Chidinma Kalu

Sharpshooter
DISC Type : DC

Career transition at Career Break

Scotts Valley, California, United States

Overview

Chidinma is a Design Researcher and founder of Yourlivefit, a commerce platform for retail. She specializes in XR and AI-driven image recognition, with previous experience at Amazon and Meta. Colleagues describe her as passionate, analytical, and detail-oriented. She holds a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University.

Outside of tech, she is an avid dancer with skills in Jazz, Afrobeat, and Latin styles. She is passionate about promoting sustainable brands within the fashion industry and also enjoys rock climbing. Her interests include reading, music, and comedy.

She developed an AI-powered visual search platform for sneakers and fashion items that achieved 95% accuracy.

Personality Overview

Fast But Analytical

Rigorous & Demanding

Thorough Evaluator

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.  They are very proud of what they do. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Topics They Care About

AI in Fashion
She founded Yourlivefit and developed Attire. ai, focusing on virtual try-ons and image recognition to enhance product discovery and user experience in retail.
XR User Experience
Her work at Meta involved research for AR/VR products like Ray-Ban Stories, and her graduate work focused on designing user experiences for VR applications.
Sustainable Fashion
Focuses on creating sustainable and commercially viable solutions in the fashion industry and is passionate about making sustainable brands more visible.

Media Appearances

Chidinma has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025 - 7-2025
Career transition at Career Break
4-2023 - 9-2023
Co-Founder CPO at WhatAreThose!? LLC
1-2023 - 1-2025
Researcher and Co-founder at Yourlivefit's Attire.ai
1-2023
Forward Deployed Builder and Researcher at Yourlivefit
6-2022 - 8-2023
User Experience Intern at Amazon

Education

2021 - 2023
Master's degree from Iowa State University
2016 - 2018
Bachelors in Arts Psychology from San José State University
2017 - 2019
UX Design from Udacity
2014 - 2015
Information Technology from Foothill College
2012 - 2015
Associate of Science (A.S.) from Evergreen Valley College

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Insights For Selling To Chidinma

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Be respectful but crisp
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chidinma is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chidinma

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chidinma move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Chidinma take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Chidinma

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