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Hi, I’m Dave. I’m the co-founder & CEO of Nerd/Noir, where we help organizations develop better products faster.
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I write about leadership, product management, software engineering, and systems thinking. I’m based in Atlanta.
I write about people dev, building software, leading products, and using AI—with a bias for the practical, the human, and the slightly subversive.
Anne Steiner is Strategic Advisor for Nerd/Noir, a consulting firm specializing in transforming large-scale, product engineering organizations.