The Plot

A woman with long brown hair, blue eyes, and a subtle smile, wearing a black sleeveless top with a textured dark blue background.

The Origin

I grew up in Puerto Rico where music wasn't background noise, it was the air. Salsa on Saturday mornings, Cultura Profética at the beach, reggaeton to close the night. I staged concerts in my living room, choreographed shows for an audience of one. I didn't know it then, but I was already obsessed with the same question I ask every day at work: what makes people feel something so strong they can't explain it?

Two people playing piano outdoors while a group of people stand watching nearby.

That question took me everywhere. A sumo arena in Japan, stadiums and experiences across continents, a Bad Bunny concert where 19,000 people sang every word in unison, not as an audience, as a single living thing. Every place taught me the same thing: we are all completely different and we all want exactly the same thing. To feel alive.

That's the PM I became.

A person with long hair, glasses, and a cap, working on a laptop covered with stickers, on a rooftop with a cityscape in the background.

The Craft

I've led 63-person cross-functional organizations. Shipped a 0→1 AI platform in less than a year that landed Google and drove $300M in pipeline. I build fast, I make calls with incomplete information, and I thrive when the stakes are real and the path isn't clear yet.

People sitting at outdoor café tables in front of a building with a green cross pharmacy sign, while others walk by on the street in an urban area.

The Drive

A black-and-white photo of a man and woman outdoors, both wearing dark jackets. The man has glasses and shoulder-length hair, looking downward. The woman, with long hair and sunglasses, appears to be showing something on a device they are both looking at. In the background, there are buildings and chimneys.

The adrenaline of a product coming together from nothing is the closest thing I know to being down 2 points with 15 seconds on the clock, your favorite singer playing your favorite song, the plane landing in a city you've never seen. That's it for me. I think about products the same way I think about photographs: you don't manufacture meaning, you frame it. That's craft. Not building everything but choosing what matters.

The Throughline

Every case study here is different. They all share the same belief:

Products become durable when they respect how people actually feel.

That's the plot I keep returning to.

— Gabi

Doble exposure shot on medium format film. Film photography capturing a boat, a girl and river town. A study in perspective and framing the narrative.
Double exposure shot on medium format film. A visual study on layering context and identity, mirroring the portfolio's theme of complex systems.