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Hussam Zaghal
Product manager who designs and builds

I bring product sense and design taste, then use AI agents to build and polish in code. I care about building products that solve real problems and feel crafted down to the last detail.

Currently, Staff Product Manager and Head of Product Craft at Rootly. Previously at Spellbook and Shakepay.

Work

Product

Currently, I'm a Staff Product Manager and Head of Product Craft at Rootly, the end-to-end incident management platform powered by AI.

2024-2026
Product

Product manager and designer. Working with @mstenback to build the best AI copilot for lawyers.

Fractional / Sabbatical
2023
Product

Experimented with fractional work and pursued personal projects while on sabbatical.

  • Worked with Seed and Series B fintechs on product growth
  • Took Write of Passageto become a better writer
  • Studied interface design with ShiftNudge
Founder

Joined EF's pre-seed accelerator program in Toronto as a Founder in Residence.

Product

9th hire and 1st product manager. I led a Growth team that grew MAUs from 50k to 150k and launched the first Bitcoin cash back Visa card in Canada.

Shakepay text
Shakepay large icon
Visa icon
Shakepay CardBitcoin back Visa card
Shakesquads mockup
ShakeSquadsEarn bitcoin with friends
Growth

DeFi product studio building crypto-financial products. We were incubated at the Creative Destruction Lab and later acqui-hired by RBC Ventures.

Crypto roboadvisor
Lake WealthCrypto roboadvisor
ERC-20 token exchange
Lake TradeERC-20 token exchange

Projects

Walk and Talks
2024

Hosting group walks on Saturdays with @tommytrinh to bring together Toronto techno-creatives.

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