Yue Zhao

CPTO | Leadership coach | theuncommonexecutive.com

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I help ambitious aspiring executives, especially women and minorities, break through to executive leadership roles. Drawing on her experience as a Chief Product & Technology Officer and years of coaching, Yue helps individuals maximize their impact within their organizations and make career progression not just possible, but inevitable. Here's how to work with her: - 1:1 Executive Coaching: 6 months minimum. Intro meeting for mutual fit is required. - AI Amplified Leadership Accelerator (mid-career): a 6-week leadership transformation program to unlock your full potential and put yourself on the fast track to executive levels. Includes a unique blend of curriculum, coaching, and community focused on women and minorities in executive leadership. - Courses: Yue teaches live, cohort-based courses on Executive Presence & Communication on Maven - Corporate team coaching, workshops, and speaking engagements: Yue works with high-caliber companies to develop their high-potential leaders. Past clients include PayPal, OpenAI, Guild Education, Thumbtack, Slack, SurveyMonkey, and more. More about her work: - Book: Yue is the author of "The Uncommon Executive: Breakthrough to the C-Suite," available in both Kindle and paperback formats on Amazon. - Newsletter: Yue writes a weekly substack newsletter called The Uncommon Executive where she shares career and leadership how-to's for directors and VPs. - Yue is an Integral coach, combining the head, heart, and body in her approach. ------ Prior to coaching, Yue was the Chief Product & Technology officer at Fuzzy Pet Health (Series C, Matrix, Greycroft), PM manager at Meta, and first PM at Thumbtack (Series I, Sequoia, Google Ventures). She is also a venture partner with LifeX Ventures and co-founder of a failed wine startup, First Crush. Yue has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Experience

  • Executive & Leadership Coach at The Uncommon Executive
    Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

    I help mid to senior-level leaders unlock their potential and accelerate growth to executive levels in the age of AI. I take an integral approach, combining wisdom of the head, heart, and body to unlock new possibilities and overcome challenges. Clients from: A\, Open AI, Amazon, Google, Airbnb, Slack, Uber, Tier 1 VCs, Netflix, Zillow, Twilio, Instacart, and more. Here's how to work with me: - 1:1 Executive Coaching: 6 months minimum. Intro meeting for mutual fit required. - Course: Executive Presence & Communication: Live cohort-based course on executive communication, presence, and influence. Best Seller in Leadership and Top 100 on Maven. - AI Amplified Leadership Accelerator: a group coaching program focused on career paths in the age of AI self-advocacy, leadership superpowers, executive communication, sponsorship, and more. - Corporate workshops and Fireside Chats: On Executive communication, Delegation, Influence Mapping, and more. Yue pens a weekly leadership newsletter with 24,000+ subscribers where she shares career and leadership how-to's for directors and VPs. She is also the author of The Uncommon Executive: Breakthrough to the C-Suite (available on Amazon, rated 4.8 stars!) Find me at www.theuncommonexecutive.com

  • Executive Coach at Perk
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Executive coach to members of the C-suite and their directs

  • Fuzzy (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Chief Product & Technology Officer
      May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

      I managed a team of 100+ across Engineering, Product Management, Design, Research, & Lifecycle Marketing. Turned around company financials from negative unit economics to $xx net profit per client Fuzzy (series C, greylock, matrix, $88M+ raised) is digital platform that delivers convenient and affordable digital vet care for prescriptions and treatments for common pet health needs.

    • Chief Product Officer
      Jun 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr

      a critical member of the C-suite responsible for driving company vision, strategy, and execution on critical initiatives. I support the Product, Design, Research, Brand, Content, CRM and PMM teams.

  • Venture Partner at LifeX Ventures
    Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    $100M Fund actively deploying capital in the Healthcare and Climate x AI space.

  • Meta (Full-time · 3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Manager Product Management
      Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr

      Building for xxM small and medium business advertisers across FB Inc, accounting for ~12% of FB revenue. Led product teams across Growth, Incentives and Rewards, Core experiences, Ads in FB Business Suite, ML/Personalization, and Platform (iOS, Android, WWW, and FB lite). Also led multiple x-org initiatives on SMB ads strategy and Creator Ads strategy.

    • Manager, Product Management
      Jun 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

      PM lead for FB Messenger on Large Screens - web, mobile web, native desktop. Responsible for growth, core messaging experiences and real-time video and audio. Launched and grew Native Desktop App to 3M daily users.

    • Lead Product Manager
      Sep 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Led Instagram's feed sharing and profile teams. Projects include complete profile redesign and various 0-1 prototypes for feed sharing. Led the COVID19 response at Instagram for stories, feed, and profile.