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Chris
Makarsky
- HEAD OF PRODUCT
- GSD COMMANDER
- CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLVER EXTRAORDINAIRE
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Reluctant internet user. Bike lane crusader. Smart home tinkerer. Opinionated product person. Occasional marathon runner. Young Link main. Currently stationed in Long Beach, CA, where the sun is reliably good and the street tacos are abundant.
By day, Chris is the Director & Head of Product at Wisdom Panel — a pet genomics company that helps pet parents understand what makes their animals so wonderful and uniquely them. It's a job that combines two of his greatest passions, technology and doggos.
By night, Chris has to engage in the constant ongoing battle with his dogs to grant him at least a little room in the bed.
Human · Reluctant Internet User · Dog Dad
Opinionated product person. Crunchy taco devotee. On the internet since the dial-up era and still not totally sold on it.
Two German Shepherd dogs — one is a shy princess, the other is everyone's best friend. Both of them mostly have their acts together. Both of them definitely love cheese. And both will be joining your party no matter what.
German Shepherd · First Dog · Founding Member
Veteran of countless couch standoffs and unsolicited performance reviews. Maintains an impeccable deadpan. Known to borrow glasses and look more qualified than everyone in the room.
German Shepherd · Squirrel Enthusiast · Youngest
Boundless. Enthusiastic. Forgets she already ate breakfast. Has never once played it cool in her life and does not intend to start. Frequently confused by stairs, birds, and her own reflection.
Here are the powers & abilities I've invested the most skill points into this current play file. These can't really be reset until the next run-through, unfortunately.
Unceasing & relentless; present in every group chat and each moment of mild contemplation. 🤔
The best dog breed, and not up for debate. Lana and Potato are living proof of that.
Daily. Non-negotiable. NYT Thursday is the sweet spot — hard enough to hurt, solvable enough to feel like a genius.
I am once again asking for your support towards the Hero we don't deserve.
Building official sets and MOCs for over four decades. System brick love forever.
Subways, buses, trams, ferries — all of it. The faster, the more frequent, the better. Cars should be the backup plan.
Infrastructure & urban development nerd. Believes cities should be less car-centric and not shy about saying so.
Strokes, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, LCD. The era when guitars came back and skinny jeans took over.
YEM. Slave. Divided Sky. Tweezer. Buds. Hell yes.
Occasional marathoner. Emphasis on occasional. Still counts.
Slowly becoming the kind of person who has opinions about light levels and watering schedules.
Tried it. Discovered I'm an appreciator, not a practitioner. The easel sits patiently.
Plays when invited. Doesn't pretend to enjoy it. Will not be wearing the visor.
Read the white papers. Lived through three bubbles. Owns zero JPEGs. Net negative on the species.
Critic. Enthusiast. Evangelist. The crunch matters. Softshell fans are welcome to be wrong quietly.
Omakase counter > printed menu. Spicy tuna on principle. Nigiri over rolls.
Freelance maven. Currently surveying the Long Beach scene after years of rigorous Bay Area fieldwork.
Double-fried deliciousness recharges the sense. Sets a bar that American fried chicken rarely clears.
NY thin-fold. Detroit corners. Chicago tavern-cut. All shapes welcome at the table.
Texture-forward. Earthy fans only. Portobello on a burger, please.
Aware that they exist. Will eat them if hidden inside something more delicious.
Will eat it. Won't reach for it. The bread does the same job in less time.
Smells better than it tastes after the first bite. Sausage outranks it.
Vacation umbrella drinks only. Sweet, sticky, and over in three sips.
Will drink it politely. Tasting notes max out at "red" and "grape." That's all I've got.
Not interested in the seasonal psy-op. The squash is fine. The latte is suspicious.
Young Link main. Korok fanatic. Kirby worshipper. Switch exclusively in handheld mode.
All in. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch, AirPods. The walled garden is comfortable and I'm not leaving.
Has opinions about lighting automation and voice assistant integrations. Strong, specific, unprompted opinions.
Boring and indestructible — exactly what a car should be. Brand loyalty earned the hard way.
The only streaming service that actually matters.
Account exists. Algorithm has correctly profiled me as "tired."
Built ChatGPT. The room got bigger. I switched teams.
Negative loyalty, maximum magnitude. The cars, the man, the panel gaps — all of it. Hard pass.
City of sea lions, foggy hills, and tech dorks; my home for over 16 years and always in my heart.
Wahoowa. Grounds, The Lawn, The Rotunda, The University.
New home base. Sunsets over the Pacific, palm trees, and a craft beer scene that keeps surprising me.
Brisket and BBQ buy a lot of forgiveness. The summers do not.
Great for a long weekend. Brutal for a Tuesday.
Strip malls, stroads, and silence. The opposite of a city, by design.
Statistically a habitat. Functionally a hairdryer.
Crossed the border twice. Both times for a flight transfer.
Two decades of shipping product. Roadmaps, strategy, hard tradeoffs. Still my favorite kind of problem to solve.
Wireframes to high-fidelity. Strong opinions on type, spacing, and CTAs. Design is product.
Recent convert turned daily driver. Agents handle the keys, I steer the strategy. Leveling up fast.
Index funds and prayer. Occasionally rage-checks the portfolio. Mostly tries not to look.
Will do it. Will overprepare. Will then complain about it for a week.
Can do the demo. Cannot do the close. Built teams of people who can instead.
Read the 10-Ks. Forgot most of it by lunch. Defers to the people who didn't.
Can tell a resistor from a capacitor. That's the ceiling. Software pays the bills.
Note: due to the limited status of current energy stocks as well as updated game of life requirements, only one [1] primary quest is allowed to be activated at any given time.
Wisdom Panel · Kinship
Navigating the frontier of pet genomics. Building products that help pet parents, breeders & vets understand their animals at a genetic level, because knowing is half the battle (the other half is getting them to leave some room on the couch).
Dealpath
Joined as an early team member. Owned roadmap, strategy, execution, and team. Part of the core exec team that built the leading deal management platform for commercial real estate from the ground up.
Klout
Led the product roadmap and execution that drove more than 10x user and revenue growth. Oversaw strategy and launch of mobile and business platforms back when social influence scores were a whole thing.
Zynga
Grew Zynga Poker more than 10x, making it the industry standard in social gaming and defining its sustainable growth mechanics. Also created Poker Blitz, "the best poker game you'll never get to play."
