Nicolas Wolf

Houston, TX | Email Me

Executive Summary

Product leader with 10+ years shipping AI-powered EdTech and SaaS platforms. Most recently drove Torsh's evolution from video observation tool to AI coaching ecosystem, defining requirements for LLM features including automatic rubric scoring and real-time translation. Track record of scaling products from v1 to v2 through clear roadmaps, cross-functional processes, and measurable outcomes. Skilled at translating complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and establishing documentation and sprint workflows that help teams scale.

Work Experience

Torsh
VP of Product and Engineering
Director of Product
January 2023 – January 2026

Torsh is an AI-powered coaching and talent management platform serving enterprise customers (early childhood programs, K-12 districts and corporate learning organizations) and their end users through a B2B2C model.

  • Drove the platform's transformation from a video observation tool into an AI-powered coaching ecosystem, shipping LLM-based features including automatic rubric scoring, real-time translation, and intelligent evaluation assistance that reduced evaluation time by 40% and expanded into new market segments including early childhood education
  • Established evaluation frameworks for AI-generated content, defining quality metrics and building test sets to measure accuracy, tone, and compliance across LLM-powered features, achieving 92% user satisfaction scores and ensuring reliable performance as models and prompts evolved
  • Managed cross-functional team of 8+ product managers, engineers, and designers, establishing documentation practices, sprint processes, and executive reporting cadences that increased sprint velocity by 60% and reduced critical bugs by 35%
  • Designed a flexible, widget-based architecture with role-based permissions that allowed customers to configure the platform to their specific organizational workflows, expanding addressable market by 45% and increasing platform adoption among existing customers by 28%
  • Led discovery and specification for strategic integrations with 5+ external systems including HubSpot and Canvas, translating complex institutional requirements into clear engineering roadmaps and delivering all integrations on schedule with zero post-launch critical issues
Laurie + MaryJane
Chief Technology Officer
May 2020 – January 2023

Laurie + MaryJane is an award-winning, family-owned cannabis edibles company based in Portland, Oregon, sold in 200+ dispensaries statewide.

  • Oversaw all IT operations for a regulated manufacturing environment, balancing operational efficiency with the strict documentation and auditability requirements of state cannabis licensing
  • Implemented training programs that reduced onboarding time by 40% while maintaining zero compliance violations
  • Designed and implemented METRC-integrated inventory tracking systems to meet Oregon state regulatory compliance, maintaining a clean compliance record with zero audit findings as the company scaled from 5 to 200+ dispensary partnerships
  • Built and managed facility security infrastructure including access control, surveillance networks, and compliance logging for a 20-person production operation
  • Developed ingredient management and batch tracking workflows for edible manufacturing, enabling precise dosing consistency and quality control as the team grew from 3 to 20 staff during the pandemic-driven market boom
Actionaly Inc. (formerly BluPods)
Head of Customer Success
December 2019 – May 2020

Actionaly is a family engagement start-up geared around household engagement and "need to know" information, rather than a constant rush of information.

  • Partnered with engineering to design, prioritize, and ship product updates including automatic translation and newsletter features
  • Built initial Customer Success structure after 3-4 years of formerly ad-hoc support. Wrote customer success "standard operating procedure" for customer success managers to follow
  • Identified usability and initial implementation pain points with current customers and worked with engineering and sales to find dynamic solutions
Alma Technologies
Director of Key Accounts
June 2016 – November 2019

Alma Technologies is a Student Information System (SIS) with an emphasis on modern instructional practices, such as standards based grading.

  • Grew customer base from 4 school districts to over 50 during tenure, with most growth driven by customer referrals
  • Designed and shipped an Onboarding Portal in under two months, saving approximately 20 hours per customer on data migration and still in use today
  • Partnered with Product and Engineering to design and release major platform updates including a customer report builder and enhanced standards-based gradebook
  • Redesigned customer service workflows to improve support quality for both customers and internal engineers
KIPP Foundation
Senior Product Manager
Digital Media and Operations Manager
March 2015 – June 2016
July 2013 – March 2015

The KIPP Foundation is a national nonprofit supporting 275+ KIPP charter schools nationwide.

  • Planned, developed, and managed KIPP U, a professional development platform used by over 1,400 teachers across dozens of schools and regions
  • Led LMS vendor selection process end-to-end: wrote the RFP, evaluated vendors, managed stakeholder alignment, and oversaw content migration to the new platform
  • Managed multiple teams of external developers and trained dozens of schools on platform implementation
KIPP NYC
Special Projects Manager
Technology Associate
August 2010 – June 2013
December 2009 – July 2010

KIPP NYC is a regional nonprofit charter management organization operating 18 schools in New York City, part of the broader KIPP network.

  • Managed technology buildout during KIPP NYC's expansion from 4 to 9 schools, delivering 7 site renovations, 3 new school startups, and 1 school relocation on schedule with an average budget of $510k per project
  • Implemented Salesforce to track student and alumni data, training 75 staff members and designing custom reports
  • Coordinated website redesign that increased average time on page by 62%
  • Led migration of 300 user accounts and 50,000+ files from SharePoint to a cloud-based knowledge management system, training 350 teachers and staff

Technical Skills & Platforms

Product: Jira, Asana, Figma (collaboration), Lovable
AI/ML: OpenAI API, Codex, Claude Code, n8n, Langfuse, Google Gemini, Gong
Platforms: Google Workspace, Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce CRM, Zendesk, HubSpot
EdTech Systems: Student Information Systems (Alma, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus), Learning Management Systems (Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom), Mobile Device Management (Jamf, Google Workspace)
Technical: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL (learning), API integrations
Certifications: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Google IT Support Certificate, Google Workspace Administration Specialization

Education

McGill University
2005-2009
History Major
East Asian Studies Minor