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Tapan Kamdar

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Senior Director of Product Management - Generative AI, Search & Productivity at Mozilla
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Tapan is an accomplished AI Product Leader with a history of driving massive growth at Mozilla, Meta, and GoDaddy. With an MBA from UC Berkeley, he specializes in building AI-powered products that enhance user productivity and experience. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful, strategic, and authentic leader.

Beyond his corporate roles, Tapan is dedicated to mentoring others as an author and executive coach. He is also actively involved in community service, recently volunteering with his daughter to distribute food to families in need. He is passionate about democratizing technology access and ensuring user privacy.

Unique fact: While at Meta, Tapan led the development of AI discovery engines that drove an incremental 300 million monthly active users.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Senior Director of Product Management - Generative AI, Search & Productivity
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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Responsible AI
Leads initiatives at Mozilla to deploy AI responsibly in products like Firefox, emphasizing user control and the balance between privacy and innovation.
User Productivity
Focuses on developing features like AI Smart Window and enhanced search suggestions in Firefox to reduce context-switching and help users work more efficiently.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Senior Director of Product Management - Generative AI, Search & Productivity
Mozilla
9-2025
Author
Freelance
9-2025
Advisory Council Member
Products That Count
2-2023
Executive Coach
SkillSculpt
6-2021 - 2-2024
Director, Product Management, AI Experiences & Platforms
Meta
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Education
2008 - 2011
MBA
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
1999 - 2001
2001
University of Maryland Baltimore County
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