Akram Hassan

Founder & CEO | AI-Driven Growth Platforms | Ex-Uber, Microsoft
Email: [email protected] | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/akramh | Seattle, WA

Summary

Product and technology leader with 20+ years building platforms that scale to hundreds of millions of users. Founder of Rengage, creating the world's first AI-agent network for real-time, 1:1 customer personalization. Proven track record of driving massive growth, revenue impact, and operational efficiency at Uber, Microsoft, and high-growth startups.

Experience

Rengage – Founder & CEO
2023 – Present
Built an AI agent–powered marketing platform that personalizes every message for every user in real time.
Enabled brands to automate segmentation, journey orchestration, and content creation—eliminating engineering and agency dependencies.
Secured six-figure annual contracts and grew customer base across gaming, marketplaces, and e-learning.
Netlify – VP of Product, Design & Growth
2021 – 2023
Led Product Management, UX Design, and PLG strategy across Netlify's platform.
Scaled user acquisition and activation through data-driven growth experiments.
Uber – Head of Product, Growth Platform
2017 – 2021
Built Uber's growth automation platform integrating with 500+ internal services, powering global Rider, Driver, and Eats marketing.
Launched communication infrastructure across Email, SMS, Push, and In-App, driving $250M+ in gross bookings and reducing channel costs by $35M.
Dell EMC – Sr. Director, Product Management
2013 – 2017
Founded product team for Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS), scaling run-rate to $200M.
Managed 14 PMs across global object storage portfolio.
Microsoft – Principal Lead Program Manager, Windows Azure
2009 – 2013
Early product leader for Azure's Fabric Controller—Microsoft's "cloud kernel" managing 100,000+ servers.
Delivered cross-team initiatives enabling stateful services on Azure, directly impacting enterprise adoption.
(Earlier Roles: Program Manager – Windows 7 & Windows Live, OMS Software Development Manager, Startup Founder)

Achievements

Revenue Growth:
Delivered $250M+ bookings at Uber; scaled EMC ECS to $200M run-rate.
Cost Savings:
Reduced Uber channel delivery costs by $35M.
Innovation:
5 U.S. patents in distributed systems and cloud reliability.
Leadership:
Built and scaled teams across startups and enterprises (up to 14 PMs and 50+ engineers).

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science – The American University in Cairo
Summer Program – UCLA, Internet Programming with Java