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Product Leader·Builder·Montessorian
Joan Cornudella

Product leader with deep 0→1 and 1→N experience. Focused on building thoughtful, high-leverage products. I work at the intersection of product strategy, AI, and human-computer interaction; designing interfaces that augment thinking, creativity, and agency.

I'm a dad of 3, a full Dog Brother and an amateur short story writer. I'm interested in AI, education, energy, mongol cavalry and cooking.

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WORK

  • Currently: freelancing
    AI powered learning tools, human-AI collaboration and fun iOS apps
    Present
    • Tinkering with AI-first products
    • Designing human-AI collaboration interfaces
    • Creating cool tools and widgets on iOS
  • Head of Product / Education at Recess
    Built the fastest growing social platform for ambitious homeschoolers
    2023 - Present
    • Owned product strategy and execution for fast-scaling edtech platform (>$700K ARR)
    • Led cross-functional delivery across engineering, design, and GTM teams
    • Managed 70+ third-party creators including YouTubers
      Featured Creators
      MattbatwingsArtsbyKevKaizen TutorialsWhimzee
       with multi-million view channels
    • Shipped multiple core features: Chat, Spaces, Jobs, Challenges, Projects, VoiceChat
    • Partnered with Alpha School and Microschools for strategic growth
  • Built an AI Tutor at Synthesis
    Led AI Math Tutor development from Elon Musk's SpaceX School
    Mar 2022 - 2023
    • Led 16+ person team to ship groundbreaking AI math tutor at scale
    • Oversaw curriculum, product testing, roadmap decisions, and QA
    • Wrote and designed math lessons for the tutor hand-in-hand with Dr. James Tanton
    • Owned documentation, hiring, team onboarding, and performance feedback
  • Montessori Administrator and School Founder
    Founded and scaled two education ventures
    2008 - 2022
    • Founded and scaled two education ventures serving ages 0–16
    • Built full academic programs from scratch (6–12 curriculum at San Pedro)
    • Led hiring, team coordination, and multi-stakeholder alignment
    • Designed internal systems: record-keeping, performance tracking, evaluation
    • Directed vertical integration across age groups (3–6, 6–9, 9–12, 12–16)

SIDE PROJECT > Year Progress App

Interactive iOS widget • Track your journey through 2025

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LIBRARY

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JOT DOWN

  • Backend setup for Couples App.
  • Google Auth debugging.
  • Implementing dither effect animations for subpages.
  • Adding /jotdown page with cool Delaunay triangulation background.
  • Working on the Notes widget for the portfolio.
  • Exploring click-to-expand patterns with icon rotation.
  • Finished onboarding for couples app. Cruising on basic functionality. Very excited about reciprocal unlocking as the core behavior driver. The app will likely have low NPS, but we want to ensure users keep coming back daily.
  • Starting backend setup (Supabase) and encryption deep dive.
  • Refined the AMA modal interactions.
  • Fixed navigation issues across components.
  • Added animated cycling topics to AMA widget.
  • Improved crosshair icon styling for minimalist feel.
  • Exploring new interaction patterns.
  • Thinking about ways to surface daily thoughts.
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Status

Freelancing on AI-powered learning products, human-AI collaboration interfaces, and tools for thought that push the boundaries of what personal computers can enable.

TOOLS

Next.js
React
Tailwind
TypeScript
Figma
Swift
SQL
Python
Linear
Mixpanel