Michelle Bonner Techel ’96 is currently exploring the intersection of humanities and technology in shaping decision-making, governance and human-machine collaboration as a master’s candidate at Stanford.

Previously, Techel led product marketing for Meta’s Business Products group, scaled Facebook Marketplace to 800 million users across more than 70 countries, and built new advertiser placements from concept to $3 billion. At Wells Fargo, she built and implemented credit card strategy leading to the bank’s launch on Apple Pay and expanded the bank’s loan portfolio while maintaining industry-leading credit quality.

Techel currently serves on the Board of Ready Credit and is founder of an AI-first company operating in stealth mode.