# DataSaa (Rick Wong)

> DataSaa (legal name DataSaa LLC) is Rick Wong's US company, based in Irvine, CA, working with US startups remotely. Rick leads product and engineering for startup founders and CEOs who want to build with AI, scale with it, and make the company AI-native. He also runs AI enablement for existing teams, and covers open leadership seats while companies hire. Contact: rick@datasaa.com.

Rick is currently leading AI enablement as a product and engineering executive (the employer is not named). He has held IC seats in product and engineering up through the executive seat, and works across engineering, product and program. AI does drafting and synthesis; a person signs off on anything that goes out. No public pricing.

## Facts
- Legal name: DataSaa LLC
- Location: Irvine, CA, working with US startups remotely
- Core hours: 1–9pm PT (Pacific)
- Reply time: by email, within one business day
- Availability: Open now for new engagements, as of October 2026.
- Contact: rick@datasaa.com (email only; no form, no booking link)
- Previously: Engineering leadership, Allergan Data Labs; Director of Ops Product and Engineering, Ruggable; VP, Technology Innovation, Cypress Creek Renewables; Senior Product Manager, ADP; Product Manager, Syncromatics; Principal Engineer, Cornerstone OnDemand; Lead Developer, Kareo

Home: [DataSaa](https://datasaa.com/)

## AI-native product and engineering leadership (for startup founders and CEOs)
- [AI-native product and engineering leadership for startups](https://datasaa.com/ai-native-product-engineering-leadership)
- Field notes on AI Agent Management: [Start Here](https://www.aiagentmanagement.com/start-here), [Key AI interfaces](https://www.aiagentmanagement.com/key-ai-interfaces), [The Collapse of the Middle](https://www.aiagentmanagement.com/posts/the-collapse-of-the-middle)

## AI enablement (for existing teams)
- [AI enablement for the team you already have](https://datasaa.com/ai-enablement)
- [Interim Head of AI / AI enablement lead](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat/ai-lead): the same work as a covered Head of AI / AI enablement lead seat

## Interim seat coverage (you keep your search; Rick covers the seat)
- [Interim seat coverage: keep your search, keep the work moving](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat)
- [Interim / fractional Technical Program Manager for a critical build](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat/technical-program-manager): program owner for a cross-team software initiative
- [Interim Head / VP of Product Engineering](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat/head-of-product-engineering): player-coach
- [Interim Engineering Manager while you hire](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat/engineering-manager)
- [Interim Product Manager / Head of Product](https://datasaa.com/cover-the-seat/head-of-product)
- [How covering a seat works](https://datasaa.com/how-it-works)

## Sample delivery timeline (for a critical software build)
- [A sample delivery timeline for your software build](https://datasaa.com/delivery-timeline): for mid-market software companies (about Series A–C, roughly 50–300 people) running a critical build and hiring a TPM. Email subject: Sample delivery timeline request

## How to engage
- [How to engage](https://datasaa.com/contact)
- Email rick@datasaa.com. Include: what you are building, or the seat that is open (and the job post link, if it is posted); where the team is today and what is slipping; any hard date (launch, migration cutover, board, hire); who owns the budget for it.

## About and proof
- [About Rick Wong](https://datasaa.com/about)
- [Questions about working with me](https://datasaa.com/faq)
- [LinkedIn recommendations](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwong/details/recommendations/)

## Optional
- [AI Agent Management](https://www.aiagentmanagement.com/): Rick's field notes on AI operating systems (separate publication)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://datasaa.com/llms-full.txt)