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Isabel Zaro / AI engineer & technical course builder

AI education product leader trusted to solve ambiguous problems with a learner-first approach.

Professional Experience

DeepLearning.AI

Curriculum Product Manager | December 2023 – present
  • Co-lead Andrew Ng's AI Python for Beginners courses (vision, labs, scripts, film direction) – NPS 67 & 400,000+ enrolled
  • Lead Andrew Ng’s AI Prompting for Everyone course (labs, slides, scripts, film direction) – 4.7/5 & 80,000+ enrolled
  • Lead a team of 5 technical contractors through zero-to-one development of the 120 hour Data Analytics Professional Certificate, including generative AI videos & labs – 4.8/5 & 38,000+ enrolled
  • Build & deploy modular, OpenCode-based agentic coding IDE on DeepLearning.AI’s learning platform
  • Fine-tune Inkling via Thinking Machines Tinker API to write course scripts using custom dataset of edited docs, winning +12% human preference over first drafts
  • Develop AndrewBench eval for Andrew Ng’s writing style: 100+ LLM-as-a-judge criteria, code evals, weighted criteria
  • Scrape & analyze patterns in 110,000+ ChatGPT conversations & 12,800 Custom GPTs to inform AI course design
  • Build & deploy custom RAG app for semantic search of 300,000+ words of content on Hugging Face (Chroma, Langchain)
  • Direct 45+ days of onsite & remote filming for 100s of educational videos (talent management, real-time edits & direction)
  • Implement alpha testing feedback, monitoring metrics & qualitative comments via GitHub tickets, Google Forms
  • Manage video editing for 100s of videos, innovating new self-editing process (Descript) & voice clone patches (Speechlab)
  • Develop partner relationships through trust-building, resulting in long-term relationships & interest in future courses
  • Build Product Team processes through template sharing, video tutorials, onboarding buddy system
  • Propose feature development for DeepLearning.AI learning platform, including XP system, UI improvements, content paths

Education

Volunteer Work

Q3 Student Partners

Community Advisory Board Member | January 2021 – August 2023
  • Advise the creation of affordable, program-based postsecondary student housing

Leaders in Training

Mentor | January 2020 – May 2022
  • Guide first generation college students through college and scholarship application process

Signs of Hope Las Vegas

Victim Advocate | January 2019 – present
  • Advocate for clients who arrive at University Medical Center for a SANE exam (rape kit)

Skills

  • Proficient: Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • Some experience: R, Python, OCaml, Ruby
  • SafeTalk suicide prevention certification
  • Licensure: Physical Science, Computer Science

Professional Development

Google Project Management Specialization

Coursera

March 2022
  • Six month specialization covering project management documentation, communication, and best practices