Uzair Hussain · Product leader · Chicago

When in doubt, ship it.

For more than 20 years, I've shipped products from retail floors to regulated clinical environments. I've helped teams turn big ideas into measurable outcomes that deliver value to the customer. Learn more or schedule a time to get started.

Start a PilotRead the field reports
1M+
People woke up with Cleu
86%
Of students reported better well-being
50K+
Home cooks used Innit
Uzair Hussain, studio portrait

Built with teams at

  • Apple
  • General Assembly
  • Innit
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Intel
  • American Heart Association
  • AAMC
  • Vercel

Field reports

Pivots are part of the outcome.

Six field reports from 20 years of building. Each one describes how the team started, an outcome we accomplished together, and learnings along the way. Learn more by diving into each one.

Field report 01: Med school well-being

Field report 01 · Healthcare · Pilot

A well-being pilot for 32 medical students and 16 clinicians. Then the whole school.

86%
Of students reported better well-being
60s
To prepare a mentor meeting
AAMC
Featured for AI in medical education

Read field report 01

Field report 06: First-period check-ins

Students were checked out by first period. So we built a morning check-in.

$100K Intel grant

Field report 04: The snooze controller

From an alarm clock to a morning controller. The first Works with Nest app.

1M+ users

Field report 03: Zero to 50K cooks

First growth hire. A connected kitchen from zero to 50K+ users.

47% acquisition conversion

Field report 05: A school from scratch

Building General Assembly's Business and Design school in Los Angeles.

450+ graduates

Field report 02: Live in two weeks

Two weeks paired with Vercel. Create React App to Next.js, in production.

12 lessons, shared publicly

The arc · 2009 – 2026 · one dot per year

See all the field reports in order →
  1. Apple2009
  2. 10
  3. myAchy11
  4. Cleu12
  5. GA13
  6. 14
  7. 15
  8. 16
  9. Innit17
  10. 18
  11. DistrictZero19
  12. 20
  13. 21
  14. 22
  15. 23
  16. Loyola24
  17. 25
  18. Timekeepur2026

Ways of working

Start small. Scale up when best.

Most teams start with a Pilot. Each relationship includes deliverables: code, a plan, or a clear decision on where to steer the roadmap.

PairThis week

90 minutes

You, or one person you send, and me. We leave with code, a roadmap, a deck or a decision your team can run with.

$1,200Paid in full

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PilotMost teams start here

30 or 60 days

Two focused days a week with your team on the one result that matters most, with a clear decision at the end.

$10,00030 days · 60 days $20,000

Start a PilotOr start 60 days · $20,000

EmbedOngoing

A seat on your team

Month to month, inside your team. The longer I'm with you, the bolder we can be together.

$30,000Per month · $8,000 deposit

Hold month one

Not sure yet? Book a 15-minute call, or ask Digital Uzair anything, free.

How a Pilot runs

Decide what to measure. Then build it.

  1. Week 1

    Choose the one outcome

    We agree on the measure that matters before any building starts, so everyone knows what success looks like.

  2. Weeks 2 – 3

    Build, and check honestly

    Two focused days a week with your team. We look at results against that measure every week, and say plainly what they show.

  3. Week 4

    Ship it where you work

    The work lands in the tools your team already uses, and you leave with a clear decision about what comes next.

In their words

“The agenda generator is an element that has the potential to modernize the mentorship process. It literally does the work for the mentor.”
Dr. Trent Reed, DO, CHSE, FACEP
Chair, Leischner Department of Medical Education, Loyola
  • “He’s been able to take an idea from concept to one of the most highly rated and, more importantly, loved apps by its users.”
    Raj Bhardwaj · then Human Interface Design, Apple
  • “Uzair has a gift for taking a roomful of people at vastly different levels and adapting to each individual’s needs.”
    Abbie Moore · a student at General Assembly
  • “An avid interest to collaborate with experts to learn how to do things ‘right’, per what the evidence suggests.”
    Dr. Kripa Sundar · Founder, EdTech Recharge

Timekeepur Pit Stop

Box box. Grab insights. Get back on track.

Conversations with people using AI at work, from a hospital CEO to the founders I build with. Short enough for a coffee, practical enough to use the same day.

New episodes every few weeks. Subscribe and you'll get the next pit stop as soon as it's out.

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Your version of this

Every day is day 1.

Tell me about the one outcome you can't afford to miss. We'll know in 15 minutes whether a Pair, a Pilot or an Embed is the right way to start.

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Or ask Digital Uzair anything, free, any time.