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Eugene is an accomplished Head of Product with more than 17 years of experience. He has focused his engineering and technical management expertise on XR solutions design, prototyping, and product management for startups and enterprise companies such as Lucid Reality Labs, Room 8 Studio, and iLogos Game Studios.

Kelly Provost is a business analyst and project manager with more than 20 years of experience leading Agile teams. Her former clients include JPMorgan Chase and IBM, as well as startups and organizations such as BMW Financial Services and the Ohio Department of Commerce.

Peter Matuszak is Toptal’s Senior Writer for Business. A former investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune and policy advisor to multiple governmental agencies and officials, he now writes about tech, finance, and the future of work for Toptal Insights.

Rehan is a multidisciplinary designer who specializes in branding, UX, and customer experience design. Past clients include Target, Volkswagen, and the Commercial Bank of Qatar. He’s won more than 45 awards, and his work has appeared in international design publications.

As a product manager specializing in data science, Lavinius helps clients improve product performance and scale their businesses. His portfolio includes the creation of an AI price prediction engine, which used machine learning to forecast optimal pricing for the cruise industry.

Timothy is an experienced software architect who has created multiple game engines with C++, including one used in more than 100 titles. His extensive background in Java ranges from Android game and application development to industry experience at Amazon, building an Android client for the AWS AppStream service. He has used more than 20 programming languages in his career, several of which he custom created to meet a specific need.

John Lee is the co-founder of The Work From Anywhere Team. He advises corporations and individuals on how to solve for tax complexity and other regulatory risks in an increasingly geomobile remote working environment. John has worked across EMEA, APAC, and the US, and has been a remote worker himself. He’s a chartered accountant and has held senior roles for global multinationals, including CRH.

Calin is a product designer, lean UX practitioner, and branding specialist with experience at both startups and large companies. He’s worked on end-to-end product design from concept and strategy to usability testing to visual design. Calin works well with small teams and startup founders to iterate quickly, test early, and deliver on time.

Damir is a digital designer who has created payments systems at Booking.com, open-data portals for Australian state governments, and the search experience at Envato Market. He has also facilitated design sprint workshops at Harvard University, been a lead UX instructor at General Assembly, and led AR/VR design at Archimedes Digital.