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Defne Genç

defneg@stanford.edudefne.iolinkedin.com/in/-defnegithub.com/defnegenc
M.S. Computer Science — HCI
Stanford University
2024 – 2025 · GPA 3.93 / 4.0
B.S. Symbolic Systems
Stanford University
2020 – 2024
Algorithms · Big Data · Probability · HCI · AI · Applied Stats (R/SQL) · Operating Systems · Computational Logic
Associate Product ManagerCoinbase
Aug 2025 – Present
  • PM for institutional derivatives on Coinbase International Exchange — one of the largest regulated crypto derivatives venues globally.
  • Shipped market data infrastructure, platform settings, and cross-functional internal tooling across UI/UX, marketing, and regulatory compliance.
  • Works with engineers, designers, and risk/legal to scope and land launches affecting the exchange at scale.
  • Owns the team's business intelligence dashboards.
Graduate ResearcherStanford HCI Group (GPTCoach / Bloom)
Sep 2024 – Present
  • Core researcher on Bloom, an LLM-augmented physical activity coaching app — CHI 2026, 2nd author, accepted.
  • Led UI/UX design across the app, including a novel ambient activity display (garden metaphor) on homescreen and lockscreen.
  • Owned React Native frontend implementation; built Streamlit + Firestore dashboard for live field monitoring.
  • Led safety red-teaming: designed harm taxonomy, validated on a 600-example benchmark with >96% recall across risk categories.
  • Co-led 54-participant 4-week randomized field deployment — recruitment, onboarding, data pipelines, and qualitative coding.
Associate Product Manager InternCoinbase
Jun – Sep 2024
  • Built 0→1 charting tool and notifications engine for the International Exchange platform.
  • Authored PRDs for 3 features, including a promotional-tab A/B test projected to increase international perpetual trader onboarding by 20%.
  • Synthesized 1,000+ user feedback datapoints into prioritized roadmap direction.
Product Strategy InternBrewBird
Jun 2023 – Jun 2024
  • Sole UX designer for a Sequoia-backed IoT coffee platform — owned end-to-end product design and the public landing page.
  • Drove data-informed marketing strategy that increased digital engagement 9× and generated 600+ qualified sales leads.
Course Assistant — CS 147, CS 278, CS 347Stanford Computer Science
Sep 2024 – Present
  • Teaching assistant across Stanford's core HCI sequence: HCI Design (CS 147), Social Computing (CS 278), and HCI Foundations & Frontiers graduate seminar (CS 347).
  • Led studio sections on AI-supported language learning and building sociotechnical systems.
Bloom: Designing for LLM-Augmented Behavior Change Interactions
Jörke, Genç, Teutschbein, Sapkota, Chung, Schmiedmayer, Campero, King, Brunskill, Landay
CHI 2026 · 2nd author · AcceptedarXiv:2510.05449
Kuo Lab — Ovarian Cancer Organoids
Stanford School of Medicine · Wet Lab Researcher
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Languages
Python, TypeScript, SQL, C/C++
Frontend
React Native, Streamlit
Backend / Data
Supabase, Firebase, FastAPI
Design
Figma, UI/UX Systems, Prototyping
Research
User Research, A/B Testing, Qualitative Coding
AI / Safety
Red Teaming, AI Safety, LLM Integration
PM
PRDs, Roadmapping, BI Dashboards