Anthony Marter Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

I specialise in helping organisations become more profitable and improve the value of investment in their product and technology teams. I coach leadership teams on how to make the most of their product investment, and how to get the most from their product teams. I also help individual product managers, product owners and leaders to grow and develop their skills in order to maximise their value to the organisations that they work for. Talk to me about:- Getting the most value from your product and product team- Fixing your agile/digital transformation- Helping your product and delivery teams to work better together- How to coach your Product people to make them amazing- Unlocking innovation from data in your organisation- Getting the most from your technology teamIf you are a Product person looking to level up, talk to me about tailored coaching to grow your career - I particularly specialise in coaching product people on how to expand their skillset into the commercial areas of product management - eg strategy, pricing and go to market.Clients I've worked with included:- Foodstuffs North Island- Fisher and Paykel Appliances- FileInvite- BoardPro- Harmoney- SolarZero (prior to taking on the CPO/CTO role full-time)

Co-founder and chair of Product Aotearoa, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to nurturing, connecting and increasing the impact of product professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand. As chair I set the strategic direction for the organisation and work together a fantastic team of product professionals to bring our vision for Product Aotearoa to life. In 2023 we ran the very first product management conference held in NZ.

Nz

In June I shifted into a role advising the SolarZero executive and product team on product strategy as well as working on specific strategic projects to improve the customer experience and grow the product portfolio. In addition to this I am coaching the product management team.

Nz

- Created the commercial and customer focused product strategy- Introduced product management as a new functional area for the business, extracting it from the technology team, and rebuilt the product team from delivery focus to full commercial product focus- Drove a transformation to a cross-functional, value stream-oriented way of working, the newly created cross-functional squads and teams I hired drove new product initiatives that have contributed over $5m of net-new free cashflow- Personally product-managed the introduction of SolarZero’s up-front purchase product offering that now sits alongside the subscription offering- Acted as interim CTO from 1/2023 to 7/2023, refreshing and preparing the technology team for growth, and drove the hiring of the CTO

Auckland, Auk, Nz

As product and delivery coach I worked with Harmoney's product, design and engineering teams to bring to life a discovery led culture, and guiding the growth of their teams post IPO. I also stepped in to act as delivery manager and product manager across a range of teams to fill gaps left by vacancies.Specific achievements included:- Recruited the entire UX team and drove Product Manager recruitment- Defined the platform product manager role and acted in this capacity- Successfully obtained over $1m in tax credits under the IRD RDTI scheme

I specialise in helping organisations understand what becoming product led and customer driven actually means in the real world and what the journey looks like to unlock success. I also coach and mentor Product Managers/Owners and Product Leaders. Talk to me about:- Shifting your organisation to a sustainable product-led, customer driven mindset- Making your Agile transformation actually successful- Helping your product and delivery teams to work better together- What does a great product strategy look like- Understanding where to find great Product talent and what that talent looks like- How to coach your Product people to make them amazing- Unlocking innovation from data in your organisationIf you are a Product person looking to level up, talk to me about tailored coaching to grow your career - I particularly specialise in coaching 'Scrum Product Owners' to take on proper Product Management responsibilitiesClients I've worked with included:- Foodstuffs North Island- Fisher and Paykel Appliances- FileInvite- BoardPro

Auckland, Auk, Nz

As Value Management Lead I work across Foodstuffs IT teams to bring a product focus to their ways of working, defining new practices and processes that focus on creating technology enabled customer and employee outcomes.

Auckland Central, Auckland, Nz

- Defined the product strategy for Plexure's consumer engagement/marketing product suite that is used by over 150 million users in 58 countries by global brands to personalise the experience of their consumers- Guided Plexure's productisation journey, shifting Plexure from a services mindset to a customer focused Product mindset- Drove a data-led culture, shifting focus from functionality to data outcomes- Guided the productisation of Plexure's data science research, taking AI driven insights and turning them into machine learning driven product outcomes- Built and led the Product Management team- From Nov 2018 to Nov 2019 I also led the Customer Support team, building this from a single customer facing representative into a globally distributed team

Grafton, Auckland, Nz

- Driving the product and market strategy for the Orion Health Amadeus Precision Medicine Data Platform- Leading and developing the product management practice at Orion Health

