01. About Me
My philosophy
- People are human - Be kind. Be Candid.
- Technology is a tool for building things that matter - Worse is better (similar to 10 Principles of Design ).
- Companies become who they hire - Empower people. Help them grow. Don't work with assholes.
- Keep moving - Communicate Progress. Optimize for learning.
My story
Hi! My name is Eric Andresen and I enjoy building things that matter.
My interest in products started with a historical pattern I saw while studying at Lund, Harvard, and Cambridge Universities - living standards have always depended on technology.
Since then, I've been fascinated by the question of how to make things people want. I've worked in product roles across multiple early-stage companies, as a software engineer on both front and back ends, and started my own startup to make data-driven decision-making easier.
02. Products I've Worked On
Andresen & Associates (Currently)
Financial Services - asset management for professional trustees
- Create client, people, and task management processes
- Focus strategy to align with operational strengths
- Build customer acquisition pipeline
Context (Co-founder / CEO)
Analytics - let your entire team release, monitor, and personalize features using Segment
- Customer research and acquisition
- Build MVP (Typescript, React, Python, GCP)
- Business stuff - strategy, investor relations, partnerships, etc.
Slice (Software Engineer)
Ecommerce - help local restaurants compete with chains by getting them online
- Front End (Typescript, React) - analytics instrumentation, a/b testing infrastructure, front end performance, feature work
- Back End (Python, Elastic Search, AWS) - microservice adoption, search, localization, monitoring
- Focus product on a core market
- Create growth strategy
- Work with scientists and engineers to design an industrial process for insect cultivation
- Lobby regulators to allow novel uses of insects in feed and fertilizer
Psocratic (Product)
Health Tech - reduce burnout in healthcare providers using mindfulness
Illucen (Product)
Ag Tech - Next-gen organic fertilizer using insects fed on food waste
03. Let's Chat
Working on something interest? I love to talk to interesting people about interesting things. Reach out and let me know what's on your mind.