New York · 13+ years · Jul 2013 – Sep 2026

Eugene Aarons

Senior product manager who also builds and ships his own products with AI.

Looking for a senior IC product role where PMs are expected to prototype, set the quality bar and ship.

Institutional

  1. 2026

    NYDIG · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

    Head of Product, Custody & Institutional FinanceApr 2025 – Sep 2026

    Head of Product, CustodySep 2023 – Apr 2025

    $10B+peak assets under custody

    Sole PM across custody, spot trading, derivatives, lending, servicing and collateral management.

    Helped develop AI assistants for operations, client services and settlement, and helped design evals and a shared evaluation framework across teams.

  2. 2023

    NYDIG · Apr 2021 – Sep 2023

    Senior Product Manager, Bitcoin Banking Platform

    Partnered with custody engineers on scalable Bitcoin deposits and bank-branded reference designs and working implementations, adapted with banks and core banking providers.

  3. 2021

    Mastercard · Apr 2019 – Apr 2021

    Manager, Digital Product Management

    1,200+card issuers on MDES

    Led roadmap and delivery for issuer enablement and self-service within Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), the tokenization platform serving 1,200+ card issuers.

  4. 2019

    JPMorgan Chase · Nov 2016 – Mar 2019

    Product Manager, Wealth Management Digital Transformation

    80%less loan-application processing time

    Led day-to-day requirements and delivery for digital securities-based lending with a 10-engineer team, reducing loan-application processing time by 80%.

  5. 2016

    JPMorgan Chase · 2013 – 2016

    Compliance analytics and client screening

    Sanctions (OFAC) screening, customer due diligence, and compliance analytics and reporting.

  6. 2013

Built · 2026 – now

  • 7 Spring

    Members’ club platform

    $600K ARR in memberships, managed end to end on this platform.

  • Backgammon.com/shop

    Headless multi-site retail

    One Shopify store, two storefronts. Live on two sites.

  • MacLatch

    Remote control your Mac

    iPhone and iPad app. Public beta on TestFlight.

  • Poppet Baby

    Local-first baby tracker

    Baby-care app. TestFlight beta.

Designed, built and deployed by one person, with AI-assisted development.

Education

Pomona College — EconomicsCollegiate School — New York

eugeneraarons@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/eugeneaarons

Case studies, films and architecture at eugeneaarons.com

New York · eugeneraarons@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/eugeneaarons · eugeneaarons.com

Eugene Aarons

Senior product manager who also builds and ships his own products with AI.

Hands-on product leader with 13+ years of industry experience in institutional finance, payments and enterprise platforms, with product management roles beginning in 2016. I also design and build production software with AI-assisted development.

Looking for a senior IC product role where PMs are expected to prototype, set the quality bar and ship.

13+ yearsJul 2013 – Sep 2026

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JPMorgan ChaseMastercardNYDIG
ComplianceWealth ManagementDigital Enablement (MDES)Bitcoin Banking PlatformCustody & Institutional Finance

Built · 7 Spring · Backgammon.com/shop · MacLatch · Poppet Baby

Experience

  1. 2023 – 2026

    NYDIG

    Head of Product, Custody & Institutional FinanceApr 2025 – Sep 2026

    Head of Product, CustodySep 2023 – Apr 2025

    Custody · Spot trading · Derivatives · Lending & servicing

  2. 2021 – 2023

    NYDIG

    Senior Product Manager, Bitcoin Banking Platform

    Scalable Bitcoin deposits · Bank-branded reference designs · Working implementations

  3. 2019 – 2021

    Mastercard

    Manager, Digital Product Management

    Issuer enablement and self-service · Transit tokenization

  4. 2016 – 2019

    JPMorgan Chase

    Product Manager, Wealth Management Digital Transformation

    Digital securities-based lending · Wealth planning · Content Connect

  5. 2013 – 2016

    JPMorgan Chase

    Compliance analytics and client screening

    Sanctions (OFAC) screening · Customer due diligence · Compliance analytics and reporting

Built · 2026 – now

  • 7 Spring$600K ARR

    Members’ club platform · In production

    The platform a NYC backgammon membership club runs on. I built all of it.

  • Backgammon.com/shop

    Headless multi-site retail · Live on two sites

    One Shopify store I designed and built to serve two storefronts: backgammon.com/shop, for a partner, and 7springnyc.com/shop.

  • MacLatch

    Remote control your Mac · Public beta on TestFlight

    Control your Mac from your iPhone through macOS Screen Sharing: no software on the Mac, no account, no relay.

  • Poppet Baby

    Local-first baby tracker · TestFlight beta

    Designed for the person using it at 3 a.m. Each family’s log is stored in their own Google Drive, with no Poppet account or server.