Grafton, Auckland, Nz

- Senior Product Owner for the Orion Health Amadeus precision medicine platform- Lead for the Orion Health Product Owner practice- Driving transformational change in the way Orion Health builds and delivers products to markets across the world- Coordinating the efforts of multiple teams and product owners delivering into a cross-organisation release train, shifting from a component led to a product led mindset- Defining and implementing processes which will allow Orion to deliver monthly updates to clients- Leading the definition and implementation of the Product Owner competence across all product lines- Working on Orion Health's outreach program to encourage young people into the tech sector, and helping them to understand that there are roles in tech other than being a developer

Auckland, Nz

- Senior Agile Product Owner managing the release-level backlog for multiple scrum teams/team level Product Owners across multiple workstreams and product sets- Defining the technical product requirements and roadmap for Fiserv's Mobiliti Retail ASP and Tablet banking product sets- Working with external client stakeholders to ensure both day-to-day and long term needs are met for the SAAS product line- Process development for the Mobiliti Product Management team including scaling of the Product Management/Ownership function across multiple teams and locations

Auckland, Nz

- Agile Product Owner managing the backlog for multiple Scrum teams across front end mobile and back end web service development- Part of the team who define the requirements and roadmap for a SAAS Mobile Retail Banking product used by over 1800 US Financial Institutions and more than 2.5 million end users

Auckland, Nz

- Project management for delivery of the Retail Banking ASP product line (multi-channel mobile banking SAAS product)- Team that grew from 7 to 18 developers/QA in NZ, and a similar number in the US- Assisted with the implementation of full Agile/Scrum development processes across the 2 sites

Future Integrated Payments Project:- Project management of next-gen integrated payments system, project value $1m, 3 – 4 developersHost Systems (Australian taxi fleet):- Co-ordinating the activities of 2 – 3 developers across multiple projects- Back-end software developmentVisual Advertising System Rollout:- Responsible for the rollout of a nationwide upgrade from audio only to audio and video advertising for a chain of retailers, 6 month project, $1m contract valuePublic Access WIFI System Product Management:- Product management of Telecom NZ and FIVO branded hotspot systemManufacturing Site Migrations:- Co-ordinated and delivered migration of box-build manufacturing from in house to contract manufacturer- Also co-ordinated 2 separate changes of key PCBA manufacturer

Nz

(Formerly Cadmus)Pinpad Product Development Project Manager:- Successfully delivered complex product to manufacturing (~$1m budget)- Responsible for co-ordinating the work of cross-functional team of engineers – hardware, embedded firmware and mechanical- Also responsible for managing delivery of product and supporting information to manufacturing, sales and service areas of the business- Among first-in-world to achieve PCI 2.0 security standard on a pin-entry device (first ProvencoCadmus device designed for PCI compliance)- Responsible for a number of phase 2 firmware projects to further integrate this product into the ProvencoCadmus product setsSenior Software Engineer:- Successfully developed innovative embedded software solutions to satisfy complex product requirementsOther achievements:- Developed and implemented government funded student internship programme- Developed relationship with Auckland University, arranged sponsorship of Year 4 student projects to achieve marketing of ProvencoCadmus as an employment destination of choice within the Engineering student body- Implemented Toyota A3 documentation system

Auckland, Nz

Refrigeration Test Laboratory system design and support:- Regularly delivered software solutions in a variety of languages/platforms to meet the evolving testing needs of product development teams- Successfully managed numerous projects ranging from small changes to meet new testing needs, to a multi-million dollar expansion of the laboratory- Worked with all parts of the engineering team (mechanical, electrical, software, chemical and manufacturing)Fisher & Paykel ‘Smart Tool’ program manager:- Tool used worldwide by service centres to download from and diagnose faults in the range of appliances, runs on both PC and mobile (Windows CE/Windows Mobile) platforms- Successfully managed and delivered many updates to support the field trial and release to market of new products- Worked across many areas of the business including Product development, QA, Service, IT and manufacturing to ensure that software satisfied all requirements- Arranged and implemented training programmes for usersOther responsibilities:- Electronic hardware design- Project Management- Supplier liaison, including international suppliers