Tyler Phillips

Co-Founder

Denver, Colorado, United States8 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Achieved 500% YoY growth with AI sales platform.
Launched AI products reaching 50K+ weekly users.
Founded a successful AI product studio accepted to YC.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product leader with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

Contact

tyler.phillips@apollo.io LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAiEntrepreneurshipGrowth StrategyConsulting

Other Skills

AnalysisAnalytical SkillsBusiness PlanningCritical ThinkingData AnalysisEconomicsEvent PlanningFinancial MarketsMarket ResearchMarketingMathematicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePowerPointProblem Solving

About

I'm Tyler, an entrepreneurial AI product leader who learned about customer acquisition the hard way. My AI startup reached 25K users and got into YC S23, but ultimately failed because we built something "cool" instead of solving real problems. As a founder who struggled to make sales, I get how brutal it is to reach customers today. That failure taught me something crucial: sales teams don't need more AI features - they need AI that actually works. That's why I'm now building the AI sales platform I wish I had at Apollo.io ($1.6B startup backed by Sequoia/Bain/YC). Our AI Assistant turns natural language into sales execution - just say "Find finance leaders at Series B companies" and it finds prospects, writes personalized outreach, and sets up workflows automatically. Our impact thus far: - 500% YoY growth with 50K+ weekly users - 47M+ prospecting actions in 2025 H1 - Book 46% more meetings with our AI research agent - Convert 35% better with our AI messaging Previously built PLG products at LinkedIn Sales Navigator (1M+ subscribers) and Zendesk (millions of users). Struggling with outbound? Let’s connect - I share weekly insights on what actually works in Sales AI today.

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Apollo.io

3 roles

Director of Product Management, AI

Promoted

Sep 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

Built best-in-class GTM AI Assistant and scaled from 0 to 24K WAU, driving XXXK Assistant-executed actions and XXK meetings booked per month.

Product ManagementAI

Principal Product Manager, AI

Sep 2024 – Aug 2025 · 11 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

Launched Apollo AI's research agent from 0 to 39M enrichments/month at $XM ARR, driving XX% more meetings booked for end users in the first 14 days.

Product ManagementAI

Senior Product Manager, AI

Sep 2023 – Aug 2024 · 11 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

Drove +500% WAU growth for Apollo AI reaching 50K WAUs in 2024, primarily driven through deployment of AI-generated lead scores for new users, expansion of ML-based scores for existing users, and AI messaging.

Product ManagementAI

Autopia labs

Founder & CEO

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · San Francisco, California, United States

Founded a product studio focused on applying AI to B2B use cases, earned acceptance to YC 2023 (<1% acceptance). Went 0 to 1 for two AI products that reached a combined 25K MAUs: PowerModeAI.com, AI-generated slide decks and Autopia, JIRA automation for developers.

EntrepreneurshipAI

Zapp

Head of Product, Consumer

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 11 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Moved to London and owned all customer-facing products, including consumer mobile app, marketing website, customer support, and growth. Managed 3 PMs and led 15+ FTE product org from Series A to B for quick commerce startup backed by Lightspeed ($300M+ raised to date). Reported to CEO.
Achieved #1 NPS in market at +83, tripled WAUs to 60K, and reached top of market AOV.

Product ManagementGrowth Strategy

Zendesk

Product Manager, Growth & Monetization

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Led product across learn-try-buy-adopt for Zendesk’s self-serve business. Drove $20M revenue growth by leading a 30+ FTE team to improve self-serve conversion for SMBs and expansion for enterprises.
Went 0-1 to build personalized buying experience and product recommendations for Zendesk self-serve free trialers, created conversational UI designed to replicate a sales conversation with a customer.

Product ManagementGrowth Strategy

Product Manager, Growth

Jul 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Led growth across acquisition, activation, and retention for LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Achieved 168K all-time high signups in a quarter and reached 1M+ subscribers by building ML targeting and contextual upsells to create first-ever product-led growth motion for Sales Navigator on LinkedIn across mobile & web.
Member of 6-person 2018 class of the LinkedIn strategy & analytics rotational program (<0.1% acceptance rate). Rotated across LinkedIn's consumer, jobs, advertising, and sales product lines.

Product ManagementGrowth Strategy

Salesforce

Business Operations & Strategy

Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 · 0 mo · San Francisco, California

Uconsulting

Co-Founder & President

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Los Angeles, California

Founded UCLA's premier consulting group, grew consultant organization from 3 to 40+, and fostered business community of 1K+ students to break into consulting and entrepreneurship.

EntrepreneurshipConsulting