Thomas Brouwer

Freelance AI/ML PM

  • Helping companies develop impactful machine learning and AI products and bringing them to market
  • Instead of spending months researching, I help teams quickly test and develop products
  • Bringing experience developing ML/AI products at companies like Yelp, Apheris, Blinkist & Go1, as well as a PhD in machine learning
  • Offering 1-12 month contracts for feasibility and MVP building, or interim product roles

Interested? Set up a call to discuss your organisation's needs, or email me.

My experience

University of Cambridge  BA & PhD

BA in computer science, followed by PhD in machine learning, developing Bayesian matrix factorisation methods. Nominated for British Computer Society Distinguished Dissertation Competition.

Google scholar, Github

2011 - 2017

Yelp  Senior Product Manager

PM for Yelp Store Visits, 1st-party store visit attribution product, allowing national advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ad spend

Impact: grew adoption 10x, drove $6M+ revenue/year

2018-2021

Apheris  Senior Product Manager

Built secure federated ML tools for enterprise businesses (pre-PMF, B2B)

2022-2023

Blinkist  Principal Data Product Manager

PM for personalisation and discovery. Developed and launched new engagement features in the app.

Impact: launched new recommendation algorithms (+20% CTR) and Feed (+5% daily return rate)

2023-2024

Go1  Head of Product

Headed Content & Discovery products for B2B learning content aggregator, responsible for: search & discovery, content intelligence, content management. Hired, onboarded, and managed 3 PMs in EU and Australia.

Impact: uplifted metadata w/ LLMs (36% → 95% coverage), improved core search (5% lower time-to-click)

2024-2025