Hi, I'm Ian Dangla · AI Product Architect

Building Operational AI Systems

At Goodcall, I built the evaluation and deployment infrastructure behind 75% pilot-to-contract conversion, $25M+ in enterprise pipeline, and 6M+ automated conversations annually. I bring design craft and systems thinking to AI that works in production.
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My operating model

How I Build Operational AI Systems

Workflow Mapping

I start by mapping manual business systems and shadowing the people who use them every day, surfacing where time, cost, and cognitive load pile up.

System Architecture

Design how models, tools, interfaces, and business logic interact. I focus early on what makes the system viable, validating data flow, model behavior, and measurable impact before investing in scale.

Evaluation Loops

Build ways to test, measure, and improve model behavior. I design measurement systems that learn, blending automated evaluation with curated gold-set reviews so both the model and the business improve with every release.

Operational Reliability

Embed AI into workflows businesses can actually depend on. Once performance and ROI are proven, I design the self-improvement, onboarding, and monitoring systems that compound results.

Selected systems work

Systems Work

I deploy AI in messy real-world environments, then turn those learnings into scalable infrastructure. The work below spans enterprise conversational AI deployments, the evaluation and platform systems I built from what I learned there, and the AI-native development practice that ties it all together.

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All stats are from coding sessions only (no chat or cowork), via CLI and IDE across professional and personal repos. I exclusively use Claude models, they're simply the best for how I build.
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Agent platform evolution — concentric growth rings showing three phases of platform maturity

Agent Platform Evolution

Took Goodcall's agent creation from a one-week growth hack (200+ auto-generated agents, 8-figure pipeline) to a live keynote demo to a full self-serve agent development studio with API integrations, phone deployment, and built-in evals.

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Enterprise conversational AI deployments — two connected wireframe structures representing platform meeting real-world environments

Enterprise Conversational AI Deployments

Forward-deployed AI agents into high-stakes environments: voice booking for the largest privately owned salon chain in the US (50% to 85%+ success rate) and breakdown call routing for the largest US trucking company (abandonment cut from 25% to 8%).

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AI-native development practice — vertical pipeline from rough prototype to structured spec to deployed output

AI-Native Development Practice

Developed a prototype-to-production pipeline where working code becomes LLM-generated specs, visual references ship to Storybook, and coding agents handle production implementation. This is the practice behind 3.9B tokens and 27K+ prompts.

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About

The biggest opportunity in AI isn’t replacing software—it’s automating the operational systems that power real businesses.

Most organizations don’t need more AI features. They need systems that reliably complete work in messy, real-world environments. That’s the work I focus on.

My foundation in UX and product design gives me an edge most AI builders don’t have: I think in workflows, interfaces, and user behavior - not just model architecture. I work across model behavior, system design, and product craft to move AI from prototype to production. Whether mapping workflows, designing evaluation loops, or building scalable design systems, I help teams go from 0→1 and 1→N with speed and clarity.

Operating principles

Bias clarity over consensus

I value alignment, but not at the expense of momentum. I gather diverse input early, then make decisions visibly, documenting the “why” so teams can move fast and focus on execution.

Know just enough to be dangerous

I've learned the languages of design, data, and engineering well enough to plug holes where the team needs it most. That range lets me unblock dependencies, ask smarter questions, and get my hands dirty translating ideas into working systems at speed.

Prototype to learn, not to impress

I treat prototypes as experiments, not deliverables.The goal isn’t to sell an idea, it’s to expose reality early, validate assumptions, and save engineering cycles downstream.

Stay close to the build, stay close to the user

I do my best work hands-on - pairing with engineers to prototype live systems and with end-users to observe them in action. I design feedback loops that capture both qualitative insight and quantitative signal, turning every release into a learning cycle.

Build morale with momentum

Teams find energy through visible progress, and getting things in the hands of end-users. I help maintain velocity with short feedback loops, fast prototypes, and early evidence of impact.

Ian Dangla

AI Product Architect · Design Systems Thinker
Where I've worked

Resume

AI Systems Work

Goodcall AI

Sr. Product Manager (AI)

June '22-Present
Built and scaled production AI systems powering 60K+ agents, 6M+ annual calls, and 7-figure ARR.
Generated $25M+ in enterprise expansion by launching a one-week AI onboarding sprint that created 200+ custom agents for trade-conference targets.
Cut iteration time 10× and supported 3× MoM call-volume growth by replacing manual QA with an automated evaluation framework using LiveKit endpoints and LM judges.

Rocket Companies

AI Product Designer

Jan '21-June '22
Automated 10K+ mortgage-payoff calls through multimodal voice-agent design that moved a key manual workflow to self-service.
Accelerated release cadence and improved handoff velocity by integrating lean design sprints into agile development.
Validated and tuned model behavior pre-launch by prototyping conversational logic directly with engineers and testing live in sandbox environments.
Design Foundation

Meta

Content Designer

Sep '19-Jan '21
Increased SMB integration-store conversion from 3% to 5% by owning end-to-end content design for a new growth initiative supporting small businesses
Scaled team-wide prototyping capability by self-teaching Meta’s internal prototyping tool (Proton) and leading training sessions for non-designers
Standardized internal messaging patterns by developing frameworks later adopted across multiple internal tools in org

Defined AI

UX Designer + Content

July '18 - Sep '19
Opened $12M+ revenue stream by designing + operationalizing net-new speech-data collection system
Created the company’s first content and terminology style guide, improving cross-functional clarity between data science and UX teams
Prototyped early annotation and QA tooling in collaboration with data scientists, laying the foundation for scalable AI-training infrastructure
Where I Do My Best Work
SMB Platforms
Self-serve products where onboarding, activation, and retention depend on smart defaults and operational automation.
Dev Tools
Internal and external tooling where the user is technical and the bar for reliability is high.
Vertical SaaS
Domain-specific products in healthcare, insurance, and services where workflow context drives the product.
AI Systems
Production AI that needs evaluation frameworks, prompt pipelines, and human-in-the-loop design to actually work.