Hi, I'm Iris.
The world is a playground, and I'm just a kid playing in it.
I'm an independent consultant and creator working between Shanghai and New York. I spent 7.5 years as a product manager at ByteDance / TikTok, building internal platforms and creator tools. Now I help teams and aspiring AI PMs turn AI ideas into products engineers can actually build, and I write here about the things I care about that don't fit anywhere else: product decisions, small notes, case studies, travel notes, and the side projects I keep making on weekends.
In 2026 I co-founded a company to explore AI products; currently running solo while I focus on consulting and writing.
The best way to reach me is [email protected]. For consulting, see my services.
Currently
- LocationColumbia, South Carolina
- Listening toFive Little Monkeys (my son's favorite)
- ReadingNothing
- BuildingVerbatim
- WatchingNothing
Things I've made
OneLink
TikTok's internal operations platform for employee efficiency, supporting multi-role collaboration across global teams. (Details desensitized.)
Verbatim↗
A search engine over real human experience, indexing podcast conversations. In alpha.
irisluan.com↗
This site: my personal brand home and bilingual writing desk.