# Will Dzierson

> Product and design leader with 25+ years of experience. A hands-on builder working across AI, healthcare, and human-centered systems. Currently VP, Product & Design at InsideTracker, based in Saratoga Springs, New York.

I conceive, design, build, and ship. 25+ years connecting what’s possible with what people actually need. Contact: [will@dzierson.com](mailto:will@dzierson.com).

## Profile

- [Profile](https://dzierson.com/index.md): Bio, specializations, experience, every case study in brief, and writing
- [Career](https://dzierson.com/career.md): Every role with its dates and what the work involved
- [Everything in one file](https://dzierson.com/llms-full.txt): The full profile, every case study, and every essay

## Case studies

- [Gisted](https://dzierson.com/project/b1a2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-111111111111.md): Vibrant Labworks (Founder), 2026. Don't just send a link. Send the gist. Gisted turns links, videos, documents, and ideas into pages people actually open and respond to.
- [Smart, in the moment saving](https://dzierson.com/project/f0163fc8-9e6a-4970-a2e0-b420a208402f.md): Stash (Founder & Developer), 2026. Stash (gostash.it) is a personal digital catchall that automatically enriches URLs, PDFs, images, Reels/Tiktoks, screenshots, videos, voice memos, markdown and more.
- [Agentic OS](https://dzierson.com/project/d8307ba2-cc0e-4fc5-bc00-48fd5458dd08.md): Confidential Client, 2025. AgenticOS was an early experiment in AI-native productivity — a browser-based OS-like environment where professionals could build and run agentic, always-on applications without…
- [AI Healthcare Companion](https://dzierson.com/project/e7149d46-fad6-477b-a91c-77e76723df7d.md): Noodle AI (Co-founder), 2023. Founded in 2023, Noodle started as a RAG-based note-taking app and evolved into something more ambitious: a platform designed to give patients real ownership of their health…
- [Smithsonian Guide Device (SiGuide)](https://dzierson.com/project/7b4a9961-a088-46f4-bc88-8f0d64589227.md): The Smithsonian Institution, 2005. SiGuide is a location-aware, handheld museum guide created for several of the museums at the Smithsonian.
- [Human Knowledge Preservation Initiative](https://dzierson.com/project/04193cf2-c3f0-4698-89d5-7593e1f29563.md): Project Ariadne (The Ariadne Foundation), 2025. Project Ariadne merges ancient Indigenous weaving techniques with advanced materials science to create an innovative system for long-term knowledge preservation.
- [Multimodal AI Transformation](https://dzierson.com/project/cc5b34e1-e0a7-4a59-b3b6-c9e814585c34.md): Included Health, 2025. At Included Health, I designed and prototyped a number of AI-based experiences to explore how natural language interfaces could streamline patient intake, streamline physician…
- [Dash AI Browser (MacOS app)](https://dzierson.com/project/1c0304f9-0d6c-4c4d-a190-47a32b18413c.md): Self-started, 2025. Started in 2025 as a self-directed research project, Dash began with a straightforward question: what would a browser actually look like if AI were native to it — not bolted on…
- [GenSynth ML Explainability Tool](https://dzierson.com/project/af307088-2085-4a60-b697-964b6b37eb82.md): Darwin AI, 2019. DarwinAI’s GenSynth platform was built to address the deep learning “black box” problem by making convolutional neural networks more transparent and more efficient.
- [Expert Physician Care Portal](https://dzierson.com/project/d409e162-fadd-48c6-b669-19bd8c610a35.md): Grand Rounds (Now Included Health), 2025. Grand Rounds (now Included Health) was built on a compelling but operationally demanding premise: connect patients facing serious diagnoses with the country's top medical…
- [AI Clinical Care Knowledge Tool](https://dzierson.com/project/de35cf67-0aec-4984-b320-4883d8e5a0d0.md): Included Health, 2025. Included Health has the unique challenge of having millions of members to cater to across a number of offerings including direct line of site care (primary care), longitudinal…
- [Google Beijing: Project Backpack (校园 背包客)](https://dzierson.com/project/dff59819-cbc1-46ab-8cef-011e0e2a963f.md): Google, 2007. In 2010, I was asked to head to Beijing for an extended, three-month project with two distinct aims: supplement and mentor the relatively junior Google Beijing design team, and…
- [Google Mobile Search & Apps](https://dzierson.com/project/0265fc32-d8b6-4951-96f6-789fb9b107cc.md): Google, 2010. At Google, I led design on the Mobile Search team during one of the most significant platform shifts in the company's history — the move from desktop to touch-based mobile…
- [Legendary Hollywood Photographer Portfolio](https://dzierson.com/project/fe372618-4767-448d-95b7-5089e3ec86c0.md): B/H, 2022. Dr. Bruno Bernard, or “Bernard of Hollywood,” was the most sought-after photographer of Hollywood’s Golden Era.
- [Social Media Profile Aggregator](https://dzierson.com/project/f7779201-ce08-49d3-9786-a4a5090f0828.md): ThisIsMe, 2010. This is me was a social media profile aggregator, meant to allow high-profile individuals with multiple social media presences across the web to aggregate them in one place (and…
- [Visual Storytelling Assistant](https://dzierson.com/project/ec78bbba-eb18-48b4-b912-255263a007eb.md): Storyblocks AI, 2023. The potential for AI to assist with the “blank page problem” writers often encounter is an interesting proposition.
- [Open Sourced Browser-based OS](https://dzierson.com/project/7d67278a-09bd-4ab2-bc3d-794e97e43d69.md): Self-Started, 2026. Trying building more in public this year. First up: a React library for building macOS-style windowed desktop environments in the browser.
- [Communicable Disease Dashboard (Public Health)](https://dzierson.com/project/a29df936-41db-4244-b968-203b71235c76.md): The Public Health Company, 2025. The Public Health Company was built around a clear and urgent problem: global enterprises — Fortune 50 companies, hospitals, hotel chains, manufacturers — have almost no…
- [Optum Store](https://dzierson.com/project/ab7e77cd-080f-43c8-b583-2d69a83f1509.md): Optum, 2022. At Optum, I partnered with the design and product teams to refine the homepage experience, ensuring it better aligned with user needs and business goals.
- [Stickerbooth (Photoboth App with Stickers)](https://dzierson.com/project/b99632e2-7837-43cc-8d6f-714b05d1d7da.md): Self started, 2011. I built an app back in 2011 that allowed people to put stickers on their pictures. It was a fun little thing.
- [Gigwalk Consumer and Admin Apps](https://dzierson.com/project/38d70eab-b25c-46ee-b3c7-2c443d421f65.md): Gigwalk, 2013. Gigwalk is a mobile app platform that connects businesses with on-demand workers, or "Gigwalkers," to complete various tasks in a specific location.
- [Crescendo](https://dzierson.com/project/679a3f8d-d191-45b3-bfa9-3a5f6fd41047.md): Crescendo, 2022. Improving medical research and enabling better health outcomes Crescendo was founded by Sam Roosz and Michael Glassman to enable better health outcomes for patients, while…

