Sean Horgan

Solving problems that matter

I’m passionate about helping others, especially those impacted by inadequate access to healthcare, natural disasters, or attacks on basic rights and freedoms. Over the years I volunteered my time with organizations like

Human Rights First,⁠

Vets for American Ideals⁠

Team Rubicon⁠

Operation White Stork⁠

and the

Veterans Collaborative⁠

, which I co-founded in 2014. I developed an application called

FastTrack⁠

that helped track vaccine distribution during the H1N1 outbreak. You can learn more about all these projects

here⁠

. I’m currently on the Veterans Advisory Council for

Everytown for Gun Safety⁠

where I focus on suicide prevention and awareness. My professional background is in Computer Science and I transitioned from developing software to leading product & strategy in 2012. I currently work at

Verily⁠

, a sister company of Google and one of the “other bets” of

Alphabet⁠

. At Verily I lead product for

Workbench⁠

, an ambitious initiative to transform how scientists access and analyze biomedical research data so they can understand the underlying causes of diseases and discover new treatments.

I served as a core member of the Verily Product Management Steering Committee that defined practices for ~50 Product Managers, designed & fielded surveys to meet the needs of the product community, conducted over 100 PM interviews and served on the PM Hiring Committee.

I’ve worked in senior leadership roles at a range of organizations, from small startups to public companies and government, leading highly cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, user researchers, designers, professional services and support staff. You can find a full copy of my resume

here⁠

I’m a builder at heart. I like to keep honing my skills by developing great products while keeping a beginner’s mindset. You can read more about my thoughts on product development & management, which includes many references to wonderful material put together by great product leaders I’ve followed over the years in

Practice of Product⁠

I was born in Tralee, Ireland and enlisted in the Marines shortly after getting my green card in the United States. I served for 12 years both in the reserves and on active duty, spending time in places like the arctic circle in Norway and Fallujah Iraq. I now live in the Boston area with my wife and twins.

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