MAKIKO HARRIS
PRODUCT + DESIGN LEADER
I've spent 12 years designing and directing digital products across enterprise-scale companies like Intuit, Uber, and Sephora, and startups backed by Y Combinator and a16z, including Argon AI and Yield Guild Games.
Most recently, as Head of Product and Design at YGG, I led the team that launched YGG Play, built the team from the ground up, and established the operating systems that let it run efficiently, all while giving people enough autonomy to move fast and enough context to stay aligned.
Before that, I ran my own consultancy for a decade, and I've spent the years since bringing that same research instinct into AI-native product work.
Alongside all of it, I'm a practicing artist, exhibiting internationally and represented by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery. Whether it's a product, a team, or an exhibition, I see myself as a producer: someone who holds the end vision, breaks it into sprints, and brings the rigor to bring it to life.
“…one of the best leaders I’VE had the opportunity to work with… a true player-coach…supportive, direct, highly collaborative, and genuinely invested in helping the people around her do their best work.”
— Aikeda Sayram, Lead Product Manager (direct report)