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INTRO

Hey, I’m Dara Afraz—a Technical Product Manager focused on Platform Services at Beyond Limits, which is an enterprise AI company that spun out of NASA tech (est. 2014, HC 350+). I come from a background in design, coding, and a bit of involvement in cognitive science research.







PM & STRATEGY

Product Roadmapping
Prioritization, Work Slicing
Product Comms
Cross-functional Alignment
Customer-Centricity
OKRs & Success Metrics
Discovery Workshops
Roadmapping
Backlog Grooming
Sprint Planning
Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Jira, Confluence, BitBucket



TECHNICAL & TOOLS

System Thinking
Technical Decision-Making Fluency
Documentation & Diagrams
API Design Literacy
Data Flow & Integration Awareness
Front-End Fundamentals
Git & Version Control
Scrum, Jira, & Confluence



DESIGN LEADERSHIP

Journey & Experience Mapping
Interaction Design
Behavioral, Attitudinal, and Performance UX Metrics
User Research & Problem Framing
UX Strategy in Product Planning
Information Architecture
Wireframing & Prototyping
UI/UX Audit & Heuristic Eval.
Data-Driven UX Decisions
Design Systems (Implementation & Management)
Responsive Design



SOFT SKILLS

Strategic Decision-Making
Stakeholder Communication
Bias Toward Action
Navigating Ambiguity
Leading Without Authority
Continuous Improvement Mindset
Outcome-Oriented Prioritization
Problem Decomposition
Cross-Functional Facilitation
Hypothesis-Driven Development
Experimentation Mindset
Interpersonal Intelligence



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CASE STUDIES






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WRITING


Appetite Meets Opportunity: A Pragmatic System for Chipping Away at Design Debt︎︎︎
Spectrums of Delusion: How Mapping Misalignment Makes Decisions Easier︎︎︎
Speed, Perceived: Designing Interfaces That Feel Fast (Even When They’re Not)︎︎︎
Design Is Not a Department: Rethinking the Org Chart of Problem-Solving︎︎︎
Low Fidelity, High Leverage: Blueprinting for the Invisible Half of Product︎︎︎
Process as a Medium: Designing the Conditions for Better Work︎︎︎




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