Trained as an engineer, now a product manager, nonprofit builder, and funder.
Engineer. 2012-15 Started as a software researcher at Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, building immersive VR environments. Then Endless Mobile, building a computer and OS for people in Latin America and Africa who'd never owned one.
PM. 2016-19, 2022-24 Moved into product at Andela, helping developers across Africa build careers at US companies. Then Pivotal Labs, consulting on enterprise product. Then Google, as PM on the App Ads team, leading the roadmap to simplify and automate app advertising. Resulted in $200M+ ARR.
Nonprofit builder. 2020-22, 2025-now Co-founded Emergent Works, a nonprofit that trains and employs formerly incarcerated engineers (raised $1M+, still going). Then Touchdown NYC, a mentorship platform for people coming out of incarceration, built during a fellowship at Blue Ridge Labs. Now consulting for Fair Chance Futures (AI career coaching for justice-involved job seekers) and ClusterFree (rare disease research nonprofit).
Funder. 2025-now On the board of the Goizueta Foundation, which funds K-12 education nonprofits in Atlanta. Also support a range of nonprofits focused on education, workforce development, and neglected disease research.
Advising nonprofits and doing grantmaking. Open to conversations.
Email is best: rcgoizueta@gmail.com
Also on LinkedIn and
GitHub.