Isabella
Otterson.
I’m a product manager in Mastercard’s Blockchain & Digital Assets group, where I build Crypto Credential, the verification layer that lets people send crypto to an email, phone number or username instead of a long wallet address. I studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley, so I’m comfortable going deep with engineers on API design.
Outside of work, I’m usually surfing, wing foiling, or somewhere near the ocean.
Experience.
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Mastercard
Blockchain & Digital Assets · San Francisco, CA
2024–Now
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Product Manager
Feb 2026 – Now
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Associate Product Manager
Aug 2024 – Feb 2026
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LinkedIn
Developer Productivity & Happiness · Sunnyvale, CA
2023
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Technical Program Manager Intern
May – Aug 2023
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Ouster
AI-Driven Point-Cloud Perception · San Jose, CA
2022
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Software Product Management Intern
May – Aug 2022
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Projects.
Reclaim1st PlaceReclaim
Ruth AI × Google DeepMind · Multi-agent Gemini platform that helps deepfake survivors enforce 48-hour takedowns.
Earshot
Oakland Tech Week: The 10X Hackathon · Interview companion with live captions, real-time translation, and voice amplification for deaf, hard-of-hearing and non-English-speaking job seekers.
HABit
Fung Fellowship · Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Monitoring using Planet Labs satellite data.
Hackathons.
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Code With Claude: Women in AINext up
Nov 2026
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Oakland Tech Week: The 10X HackathonEarshot3rd place
Oct 2026
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Ruth AI × Google DeepMind: AI for Social GoodReclaim1st place
Sep 2026
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AI Valley: Build What You Love
Feb 2026
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Ruth AI × Lovable: AI for Social GoodSignet AI
Nov 2025
Education.
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Computer Science · Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology
2024
Honors
Dean’s List · Fung Future Forward Innovation Award
Coursework
- Product Management
- Decentralized Finance
- Financial Reporting
- Data and Decisions
- Intro to AI
- Responsible GenAI
Campus Leadership
- VP of Industry, Mobile Developers of Berkeley · chaired the Berkeley Tech Fair (175 students, 15+ teams)
- Technical PM, Mobile Developers of Berkeley · led 8 developers on a $13K client app
- Conservation & Innovation Fellow, Fung Fellowship · built HABit, an algal bloom warning API using Planet Labs satellite data
- Course Coordinator, SCET · two challenge labs, Product Management and Connected Life (50+ students each)
- Lab Tutor, EECS 16A · guided students through hands-on circuits labs in Designing Information Devices and Systems
- Recruiting Intern, Cal Football · ran game-day recruiting visits, marketing campaigns, prospect outreach, and maintained the recruit database
Skills.
Product
- 0→1 strategy
- Requirements & PRDs
- Prototyping
- User research
- Capacity planning
Technical
- API design
- React Native
- Python
- Java
- JavaScript
- Supabase
- Firebase
Domain
- Payments
- Stablecoins
- Creator economy
Tools
- Jira
- Confluence
- Figma
- Claude Code
- Lovable
- Replit
Languages
- English (native)
- German (professional working)
- Spanish (limited working)