AI Workforce Strategist · Founder, YourSkills · Stanford LISA Mentor
I help companies understand who is ready for AI — and what to do about it. Through consulting, workshops, and YourSkills, the AI workforce readiness platform.
Every stage of my career required skills I didn't learn in school. 3 SaaS products, 9M+ users — and every career leap came from skills invisible on my resume. That's exactly what YourSkills solves.
Now building the first AI Workforce Readiness Intelligence platform — Stanford-incubated, backed by NVIDIA Inception and Google for Startups. Passionate about the Future of Work, where AI democratizes opportunity.
AI Workforce Readiness Intelligence. Helping organizations answer: who is ready for AI, who isn't, and what to do about it. MVP live, 5 signed LOIs, 29 enterprise discovery interviews (Cisco, SAP, Microsoft, BCG, Google). Stanford-incubated, NVIDIA Inception, Google for Startups partner.
Mentoring founders globally to turn ideas into viable products. Leading design thinking workshops, guiding MVP refinement, AI product strategy, and go-to-market planning. Helped startups refine positioning, select AI tooling, and optimize product design from the start.
Built and launched a tailored edtech platform on financial literacy, including co-founding a high-profile Web3.0 Family Office Mastermind managing a 15-person sales and marketing team.
Built Synergy.online platform and led product development, driving 5x growth in DAU/MAU in 6 months through 44 webinars, 64 events, and 21 edtech courses.
Built platform architecture for managing students' 40K tasks/month, cutting assessment time 7x and reducing costs by 30%.
Launched Skysmart Workbook platform and developed edtech products that attracted 8.5M users and activated 250K educators. Designed product features that doubled LTV, boosted retention by 20%, and managed 60 remote employees.
Founded and grew an English language school to 300+ students. First experience building a product and team from scratch — teaching and sales.
Understand where your team stands on AI adoption. I run diagnostics using the YourSkills framework — identifying who's ready, who's stuck, and where to invest for maximum ROI.
From MVP to go-to-market — I help founders and product leaders build AI-powered products that solve real enterprise problems. Design thinking, positioning, and customer discovery.
Interactive sessions on AI readiness, future of work, and workforce intelligence. From 60-minute keynotes to full-day workshops with live AI Readiness Scans for your audience.
Currently a Design Thinking Mentor at LISA — Stanford GSB LEAD Incubator. I guide founders through MVP refinement, AI tooling selection, pitch strategy, and product-market fit.
Tailored workshops on product management, Jobs to Be Done, and AI product design. Practical frameworks your team can use immediately — delivered at companies like CVS Health.
Full deployment of YourSkills — automatic skill tracking, employee AI scoring, and action plans. See who's ready for AI, close the gaps, deploy people and AI agents together.
$200B+ spent on AI tools. 0% visibility into workforce readiness. YourSkills answers: who is ready for AI, who isn't, and what to do about it.
Try 60-sec AI Scan — FreeMariia was an absolute standout mentor during my time in the LISA cohort. She generously dedicated countless hours to support LeadYouth, stepping in with remarkable patience, insight, and clear, constructive feedback on the design aspects of our product.
Maria was instrumental in my startup Zathia's early stages, as part of the Stanford GSB accelerator, helping refine the MVP and guiding AI selection to optimize product design. Her design thinking and strategic insight make her an exceptional collaborator.
Her ability to push me beyond my comfort zone and encourage out of the box creativity and thinking has been truly transformative. Every session with Maria leaves me feeling inspired and overflowing with new ideas.
Maria led an exceptional workshop on Product Management for my team. She crafted personalized content specifically tailored to our products, leading to strong engagement. We took away practical frameworks and tools to leverage in our day-to-day work.
YourSkills isn't just a workforce analytics tool, it's a way for companies to combine the best of people and technology, creating agile, motivated teams ready for constant change.
YourSkills shows where your gaps are and recommends how you can fill these gaps including AI tools. It directly gives you actionable insights and helps professionals keep learning.
Whether you need an AI workforce assessment, a keynote speaker, startup mentoring, or want to deploy YourSkills at your organization — I'd love to hear from you.
potupchikmaria@gmail.com