Rico Garcia
Principal Product Manager/ Magpie Literacy
Board / 01
[01] Magpie Literacy / Platform Data

Every connection
carries a decision.

Rebuild the system. Restore the trust.

Research informed priorities. Repairs protected educators. Testing made recovery repeatable. Shared practices prepared the team for growth. Much of this work was invisible in the interface, but consequential to the product.

[02]

The work, in motion

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Q4 / PLANNED
2026 / Timeline
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[03]Build the foundation

Moved reporting from a brittle monolith toward a governed, testable architecture.

[04]Make the work legible

Connected product decisions, customer evidence, operations, and technical delivery.

[05]Prepare for scale

Turned stabilization work into the runway for K–8, self-service research, and Q4 growth.

Rico Garcia / January–September 2026Product leadership case record