In 2026 I ran Goma Technology, a one-person product studio: two paid client engagements and two products of my own, from discovery through delivery. Here are all four, with the decisions I’d defend in an interview and the ones that told me to stop.
Selected work
Jan–Oct 2026-
OLLE
Restaurant payrollThe payroll tool a 20-person NYC restaurant runs ~$30K a week through, and the validation sprint that told me not to scale it.
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Kunyang
Modernizing a zipper distributor founded in 1970Its first-ever inventory record, 4.08M pieces counted in two days, plus search presence and a redesigned sample book.
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Linqd
Buyer-specific digital line sheetsA wholesale ordering tool for a Korean fashion brand, cut from a full B2B SaaS down to the one job the owner actually had.
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Gomi
Social food discoveryA map-first iOS app built on who you trust, shipped to a 15-person TestFlight beta, and why I stopped it.
How I work
Sit with the operator
My best calls came from being in the room: running pay periods with an owner, working a trade-show booth, walking a warehouse floor.
Automate only what’s reliable
If a step needs human judgment, the tool hands it back clearly instead of hiding it behind a number.
Set the kill rule first
I decide what evidence would make me stop before I start, then hold to it when the evidence arrives.
Keep fast builds legible
AI-assisted development moves quickly, so I keep a written source of truth that any session, or any teammate, can pick up from.
Background
- 2026
- Founder, Goma Technology · solo product studio
- 2024–25
- Product Manager, Thrillsburg Co. · local discovery platform
- 2023–24
- Product Management Intern, Dangle Studios · international growth
- 2022–23
- Interpreter Specialist, Republic of Korea Army · liaison up to 3-star level
- Dec 2025
- B.A. Computer Science, William & Mary · minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Languages
- English and Korean, fully bilingual
Let’s talk.
Open to Product Manager, APM, Forward Deployed Engineer and Product Operations roles across the US.
hello@taewonkwon.com