Jay Patel
product manager, Web Developer, and Writer in San Jose, California
From launching Firefox to collaborating with AI
Open Web Activism & Building Tools That Keep Humans at the Center
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Product leader with 20+ years driving innovation at the intersection of technology and creativity. From launching Firefox 1.0 at Mozilla to pioneering AI experiences at Adobe, I've helped shape how millions experience the digital world. Currently building creative empowerment tools at RWND Online/Allusion Ink.
Started at Netscape then Mozilla, where I helped launch Firefox 1.0—breaking IE's monopoly—and led MDN's rebrand into the definitive web developer resource. We championed open web standards (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) empowering millions of developers worldwide.
At TiVo, I pioneered second-screen experiences for MLB, Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, fundamentally changing TV interaction. The web services architecture I designed still powers TiVo today.
My PLG expertise was forged at Atlassian and Box. At Atlassian, I led buyer experience for Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Trello—scaling revenue from $300M to $1B+ through IPO. This foundation helped me guide Litmus, Sendoso, and Hightail in product evolution.
At Palm NFT Studio, I collaborated with Jim Lee/DC Comics translating iconic art into 3D generative processes, launching Batman's first NFT marketplace (11K sold). Built DSCVR's Web3 platform merging Reddit, Discord, Instagram (10X DAU growth). After Creative Market, evolved Litmus Email Analytics with AI insights. At Adobe Photoshop, helped millions unlock Firefly AI while ensuring tools enhance rather than replace human creativity.
Throughout my career—from breaking browser monopolies to democratizing creative tools, from revolutionizing TV to bringing superheroes to Web3—I've championed one truth: technology must elevate humanity, never replace it. As AI floods our world with instant content, I see a critical danger: the slow erosion of human imagination as we become passive consumers of machine-made creativity. When everything looks, sounds, and feels the same, we risk losing the wild, messy, beautiful unpredictability that defines human expression. The urgent challenge isn't just preserving human agency—it's actively nurturing the creative spark that makes us irreplaceable. This drives everything I'm building at RWND Online with Cardshow and Allusion Ink with Vaya Memories: tools that help humans cultivate imagination rather than outsource it to machines.
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Current Focus
RWND Online/Allusion Ink - Co-Founder, Product & Marketing
Building platforms fusing technology, art, and human creativity.
RWND Online:
• Cardshow (Oct 2025): Trading card marketplace where physical meets digital, human curation beats algorithms
• Dispatch(Fall 2025): Transmedia storytelling platform; glyphs, pirate radio, memories becoming mythology
• OAK.FAN (Opening Day 2026): Oakland A's final season archive built by real fans
Allusion Ink:
• Vaya Memories(Winter 2025): Multi-generational storytelling tools transforming dinner stories into digital heirlooms
• Pinefall Series (Fall 2026): Interactive narratives with authentic human expression
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Experience
Adobe - Sr. PM, Photoshop Growth (2024)
DSCVR - Head of Product, Web3 (2023)
Palm NFT/DC Comics - Lead PM (2022)
Sendoso - Lead PM (2021)
Litmus - Principal PM (2018-2020)
Creative Market - PM (2018)
Atlassian - Sr. PM, PLG (2015-2018)
Hightail - Sr. PM (2014)
Box - PM, PLG (2012-2014)
TiVo - Product Lead (2011)
Mozilla - PM, Firefox 1.0 & MDN (2003 - 2011)
Netscape - Software Engineer, QA (1999-2003)
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Education
UC Berkeley - Haas School of Biz
MBA (2009)
Marketing/Entrepreneurship
UC San Diego - Jacobs School of Eng
BS Computer Science (1999)
Minor: Cognitive Science & HCI
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Class of 1995, San Jose, CA
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Community
Alum Rock Little League -Board Member, Tech & Snack Shack (2016-2021)
San Jose American Little League -Design / Marketing, Booth/Snack Shack (2022-2024)
Bellarmine Dad's Club - Board Member, Marketing & Boosters (2024 - 2030)
Eastside Commons- Alum Rock Village Action Committee (ARVAC)
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Connect
"From Firefox to Firefly, from TiVo to NFTs, from open source to open creativity—build tools that empower, not replace, human potential."