Doug Park
LVL 25 · ONLINE
PLAYER ONLINE · OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS

Pick my brain.

Twenty-five years leading teams at Microsoft and Expedia, and now building my own products with AI. Whether you're building a company, leading a team, starting your career or just curious, if any of that is useful to you, let's talk. No pitch. No strings.

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45 minutes, one-on-one. No cost, and it's not a sales call. I just like meeting people.

Doug Park
Doug Park
Class: Operator · Builder · Guide
Home base: Snohomish, WA
  • ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED25 years of leadership
  • SIDE QUEST COMPLETE48 countries explored
  • RARE ACHIEVEMENTSurvived the Red Ring

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Three ways to play.

Press Start

45 minutes with me on leadership, operations, AI or the things I've built. No strings.

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Gatherings

Free Seattle-area meetups for people I've worked with, and the people they'd bring.

Next gathering: being planned →
TRAINING MODE

Mentoring

Pro bono coaching for people early in their careers.

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Player selection

Who should press start.

PLAYER 1

Founders

You built the thing. Now there are people to lead and decisions you've never made before.

PLAYER 2

Team leaders

New manager or seasoned exec, it helps to talk it through with someone who's been there.

PLAYER 3

Builders

Working out what AI can actually do for your work, or building something of your own.

CO-OP

The curious

At a crossroads, comparing notes, or just want to meet. Some of my favorite conversations.

Skill tree

What we can talk about.

Twenty-five years of points, spent across four branches. Open the tree to see every skill.

SKILL POINTS SPENT: 25 YEARS

Achievements

Track record.

6 / 6 UNLOCKED

  • Bench builder

    PEOPLE

    Hired managers who now run organizations of their own.

  • Lean and mean

    OPERATIONS

    Helped grow the business while making operations more efficient.

  • Busywork slayer

    OPERATIONS

    Automated the grind out of a global operations team.

  • Seeing red

    RARE

    Led Xbox's global response to the Red Ring of Death.

  • Trust and safety

    PLATFORM

    Reduced fraud and account theft across Xbox.

  • Late-game builder

    AI

    Led AI adoption across a global team and built my own software.

Controls

How to play.

  1. Press start

    Pick a time that works and tell me what's on your mind.

  2. Bring anything

    A hard problem, a half-formed idea, a career question. 45 minutes, on video.

  3. No strings

    It costs nothing and it isn't a sales call. If we stay in touch, it's because we both want to.

Tips

Does this cost anything?
No. I'm not selling anything in these conversations.
Do I need to be a founder?
No. Anyone who thinks I might be useful, at any stage.
What happens after?
Nothing, unless we both want to stay in touch.

Class progression

Leveled up, one class at a time.

Newest first. Side quests along the way: two degrees while working, and 48 countries.

CLASS 10 · NEW ACHIEVEMENT

Guide & Builder

Meeting people, helping where I can, and building my own products with AI.

  • Multi-class: operator + builder
  • All previous perks retained
NEXT SPECIALIZATION
In discovery.

  1. VP, Advertising Operations

    Expedia Group, 2022–2026
    PERK UNLOCKEDScale without bloat

  2. Sr. Director, Expedia

    Lodging supply, then Ad Ops, 2014–2022
    PERK UNLOCKEDBench builder

  3. Director, Xbox

    Marketplace, Safety, Support
    PERK UNLOCKEDCrisis mode

  4. Microsoft

    MSN Internet Access, Global Outsourcing, from 2000
    PERK UNLOCKEDVendor whisperer
ORIGIN STORY
CLASS 3Call Center Associate
CLASS 2Sandwich Artist
CLASS 1Potato Truck Driver

Plus pizza delivery and a cheese factory. Every one taught me something.

Inventory

Off the clock.

  • Books: business, sci-fi, fantasy
  • Gamer since forever
  • 48 countries visited
  • Cooks for a crowd
  • Builds apps for fun
  • M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

45 minutes, one-on-one. Bring whatever's on your mind.

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