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Lauren Mason Carris ✨

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Strategic Product and AI Advisor at FIKSAL
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

An executive product and learning leader with a Ph. D. from UCLA, Lauren specializes in pro-human AI for the future of work. She advises executives on product strategy and purposeful AI adoption. Colleagues consistently describe her as a compassionate, strategic, grounded, and driven leader with an insatiable curiosity for learning.

Based in Salt Lake City, Lauren is deeply committed to community, valuing family, music, and creative collaboration. She actively mentors emerging talent through Silicon Slopes Women in Leadership and supports K–12 STEM initiatives. A recent interview mentioned she enjoys history, reading, and playing electric bass in a rock band.

She was a featured speaker at TEDxSaltLakeCity, where she discussed using technology to address climate change, and was a 2025 Women Tech Council Awards Finalist.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Strategic Product and AI Advisor
Job Level
Junior
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Pro-Human AI
Her professional focus is guiding purposeful AI adoption that aligns innovation with intention, empathy, and human-centered design.
Future of Work
Frequently discusses how AI is reshaping work, leadership, and trust, particularly in relation to hiring and HR technology.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Strategic Product and AI Advisor
FIKSAL
6-2023
Senior Product Strategist
Codingscape
1-2023
Board Member
Silicon Slopes Women in Leadership
10-2022 - 4-2023
VP of Product Management and Insights
Penny AI
11-2021 - 10-2022
VP Learning Product Design
Penny AI
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Education
Ph.D.
UCLA
M.A.
UCLA
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