Charmaine.OS (Charmaine Lai, home)

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Experience

AI marketing, then product. Now an MBA in Artificial Intelligence.

  1. 2025–26

    Hong Kong

    YES International

    Exclusive HK/China agent for Schlatter rail welding machinery.

    • Product Consultant

      • Product and market strategy for rail welding systems in China.
  2. 2020–25

    Redwood City, CA

    Numenta

    Neuroscience-based AI company building efficient generative AI on CPUs.

    • Marketing Manager

      Sep 2023 – Jun 2025

      • Go-to-market and product lifecycle for NuPIC, Numenta’s first commercial product.
    • Senior Marketing Specialist

      Sep 2021 – Aug 2023

      • Website, brand, paid search and the Brains@Bay community.
    • Marketing Associate

      Aug 2020 – Aug 2021

      • Launch marketing and science content for Jeff Hawkins’ A Thousand Brains.

Education

  • Northwestern University

    2026 – Mar 2028

    MBA in Artificial Intelligence (MBAi) · Kellogg + McCormick

    Kellogg Tech Club Marketing Director · Charity Auction Ball Auction Director · MBAi Social Chair · 2nd place, MBAi Hackathon · Kellogg Scholarship

  • UC Berkeley

    2016–20

    BS, Environmental Economics and Policy

    AFX Dance Executive Director · Asian American Association President · Cantonese DeCal instructor · Humanity First co-founder

Also

Skills
Go-to-market · Positioning · Market research · Dogfooding · Technical writing · Events
Coursework
Tech Product Management · Applied AI for Business · Computational Thinking · Marketing
Internships
YINA.CO · Lane Crawford · Marco Polo Hotels · PwC
Tools
Figma · Google Analytics · Jira · Zapier · WordPress · HTML/CSS · Photoshop · Final Cut Pro
Languages
English · Cantonese · Mandarin
Certificates
Python for Everybody (UMich) · IBM Data Science · Google Project Management · Writing in the Sciences (Stanford)
Volunteer
Tri-Valley Animal Rescue · SRL Alumni Association (web developer) · SuperTech FT