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Eugene Nam

Director of Product Management

Director of Product with 10 years in fintech,
now building AI projects from scratch.

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Eugene Nam, Director of Product Management

About

Background

I started my career in corporate banking — eight years across RBC Capital Markets, Royal Bank of Scotland, and ABN AMRO. It was rigorous and global, and taught me how to think about risk, systems, and operating at scale.

In 2015, I made the deliberate jump into product management, joining VenueBook as a PM. I wanted to build products. PM was how I'd do that. By 2018, I joined what is now Willow Wealth (formerly Yieldstreet) and grew from PM to Senior PM to Director of Product, helping shape a platform that opens alternative asset investing to everyday investors.

Lately I've been building with AI. This site was the first project. More in progress.

Work

Experience

2018 — Present

Willow Wealth (formerly Yieldstreet)

Director of Product Management

PM → Senior PM → Director of Product

Led product strategy for a wealth platform giving everyday investors access to alternative assets — real estate, private credit, structured notes, and more.
Grew with the company through multiple funding rounds and a full rebrand, staying focused on user outcomes and business impact.
Built and scaled cross-functional collaboration across engineering, design, compliance, marketing, and operations.

2015 — 2017

VenueBook

Product Manager

First PM role — joined an early-stage startup building a marketplace for event venue bookings in NYC.
Drove product development from ideation through launch, working closely with engineering and design.

2007 — 2015

Corporate Banking

RBC Capital Markets · Royal Bank of Scotland · ABN AMRO

Eight years across three global financial institutions in structured finance and corporate lending.
Built a deep foundation in financial systems, risk frameworks, and operating within large, complex organizations.

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Building

AI Projects

Early days. Learning by shipping.

In Progress

Super Mario Platformer

A side-scrolling platformer built from scratch, partly to learn game development, partly to eventually hand my kids a game I actually made. Using Claude Code to work through concepts I've never touched before: physics, collision detection, sprite animation.

Claude Code JavaScript Game Dev

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Live + Iterating

Personal Website Rebuild

Redesigned and rebuilt this site from scratch using Claude Code as my AI pair programmer. Zero prior experience with Claude Code going in, just curiosity and a goal. First AI project completed.

Claude Code HTML / CSS Vanilla JS

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Writing

From Medium

Writing about product, AI, and whatever I'm figuring out.

All posts on Medium ↗

Say hello

Let's talk.

I'm open to conversations about product, AI, or the right opportunity.