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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Powering Startup Growth - specializing in impact-driven early-stage B2B ventures. See www.chrisbardos.com

Montréal, Québec, Ca

Impact-driven PropTech meets NatureTech - first product leader joining at Series A, managing a team of 10 engineers, designers and product managers building a new innovative SAAS product category fed by on-site (eDNA, bioacoustics, camera traps) + virtual data capture (geospatial, open source DBs) technology to power Commercial Real Estate's ESG needs - delivering Nature & Biodiversity data + strategy alongside your climate stack. $8.1M Series A via Round13 Capital's EarthTech fund.

Quebec, Quebec, Ca

Impact-driven startup winning Quebec’s AI Startup of the Year. (2022)Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ rankings (2021)Globe and Mail Canada's Fast 100 (2021)'Trading Solution of the Year' Winner by Agtech (2021)On a mission to feed the world while saving the planet. Works across the $37 billion shrimp farming industry to help businesses grow with financial products and empower farmers to increase sustainably produced shrimp, leveraging technology including artificial intelligence / machine learning and computer vision to do so. 50+ member team, recently closed a $20M Series B round with impact investors like Aqua-Spark, Obvious Ventures, and Tony Fadell (inventor of the iPhone and iPod). My Role: First Product Leader joining the Series A startup (successful $20M Series B during engagement) built a product team from scratch, leading a Commercialization Foundations Program (established Learn, Build & Growth engines) to hand off a staffed, empowered product org setup for Commercialization Success- Managed a product portfolio including an alternative financial product that grew 1000% in revenue YoY winning Deloitte's Fast 50 for 2021- Evaluated success odds for product portfolio across 3 geographies, 4 markets and 14 different products / explorations, assessing product-market fit, creating an action plan for the growth product- Restructured teams to organize efforts across 4 market focused workstreams. Championed a culture of collaboration across company. Hired, trained, managed a distributed product org of 10 and a remote customer success/support org of 8- Researched, strategized, developed a new product portfolio (spanning Food, Financial and Technology Products) corresponding OKRs / team enablement to commercialize in 1 geography, 3 good-fit market segments and 3 corresponding products increasing winning odds- Accelerated Product Learning Loops to green light Good Bets and kill Bad Bets, reducing cycle time from 9-12 month loops to 1 month loops

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Digital innovation lab crafting next generation digital web and mobile apps for banking and personal finance. Clients include Scotiabank Retail Banking & Wealth divisions. Managed Impact-Driven portfolios including Financial Wellbeing and Green Product suites.My Role: Leading a product team of 12 with the Sr. Director, directing a cross-functional team of 100, serving millions of Canadians. Transforming how the digital team ships across Product, Design, Engineering, Data & Delivery. #1 rated Canadian Mobile Banking app in Apple Store & Google Play and #1 in North American Digital Banking Innovation by The Banker. • Commercialized a “Personal Financial Management” disruptive value-added-product and multi-year program in an emerging product category aiming to leapfrog the competition, leading the cross-functional team through strategy, discovery sprints, business casing and hand off for implementation• Transformed, managed and coached strategy, discovery and operations for the mobile app team (next-gen GTM launch to steady state) and product teams in digital identity, payments, borrowing, activation and wallets helping teams build effective portfolio strategy stacks• Transformed, implemented and coached an end-to-end operating model for software delivery within the 100-person mobile app team from strategy and objectives, to discovery and prioritization, solutioning, development, testing, go-to-market and in-market performance management at a program, scrum and project level for product, design, engineering, data & delivery teams• Stood up and lead a skunkworks pilot program driving new product innovation in digital banking with a focus on sustainability and green products• Delivered a digital commerce roadmap across product portfolios uncovering a colossal +20%PP lift opportunity in gross annual digital revenues within an underserved market space, showing continued growth potential

New York, New York, Us

Company Brief: Impact-driven disruptive proptech startup providing design economics software to architects and building owners. Clients include WSP, Skanska, Gensler, Stantec, HNTB, HoK, ARUP, Dialog, SFO, MTA, ATL etc. My Role: Interim Head of ProductLed a startup team of 20 with a Commercialization Foundations Program to evaluate in-market and in-development product portfolio to commercialize and ultimately drive towards product-market fit across 4 teams of marketing, sales, product and customer success.• Drove a 20%PP lift in sales-win-rate and shortened sales cycle from 12 to 3 months resulting in record sales performance more than doubling MRR reaching $20K MRR early traction milestone for a new disruptive product; creating sustainable viability and accelerating growth through a detailed discovery program tackling product concept, value prop, market definition, marketing/sales storytelling, pilot program, pricing/licensing, feature set and roadmap definition• Restructured product/market portfolio to sunset 3 out of 4 products and pursue the winning product with the greatest success likelihood considering customer value, business viability and management feasibility

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Company Brief:One of Canada’s top 50 fastest growing digital firms (Deloitte Tech Fast 50 ‘16/’17) providing Professional Services for enterprise.Clients include Rogers, Telus, Bell, Wind, Nokia, Huawei, Alcatel et. alMy Role: Sr. Product Manager for Identity & Authentication Management Portfolio (MyRogers, Fido MyAccount, Ignite TV etc.)Worked with Rogers & Fido managing a mission critical group of digital adoption and engagement products on their web and mobile app platforms. Lead a product team supporting millions of Canadians on a monthly basis.• Conceptualized, managed and delivered a $2M user-centered product redesign project generating $15M in operational savings across 2 core web products with a full market launch to millions of Canadians. Enabled major boosts in digital engagement, digital adoption (+90%) and customer satisfaction (+15 NPS). Delivered on-schedule, quality and budget• Turned around & operationalized a flailing mission critical group of digital adoption and engagement products, managing them as a portfolio. Responsible for 4 core products of Rogers & Fido consumer websites and mobile apps as well as 10+ ancillary products. Hired, trained, managed and mentored a small team of 6 product managers / analysts• Kick-started, championed and handed off multiple high return product management process initiatives that have been adopted within the digital org; including a user-centered Digital Product Performance framework, an Actionable Error Insight Analytics framework and a best-practices model for Product Requirements Analysis

