Product Strategy & Creative Technology

PHILIP RUGO

About

👋 I’m a multi-disciplinary creative technologist turned product leader with a focus in creative software and AI.

My product brain was developed through years of deep real-world experience with creative software. I’ve spent a decade+ building immersive experiences, custom software, and creative solutions for brands like Amazon, Viacom, Tumblr, YouTube, and more. If you’ve travelled through the Portland airport recently, you’ve seen my work on the new 128 foot LED screen installed there.

Through my lifelong obsession with creative software, I’ve cultivated an opinionated and direct product sense of what creatives actually need to make their best work. I bring this fresh perspective to 0->1 product development, strategy, feature development, and user experience for creatives and enterprises.

I’m passionate about reducing time spent in the fog of technical production and increasing the velocity of ideas to IRL. AI tooling is creating a path for this reality, and I’m wildly excited to help shape it.