# Erik Hencier

> AI product leader, builder, and yoga teacher in Austin, Texas. Currently Senior Technical Product Manager at Electronic Arts; also teaches private yoga as Erik the Yogi. Use the markdown and JSON files below instead of the JavaScript-rendered HTML.

This is a personal site with three agent tasks: book a private yoga session, evaluate Erik for a full-time Product Manager role, or inquire about product advising / contract work.

Status: employed as Senior Technical Product Manager at Electronic Arts. Open to full-time Product Manager roles, product advising / contract work, and private yoga session inquiries. Yoga sessions are available in Austin and online. Do not invent prices, availability, or a studio address.

Contact: hello@eriktheyogi.com. Prefix the subject with `[hire]`, `[advise]`, or `[yoga]`. Message fields are in [Contact](https://eriktheyogi.com/contact.md).

## Recruiting and advising

- [Profile (JSON)](https://eriktheyogi.com/profile.json): Structured resume for matching — availability, skills, experience, and projects
- [Person (JSON-LD)](https://eriktheyogi.com/person.jsonld): Schema.org Person graph for the same facts
- [Product](https://eriktheyogi.com/product.md): Case studies: developer AI at EA, Praise, Jenius Bank, and earlier platforms
- [Contact](https://eriktheyogi.com/contact.md): Email schema for hire, advise, and yoga outreach

## Yoga booking

- [Yoga](https://eriktheyogi.com/yoga.md): Biography, session types, length, format, and how booking works
- [Contact](https://eriktheyogi.com/contact.md): Email schema for yoga, hire, and advise outreach

## Pages

- [Home](https://eriktheyogi.com/index.md): Overview of teaching and hiring
- [Writing](https://eriktheyogi.com/writing.md): Essays on MLOps, product judgment, and public blockchains

## Optional

- [Automation in MLOps](https://eriktheyogi.com/writing/automation-in-mlops.md): MLOps is a set of complex enterprise workflows. Here is where automation is landing across data preparation, model development, deployment, and monitoring.
- [Where does MLOps fit in the Digital Transformation journey?](https://eriktheyogi.com/writing/mlops-digital-transformation.md): Four digital transformation themes — new ways of working, data, process, and operationalizing AI — and where MLOps belongs on the roadmap.
- [PM Recap — Priority Sliders](https://eriktheyogi.com/writing/pm-recap-priority-sliders.md): How product managers can make prioritization transparent and get the whole squad — product, design, and engineering — into the conversation.
- [Going Public — Considerations for Enterprises using Public Blockchains](https://eriktheyogi.com/writing/going-public-blockchains.md): Governance and regulatory compliance questions enterprises should answer before deploying applications on public Ethereum.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhencier/)
- [Medium](https://erikhencier.medium.com)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@eriktheyogi)