👋I’m Zach, a Product Manager who’s passionate about design, intentional user experiences, and building things that help people grow
MY EXPERIENCE
PT Solutions → Product-Minded Clinician (2021–2023)
Choice Rehab → Director of Patient-Centered Innovation (2019–2021)
About me
I studied Kinesiology with a minor in Psychology at the University of Arkansas, where I became fascinated by the connection between the body, mind, and long-term behavior change. After graduating, I earned my Associate’s degree as a Physical Therapy Assistant from Northwest Arkansas Community College in just one year, then completed my MBA online through Arkansas State—also in a year—driven by a desire to combine healing with scalable impact.
My career began in healthcare, where I saw firsthand how broken systems, emotional burnout, and environmental stressors kept people clueless, dependent, and dysregulated—despite good intentions. It was not until I started having my own issues and realizing how little I actually knew about healing, that I realized how flawed the system and our culture was. It took a decade of experience, cross-cultural studies in bodywork, and countless hours of research to fully understand the human mind, body, subconscious, emotions, diet, and culture—and how they all interact. I became essentially a type of research detective while also using critical thinking skills. There is not just one path to fixing a problem and sometimes a problem requires completely off the wall thinking to fix. I am your guy. I’ve had to let go of so many beliefs while seeking the truth, it has made me quiet flexible. After this, I realized I could not make an impact at my current position.
What I saw was frustrating: corporations profiting off people who didn’t know any better, or worse, spreading misinformation because they didn’t actually understand health at all. I put up with it as long as I could—until I realized no one was going to change it. So I did. That experience now shapes how I approach Product: with multi-perspective thinking, precision, and a deep understanding of what people truly need to grow and thrive. I’ve seen how powerful this knowledge can be—and how dangerous it becomes when abused. I’m here to use it differently.
Now, as a Product Manager, I’m passionate about building products that go beyond surface-level engagement—especially in wellness, emotional health, and behavior change. I care deeply about user experience, emotional intelligence, and solving problems that lead to real transformation. I highly value trust and authenticity because I know first hand the damage it does to a person and society if not handled delicately.
Outside of Product, I’m into emotional archetypes, game design, food as medicine, and creating experiences that reconnect people to themselves. I’m really into improving myself with practical knowledge, so that I can fully experience life. I’m always up for deep conversations, unexpected ideas, and making things that matter.
Let’s connect.
My Work
PT Solutions
At PT Solutions, I served as a clinician and educator, designing scalable tools to help patients understand healing, nutrition, and habits- empowering them to recover and sustain long-term health.
Choice Rehab
At Choice Rehab, I led as Director of Rehabilitation, streamlining discharge planning and launching group programs that improved mobility outcomes—while creating patient-centered systems that scaled across care teams.
Side Projects
Being
BEING is a nervous system companion app that helps users track emotional patterns, understand their regulation states, and receive personalized guidance—from somatics to yoga to nutrition.
It empowers users to build safety in the body before taking action—bridging science, emotional intelligence, and daily practice to support real inner change.
Roots
Roots was a simple self-awareness tool that helped users connect emotions to beliefs and nervous system states. It provided bite-sized insights and practical tools to support regulation, without overwhelming complexity.
ConnectFlow
ConnectFlow was a relationship management app designed to help users organize their network, log interactions, and send thoughtful follow-ups with ease.
Ripple
Ripple was a wellness-focused app that encouraged users to complete one small, meaningful action each day to support personal growth and community impact.
Case Studies
Calm
Improved user retention by redesigning the emotional check-in flow to better align with how users actually experience stress and seek relief.
Uber
Reduced ride cancellations by surfacing a high-friction policy at the moment of scheduling, bridging the gap between user expectation and driver experience.
Zimmer Biomet
Introduced real-time recovery support tools to help Zimmer Biomet ankle replacement patients build confidence and resilience beyond willpower, supporting long-term mobility and healing.