## Writing

- [Agentic AI Is Not a Magical Elf](https://medium.com/@willdzierson/agentic-ai-is-not-a-magical-elf-ad1ae273493c): Perspective on Medium
- [AI Agent Accountability: Who’s Responsible When No One’s Home?](https://medium.com/@willdzierson/ai-agent-accountability-whos-responsible-when-no-one-s-home-2298323117d5): Essay on Medium; full text at https://dzierson.com/essay/31ce52f5-d961-42e7-9b6b-e8eaafceee41.md
- [Building a RAG-Based Portfolio Chatbot](https://medium.com/@willdzierson/building-a-rag-based-portfolio-chatbot-with-lovable-dev-supabase-and-the-openai-api-0ceafc7a0d9a): Build notes on Medium
- [On OpenAI's new open-source models (gpt-oss) & Healthcare Implications](https://dzierson.com/essay/cba7743e-421e-4dd4-adb9-787ff415fd80.md): Essay, August 7, 2025
- [AI/LLM on-device capability & information privacy](https://dzierson.com/essay/7923ee58-0e7b-4a55-9ec1-5ccc37bf7417.md): Essay, June 10, 2025
- [On communicating information through deep time](https://dzierson.com/essay/1b5b308a-a372-4f55-80d9-7b7b1c2bee58.md): Essay, June 5, 2025
- [Book Review: AI Fairness](https://dzierson.com/essay/7481245d-30a5-479c-9431-78e82d032c5f.md): Essay, June 2, 2025
- [AI Governance for Product & Design folks](https://dzierson.com/essay/c843d15e-5d49-4283-b8b8-4a4d0f0a9ef3.md): Essay, May 30, 2025
- [The Urgency of Interpretability](https://dzierson.com/essay/500d1e86-b3a6-4fdc-954b-1f5835814c30.md): Essay, May 15, 2025
- [Reading When Human-AI Interactions Become Parasocial ](https://dzierson.com/essay/83669b98-eb9c-4a34-81fc-bf90e1edc920.md): Essay, May 9, 2025
- [My thoughts on the future of AI](https://dzierson.com/essay/4b02f3dd-357d-4711-aa4b-a4e30e300937.md): Essay, May 6, 2025

## Optional

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-dzierson-1081963/): Professional profile
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@willdzierson): Published writing
- [Sitemap](https://dzierson.com/sitemap.xml): Every public page