René DeAnda

About Me

AI Product Manager
20
Projects
17+
Years Active

My Story

I love to create. I'm a product manager at Microsoft with a passion for learning and building. From self-taught coding to crafting the popular Delightful gratitude journal app, I'm on a mission to innovate and make a positive impact.

Family, friends, and creating things to help other people are the most important things to me.

PRODUCT STUFF

What are your sources of inspiration?

When I started making mobile applications in 2015 I was a bit lost when it came to design. I started just paying attention to the applications I was using everyday on my phone that I loved. The app that I believe was ahead of its time with amazing UI/UX was the Wunderlist task management application. I loved the colors and functional design of the app. Over time, I've continued to stay up to date with Google and Apple design standards while keeping an eye out for apps that don't exactly adhere to the standards and in some ways shape the future design standards.

Beyond the surface, the most important source of inspiration to develop better apps is your users. My Delightful users have given me direct feedback that over time made me a much better product maker. As a product maker, it's awesome if you can be the user of your product but you have to get out of your own way and be conscious that you are not the only user of your product.

Experience

Skills & Expertise

Product

Product StrategyCross-team CollaborationPlatform DevelopmentDeveloper ExperienceData-Driven Decision MakingGo-to-Market StrategyStakeholder ManagementProcess Improvement

AI Tools

Claude (Code/API)GitHub Copilotv0LovableWarpBolt.newChatGPT

Development

React.jsNext.jsPythonReact NativeKotlinTypeScript

Technical

API/SDK DesignSystem ArchitectureMobile App DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentAI/ML Integration

Let's Work Together

Interested in collaborating on a project or just want to say hi? I'd love to hear from you.

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