About
Sophie Sutherland

Building AI that helps people do more.

I'm a founder and AI practitioner based in San Francisco — currently completing my Masters in Technology Management at the University of San Francisco while building products that make AI more thoughtful, useful, and accountable.

My path started in Biomedicine, moved through Digital Business, and landed firmly at the intersection of AI and product. Whether consulting enterprise teams on AI adoption or shipping my own tools, I care about one thing: technology that genuinely improves people's lives.

📍 San Francisco, CA MSc Technology Management — USF English · Dutch · French

Work

Projects

Trace Founder · 2026

Solo-founded an AI sustainability tracker that monitors the environmental cost of AI usage — per prompt. Trace surfaces what we often ignore: the real-world carbon and energy footprint of every AI interaction. Built and shipped a beta to the Chrome Extension Web Store independently.

AI · Sustainability Chrome Extension Solo-founded View on Chrome Store
Job Agent Automation · 2025

A personal AI agent that takes the friction out of job searching. Every morning at 8am it scans listings, scores and ranks them against my experience and criteria, then emails me a curated digest — so I start each day with only the roles that actually matter, zero manual effort required.

AI Agents Automation Scheduled tasks Personal tooling
VR for Student Mental Health Startup · 2022

Co-founded a VR application designed to support student mental health during my Masters at IE University. Led a team of 4 to build an MVP and reached the finals of IE University's competitive Startup Accelerator program.

VR · EdTech Mental Health Accelerator Finalist

Experience

Where I've worked

Teaching Assistant — Fundamentals of GenAI 2026 – Present University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
  • Grading student projects on data quality and GPT fine-tuning
  • Supporting student understanding of core model development concepts
AI Consultant 2023 – 2024 Louwman Group The Hague, Netherlands
  • Identified and scoped AI use cases to streamline operations across the company
  • Engineered prompts for 5 AI agents, including customer service training tools
  • Built and ran an internal AI community of over 100 members for sharing emerging tech
  • Hosted 30+ workshops training employees to use AI confidently and responsibly
Trainee — Future Tech Leaders 2023 – 2024 Bit · Louwman Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Participated in weekly trainings from senior industry leaders
  • Ideated and prototyped projects for 4 of Bit's clients
Sophie Sutherland — Bit Traineeship, AI Consultant at Louwman
Speaker Liaison 2022 – 2023 VRDays Europe Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Managed 250+ speakers across communication and on-site hosting for Immersive Tech Week
  • Owned event programming and floor production of the conference

Skills & Education

What I bring

AI & Product

  • AI agent design & development
  • LLM integration & prompt engineering
  • Product strategy & roadmapping
  • User-centred design (JTBD, design thinking)
  • AI adoption & change management

Execution

  • 0 → 1 product development
  • Consulting & stakeholder management
  • Research & user stories
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Tools & Technologies

Claude ChatGPT Python SQL Figma Tableau Salesforce Notion Slack SPSS MS Office Final Cut Pro
Education
University of San Francisco, School of Management 2025 – 2026 Masters in Technology Management GPA: 4.0 Consulting for an AI Security startup via the Malloy Group · VP of Finance, AI in Business Club
IE University 2021 – 2022 Masters in Digital Business and Innovation GPA: 3.84 Awarded Top Student of the programme
Amsterdam University College 2018 – 2021 Bachelor of Science · Major: Biomedicine GPA: 3.75

Contact

Let's talk.

Interested in working together, or just want to chat about AI, products, or sustainability? I'd love to hear from you.