Eli Feldman is a distinctive leader in the Boston AI ecosystem, representing a new breed of product leader: the deep subject-matter expert who builds their own solutions. With nearly two decades of experience operating high-scale Boston restaurants—including a long tenure as Director of Operations for Barbara Lynch’s restaurant group—Eli brings an operator’s precision to AI product management. As Chief Product Officer at Colette, he is transforming the tools he first prototyped to solve real-world problems in his own restaurants, like Shy Bird, into a platform that empowers the broader hospitality industry.

Eli’s impact is rooted in immediate, measurable utility. By using modern AI building tools, he developed internal systems for Shy Bird that automated weekly P&L analysis and labor anomaly detection, saving managers dozens of hours of manual spreadsheet work. Now at Colette, he applies this same high-velocity execution to early adopters, shipping AI-powered solutions that help restaurant owners bridge the gap between fragmented data and actionable management. A champion of the local hospitality community, Eli also leads educational initiatives, such as hands-on AI hackathons, to help fellow restaurateurs demystify and deploy AI in their own kitchens.