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Chris
Makarsky
HEAD OF PRODUCT · GSD COMMANDER · PUZZLE SOLVER
⬡ Long Beach, CA
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PLAYER ONE HAS ENTERED
HEAD OF PRODUCT · GSD COMMANDER · PUZZLE SOLVER
⬡ Long Beach, CA
Reluctant internet user. Crunchy taco devotee. Bike lane crusader. Smart home tinkerer. Opinionated product person. Occasional marathon runner. Young Link main. Freelance beer maven.
By day, Chris is the Head of Product at Wisdom Panel — a pet genomics company that helps pet parents understand what makes their animals so wonderfully, specifically weird. It's a job that combines two of his greatest passions: technology and dogs.
Currently stationed in Long Beach, CA, where the sun is reliably good, the tacos are crunchier than ever, and Phish is always a few months away from a tour.
"cmak" on the internet since the dial-up era. Still reluctant about it.
Wisdom Panel · Kinship
Navigating the frontier of pet genomics. Building products that help pet parents understand their animals at a cellular level — because knowing your dog is 40% wolf is important information.
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 — made it the industry standard in social gaming and defined its sustainable growth mechanics. Also created Poker Blitz, described on the résumé as "the best poker game you'll never get to play."
Yahoo!
Oversaw product for the Y! Worlds platform, including the launch of starwars.yahoo.com. Yes, that was a real thing.
Two German Shepherds. One of them has her act together.
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 · 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.
Young Link main. Ocarina of Time loyalist. The Switch barely leaves the dock because Lana is always on the couch.
Daily. Non-negotiable. NYT Thursday is the sweet spot — hard enough to hurt, solvable enough to feel like a genius.
The best breed. Not a debate. Loyal, ridiculous, 90 lbs of opinion. Lana and Potato are living proof that GSDs contain multitudes.
Critic. Enthusiast. Evangelist. The crunch matters. Softshell fans are welcome to be wrong quietly.
Freelance maven. Currently surveying the Long Beach scene after years of rigorous Bay Area fieldwork.
Occasional marathoner. Emphasis on occasional. Still counts.
Has opinions about lighting automation and voice assistant integrations. Strong, specific, unprompted opinions.
Advocate. Infrastructure nerd. Believes more cities should have more of them, and is not shy about saying so.
Whether you want to talk product, debate crossword clues, or just say hi — the inbox is open.