medicine at Khyber Medical CollegeMS, Health Policy & Management, MS, Health Policy & Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Github Skills (9)
instant-view10
duckduckgo10
javascript10
perl10
handlebars10
instantsearch10
html9
css9
testing7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on JavaScript (JSON) APIs
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:111 commits, 14 PRs, 58 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Usman primarily worked on front-end components, particularly within the "astrobin" directory of the repository. Their commits demonstrate a focus on HTML and CSS styling changes, Handlebars template modifications, and JavaScript functionality to enhance the display and user experience of astrophotography information. They also implemented the display of Steam special offers, integrating with Steam's API and managing data presentation on the front-end. The user also modified styling for various pages.
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duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies
Jul 2014 - Nov 2014
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on Perl & JavaScript
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 5 comments, 1 issue in 4 months
Contributions summary:Usman primarily contributed to the backend logic of the DuckDuckGo Instant Answers project. Their work involved modifying Perl code within the `lib/DDG/Goodie` directory, specifically focusing on the `MD5` and `ReverseComplement` modules. Changes include implementing functionality, adding tests, and cleaning up code, suggesting a focus on improving existing instant answers. Further contributions included updates to the calendar functionality through modifying CSS and Perl files.
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