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Company Brief: Leading Canadian email marketing & communications SAAS startup for large enterprise clients built on a REST API. Clients include CBC, RCI, BC Hydro, Economical Insurance, City of Toronto, TMX et al. My Role:First Product Manager, Owner & Digital Business Analyst for both a local and remote dev team. Lead several initiatives to increase Product Development & Product Management maturity. • Collaborated to lead a development and ops team of 10 members to completion of an MVP (minimum viable product) in a new vertical; gaining early market acceptance and customer buy-in• Championed, led and managed a successful transition into a Scrum Agile workflow; increasing product team's efficiency and effectiveness (Velocity gains are >50%) while greatly reducing re-work and pivots• Created a product portfolio out of a large enterprise product, enabling product team to focus efforts on products with greatest ROI; Collaborated with management, marketing on product roadmaps and strategy• Discovered, elicited, analyzed, managed and communicated product requirements as a BA including managing UX and visual wireframes, collaborating on technical architecture and providing UI design feedback and UAT

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Company Brief: Web development startup serving over 500 clients in 7 different countries. Built on a custom ERP implementation.Clients include private, public, political and non-profit organizations.My Role:First Product Manager - performed full scale business analysis and product management to research & develop new productized service lines. Cycled from ideation to validation, process mapping to creation, new hire training and service owner handoff. • Successfully developed, deployed and handed off two service based products from initial business cases up to limited releases; capable of producing a ~230% gross ROI per employee servicing said products; integrated with internal business systems for operations; managed customer feedback, pivoted products• Crafted full scale Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Technical Specifications, Product Roadmaps, Groomed/estimated/prioritized the Product Backlog, Managed Reporting & Data Visualization

Company Brief:Boutique Management Consultancy focusing on B2B growth. Preferred supplier for an Impact-driven Cleantech Venture Capital fund.Clients include American Express, BDC, Richter, NAO, OSPCA, Bladder Cancer Canada et al. My Role:Conducted Enterprise Analysis for B2B SMB clients to properly assess their macro business needs, current state and desired future state environments, creating detailed reports/analysis under the Managing Partner.• Recommendations lead to search and recruitment of a top Fund Manager, Financial Analyst and re-evaluation of a first fund portfolio for a startup Venture Capital Fund, identified through detailed Enterprise/Capability Gap Analysis, saving the firm from dissolving after the loss of several partners • Analysis lead to securing >$150,000 in angel investment for a B2B COTS Software startup through market research and analysis resulting in a pricing strategy and realistic sales goals/performance targets for investment pitches• Performed current state firm level, industry and marketplace analysis and future state firm projections to build Business Cases and High Level Business Requirements Documents and Business Roadmaps

Company Brief:Boutique Media Production Agency, serving primarily institutional and government clients in video & web work. Clients include Govt. of Ontario, Ryerson University, Ontario Arts Council, Goodlife Fitness et al. My Role:Co-founded and managed a boutique media production agency, functioning as General Manager and Project Manager/client liaison for over 80 cumulative video, web, design and print projects. Managed a team of 18 over various project engagements, generating over 1,000,000 impressions for our clients. • Personally sold and managed >$100,000 in first year projects in video production and web development, pivoting to re-position company from SMB to educational & institutional markets and subsequently increased gross profit margins YoY from 20 to 60% by restructuring pricing/cost model for new market• Consulted with clients including Government of Ontario, Ryerson University and Ontario Arts Council to create strategic communications & marketing tools considering their business objectives, brand considerations, marketplace, competition and current assets• Defined and managed process work, including project discovery, requirements elicitation, proposal writing, project management and requirements management and communicationOur team managed award-winning projects recognized by the Cannes Film Festival, Hot Docs Film Festival & the Just for Laughs Festival, and Hermes Creative Awards while its work in digital has been recognized by such institutions as the Globe & Mail, Canadian Media Fund, nextMEDIA and Jumpwire Media. Expanded Client List:Ryerson UniversityOntario Arts CouncilOSPCAGoodlife FitnessNature Conservancy of CanadaUnited Way TorontoCBC TelevisionCTVOmers Capital MarketsPushlife (Sold to Google)The Travel CorporationNetwork of Angel Organizations OntarioHighcourt PartnersWomen's PostBladder Cancer CanadaThe Next 36We Day TorontoOntario Ministry of Education & Labour

Company Brief:Startup venture developing a Canadian University Sports Network & Marketing Platform in partnership with Rogers Sportsnet/The Score. My Role:Identified an entrepreneurial opportunity for a Canadian University Sports Network. Recruited, lead and managed a team of 60 volunteers between both business and prototype production units.• Built prototype model, produced recurring pilot TV, radio & web content with repeatable documented workflows to exhibit a minimum viable product• Conducted market research, interviewed subject matter experts, created an in-depth business plan, pitch decks and investor collateral for angel investors and university executives• Raised >$185,000 of in-kind donations in time and resources during project discovery and prototype development

Certificate In Business Analysis

B.A. Radio & Television Arts - Rta School Of Media, Television & New Media