David C. Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

Worked on various contracts spanning mobile, SaaS platforms, digital content, IoT, CPG, specialized niche solutions and services. Primarily focuses on lean strategy, product development, market analysis, agile methodology workflow integration, and culture change management.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Glendale, CA, US

• A startup, Order ahead/food delivery and chain optimizer serving stand-alone and chain restaurants including Jersey Mike’s, L&L Barbecue, and BurgerIM throughout the Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.
• Led end-to-end development, release, and post-release iterations of the mobile app focused on a delivery logistics within 3rd party food delivery ecosystem.
• Conducted product research and identified a gap within the product strategy, which led to a business model pivot that resulted in an 80% increase in app purchases.
• Designed user research incorporating direct customer feedback and in app activity monitoring to understand user behavior to identify high impact product enhancements which were prioritized into production that resulted.
• Implemented A/B testing experiments and introduced a data-driven product culture to identify and validate hypotheses and prioritize features valued by customers which achieved 15% increase in customer satisfaction.
• Gathered market research, adjusted product positioning within the market, and expanded into additional distribution channels which increased net new user sign ups by 40,000 users within 60 days.

• www.techhirela.orgFederally funded $4 million non-profit, awarded by President Obama, focused on placing members of minority communities and veterans in technology jobs; as well as build open-source products to help.
• Led agile product teams in a tech incubator to create a suite of B2C SaaS products that was focused on lightweight web applications for several non-profits.
• Drove the full product life cycle development from ideation, use case development, and requirements gathering which were translated into well defined sprints which were delivered into production by the development teams.
• Managed multiple product roadmaps organizing development resources and managing across multiple product teams to deliver customer value and accomplish business objectives by delivering 8 SaaS products within 2 years.
• Served as a product owner within several product teams by writing user stories, creating user persona, and backlog grooming to prioritize needs and ensure constant delivery of usable products.
• Assumed executive leadership responsibilities by managing development resources, setting budgets, and performing personnel reviews on behalf of the sponsoring organization.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Was an Engineer Sergeant (Non-Commissioned Officer) in charge of a section of cross functional specialists (Combat Operations, Sustainment, Data Management, Research, Survey, and Medical)
• Led Iterative and Incremental Projects as well as traditional waterfall (PMP standard) projects assigned by executives (Officers) within construction and data-based projects (GIS / CAD / Topographic Data)
• Lead and train a squad and section of Engineer and Medical soldiers
• Conduct and plan exercises to maximize the soldier's optimal physical health.
• Supervise lower enlisted soldiers during scheduled training sessions.
• Create and review annual positive or negative evaluations for enlisted soldiers that remain in their personnel file for over a year.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Worked with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Standards (WCAG 2 AA) and experience building accessible products and product features
• Led the technical project and launched first publicly accessible GIS map and platform with the City of LA
• Launched re-brand of Council District 12 website and launched Council Member’s reelection campaign website and led email/social media campaign
• Had a team of GIS and Computer Science Major interns that ensured technology usability within office and was led in an agile development framework (ScrumXP)
• Leveraged strong written and verbal communicative skills and was immediately promoted to oversee a team of 3 with another team of 4 interns that needed minimal supervision.
• Performed in support of Councilman Englander as an aide de camp and consistently worked non-regular hours to assist with community outreach.

Msidbt Focused In Computer Science And Emerging Technologies, Information Technology

Mba - Emba, Product Management, General Management, Digitization/Digital Leadership - Athens, Greece

Bachelor'S Degree, Urban Studies Focus In Gis/Data Visualization

Certification, Industrial And Product Design Focused On Cad And Sketchup