2024 —
Instagram (Meta)
Member of Product Staff, Stories
I currently lead all work around sharing (making Stories) and connection (reacting or replying to Stories). Taking big 0→1 swings on the way billions of people share their lives.
ramdatt// Home
Hi, I'm Michael. I build products that help people make and nurture friendships on Instagram.
I have consumer product experience across social, growth, and marketplaces.
Outside of tech, I have worked on major campaigns in Democratic politics and I'm a PADI scuba diving instructor.
I like building solutions to hard, multi-disciplinary problems and leading high-performing teams.
Work stuff
2022 — 2024
Lyft
Product Lead, Airports // Product Manager, Maps
Led the Airports team, Lyft's most profitable business, and drove its post-pandemic turnaround (coordinating across experience, marketplace, operations, and regulators).
Earlier helped grow Lyft Maps from under 10% to over 90% driver adoption. I'm particularly proud of launching rideshare's first CarPlay and Android Auto integration.
2020 — 2022
Facebook (Meta)
Product Growth, Internet.org + Core growth
Grew internet monetization for zero-rated products serving 500M+ users, and led the new-user registration redesign for Instagram and Facebook under the new Meta account system.
2019 — 2020
Capital One
Card Product Strategy
Supported product strategy for the Savor premium card and owned direct mail marketing ops for Venture and Quicksilver franchises.
2018
University of Pennsylvania
B.S.E., Systems Science and Engineering
Personal stuff
Outside work:
For fun: films, music, and traveling.
For fun and performance: weightlifting, tennis, and cycling.
Dive Instruction →
Private scuba instruction, from first dives through divemaster, plus support on destination trips. Reach out for details.
Usual spots:
- ·Tulum
- ·Cabo
- ·South Florida
- ·Pool-only sessions in SF and NYC
Campaign Politics
Getting back into the field for the 2026 and 2028 cycles.
Highlighted past gigs:
- ·Philadelphia 2016 DNC Host Committee (2014)
- ·Tom Wolf for Governor (2014 + 2018)
- ·Hillary for America (2016)
- ·Biden Inaugural Committee (2020)
New Ideas
Always tinkering on something. Lately: tools to help people act on their thoughtfulness, and a few ideas around health and performance.
If you want to jam on a new idea, reach out.
Hit me up
- michael @ this domain
- linkedin.com/in/michaelramdatt
- Location
- San Francisco, CA