Michael Cao Email and Phone Number
A product guy at heart, with a passion for solving problems, growth, and designing products that users love. An effective leader that's able to inspire others, manage teams, and put customers first.Michael draws from a diverse background in software engineering, design, growth marketing, and product management. He holds an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degree from UC Berkeley, and has worked as a software developer with a focus on product development for many years. He also holds a MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management focusing on entrepreneurship and marketing; in addition, he has obtained a dual Master's degree in Design Innovation focusing on design thinking, ethnographic research, and user-centric design.Specialties: Growth marketing, SEO, product management, design thinking, user experience, lean, funnel optimization, user acquisition, onboarding, data analysis, data driven, product ideation, mobile development, mobile, software engineering, programming, retention, engagement, product strategy, growth strategy
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Principal Product Manager, GrowthGustoCalifornia, United States -
Director Of Product, Head Of GrowthPropel, Inc 2022 - PresentBrooklyn, New York, Us -
Group Manager, Product GrowthAdobe 2021 - 2022San Jose, Ca, Us -
Sr. Manager, Product GrowthAdobe 2019 - 2021San Jose, Ca, Us -
Senior Growth Marketing ManagerAdobe 2017 - 2019San Jose, Ca, Us -
Growth Marketing Manager - Next Generation ProductsAdobe 2016 - 2017San Jose, Ca, Us -
Product Marketing Manager Intern - Next Gen Products TeamAdobe Jun 2015 - Sep 2015San Jose, Ca, Us -
Software Engineer Ii (Member Of The Technical Staff Ii)Netapp 2010 - 2014San Jose, California, UsWorked on the Performance Engineering Development team where my main duties were to develop the company's performance infrastructure and develop and design the way to archive performance historical data.Selected Highlights:- Developed and designed the Counter Manager Clustered Archiver Parsing Library used to write, parse, and query the Clustered Archive files (historical performance data). Helped reduce the time it took to analyze and diagnose customer performance problems by over 50%- Collaborated with multiple teams across the world concurrently to make sure their use cases and requirements were understood and evaluated. Designed products around these customers’ needs- Designed the format of the new Clustered Archive files, including the XML header for metadata, indexing for quick access of data, and binary data samples for quick data retrieval. Over 80% faster to randomly access performance data than the old archive file format- Implemented user-space aggregation of all user-space performance data on the cluster to give customers a more high level view of the performance of the cluster, making it easier for them to know when there is a performance problem- Wrote and maintained Design and Functional Specs on the company Wiki for multiple projects that helped other developers understand much quicker how to use our productsPromotions:- Promoted from Member of the Technical Staff SW1 to Member of the Technical Staff SW2 in less than a year of working full time (06/2011) -
Software Engineer Intern (Performance Engineer)Netapp May 2009 - Aug 2009San Jose, California, UsWorked on the Performance Engineering Development team where my main duties were to design and develop a tool that allowed engineers to more easily define new performance statistical data to collectSelected Highlights:- Developed an Interface Definition Language (IDL) for the Counter Manager to streamline the way employees gather performance data by designing a Python-based program that automatically translated the XML definition files and generated new executable C code and online HTML web documentation, making the lives of future developers easier- Integrated automated scripts into the nightly build system to decrease development time for all employees- Learned three programming languages and two markup languages in 3 months in order to complete the project on time- Patent was submitted for summer project -
Software Developer InternIbm Jun 2008 - Aug 2008Armonk, New York, Ny, UsWorked on the IMS Tools team where my main duties were to design and develop a new GUI interface tool used for system auditing, which would replace the the old command line interfaced system auditing tool.Selected Highlights:- Developed a front-end GUI that replaced the old non user-friendly command line interface that allowed employees and customers to more easily access and audit server data- Designed and created an Eclipse plug-in for the new interface to decrease development time of employees that need access to server data - Collaborated with a large design and development team that included many full-time employees across different funcitons
Michael Cao Education Details
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Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of ManagementMaster Of Business Administration (Mba) + Master Of Science In Design Innovation (Msdi) -
Iese Business SchoolMaster Of Business Administration (Mba) -
University Of California, BerkeleyElectrical Engineering And Computer Science -
Lynbrook High SchoolHigh School Diploma
Frequently Asked Questions about Michael Cao
What company does Michael Cao work for?
Michael Cao works for Gusto
What is Michael Cao's role at the current company?
Michael Cao's current role is Principal Product Manager, Growth.
What schools did Michael Cao attend?
Michael Cao attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management, Iese Business School, University Of California, Berkeley, Lynbrook High School.
Who are Michael Cao's colleagues?
Michael Cao's colleagues are Amanda Ortiz, Adam Neumann, Shakara Glasse, Catrice Cooke, Cep, Emma Sharpe, Veronica De Leon, Lux Nagarajan.
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