Whitney L
Founder, CEO at The Startup Life
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWhitney L is a product-focused founder and former Microsoft product/technical program manager with eight years of experience designing and delivering complex cross-functional technology programs that improve acquisition, retention, and operational efficiency. She has led end-to-end product roadmaps, UX experiments, localization, and feature launches that measurably cut support calls and boosted adoption, while also advising customers and supporting field sellers. As CEO of The Startup Life and founder of Haitians in Tech, she blends startup product instincts with nonprofit workforce development to advance healthcare storytelling, financial wellness tools, and tech opportunity for underrepresented communities. A full-stack-trained engineer who began in web development and government tech (Code for America), she pairs hands-on technical fluency with strategic marketing and partnership-building. Notably, she applies analytics-driven product marketing to scale program launches and create case studies that amplify impact beyond product metrics.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Relations and Affairs, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Relations and Affairs at Florida State UniversityBachelor in International Relations, Bachelor in International Relations at Koç Üniversitesi HastanesiInternational Relations and Affairs, International Relations and Affairs at Koç UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Wyncode Academy
English, French, Haitian Creole
Github Skills (17)
github8
git8
patch6
subversion5
react3
backend3
rails-api3
transit3
ruby2
rails2
dashboard2
openstreetmap2
ruby-on-rails2
gatsbyjs2
api2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TheStartupLife/thestartuplife-052020
May 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 8 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 9 months
civicengager/gethousingweb
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
A Ruby and ReactJS project behind the GetHousing Web Dashboard built by Code for America 2019 Fellows
Contributions:17 PRs, 136 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
reactamericareactjs-projectrubydashboard
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