Aditi Joshi, Chika Umeadi & Ryan Cooley

Teaches at General Assembly

ADITI JOSHI

Aditi has taught hundreds of professionals at GA's part-time Product Management class during the last five years. Aditi is currently a Cloud Architect in Google's Privacy & Security team. She has over fifteen years of Product Management experience at companies across industries including Hearst Magazines, WebMD, MTV Networks and Aol.com. Her latest stint was at IMS Health, a leading worldwide provider of information, technology and services dedicated to making healthcare perform better. IMS Health had the third largest IPO on Wall Street in 2014. Previously, Aditi was Head of Product Development at an online health video startup in SoHo which was acquired in 2013.

CHIKA UMEADI

Chika the Head of Product and Engagement at tiphub, a seed stage investment manager focused on supporting African and African Diaspora focused startups. Chika leads internal product development as well as product support for portfolio companies.

Prior to tiphub, Chika worked at early and growth stage analytics companies like Trendpo and Fishbowl where he worked on developing data products and building marketing strategies for already existing products and services.

He has a MBA from Kogod School of Business at American University and BA in Political Science and Informatics at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

In recognition of his exemplary service in the classroom, Chika has been selected as a member of General Assembly's Distinguished Faculty program.

RYAN COOLEY

Ryan Cooley currently leads product development at Human Ventures, a NYC venture studio. Prior to Human Ventures, Ryan spent 8 years launching new products for early-stage companies. In 2015, he designed the launch strategy for live video zeitgeist Meerkat, which received 1M downloads in its first 30 days, and went on to launch Houseparty which raised over $70M from Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners. Ryan has worked with social and fintech companies around the world, building digital products in Tel Aviv, Berlin, New York City, and San Francisco.