I am an experienced Product Development Leader with over 20 years of experience in digital product development, cross-functional team leadership, and enterprise sales. My passion lies in transforming data-driven insights into profitable opportunities, especially in areas where such growth was previously untapped. My expertise spans cloud platforms, API development, customer-centric innovation, enterprise sales and digital marketing where I have consistently translated market research, customer feedback, and product analytics into strategic roadmaps that drive revenue and delight users.At the core of my career is a focus on agile and lean product management and fostering high-performing teams. In my most recent role, I led the transition of my team from Kanban to Scrum methodologies, improving team collaboration and accelerating time-to-market. This process optimization empowered us to deliver solutions for over 10,000+ healthcare organizations, resulting in a significant boost in API subscription revenue and a tangible improvement in customer satisfaction.As a leader, I focus on cultivating collaborative environments where diverse ideas are encouraged, and teams feel empowered to excel. I have a track record of aligning strategic product roadmaps with business goals and integrating cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making, optimize workflows, and drive revenue growth. My ability to balance the long-term vision with short-term wins is key to delivering results.In addition to hands-on product management experience, I hold certifications such as Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP). These certifications give me a strong foundation in Agile frameworks, product ownership, and digital marketing strategies, ensuring that I deliver comprehensive and scalable solutions to meet both customer needs and business goals.I am passionate about unlocking new avenues for profitability through digital transformation, AI-driven strategies, data-driven decision-making, strategic leadership, and mentoring emerging product managers. If you're looking for someone who can navigate the complexities of today's product landscape while focusing on customer value and team empowerment, let’s connect.
Qwod Technologies
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Founder And DirectorQwod TechnologiesWoking, Gb
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Technical Product OwnerCiteline Jul 2022 - Apr 2024London, England, United KingdomLed the end-to-end translation of the strategic product vision and business roadmap to technical specifications for Citeline’s APIs, improving real-time clinical trial data accessibility for over 10,000 healthcare organizations worldwide. Focused on user-centric improvements, collaborating with cross-functional teams (UI/UX, data science, engineering) to enhance the external developer online web-documentation experiences, reduce API user support requests (encourage customer self-help) and increase API subscription revenue. Spearheaded Agile processes for cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA), while mentoring product team members and following up on compliance strategies for new Citeline’APIs and data products, boosting client trust and API usage. -
Product OwnerInforma Intelligence Nov 2021 - Jul 2022London, England, United KingdomDirected the development and enhancement of healthcare technology APIs, optimizing data access for global healthcare stakeholders. Led the modernization of backend systems, improving data retrieval speeds and increasing API platform scalability. Collaborated with engineering, UX, and legal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of, and, regulatory compliance for API and Data products while mentoring product team members. Pioneered the delivery of a customer-centric API sandbox environment, boosting pre-launch engagement with API products, early-stage customer MVP feedback loops and fostering successful adoption of new features while keeping customers involved in the product development process.
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Digital Product ManagerDigital Landlords Jan 2020 - Jun 2021London, United KingdomImproved team efficiency by 50% by driving a product management process transformation from a Waterfall-Agile hybrid approach to a more Lean-Agile approach to product development and feature improvement. Provided leadership for 5 Digital Marketing sub-teams to deliver on the team Go-to-Market Product plan, resulting in improved customer experiences and engagements using SEO optimized Content, eMail & SMS Marketing, social media, and Automated Email Marketing.Initiated Agile practices within the product marketing teams to grow the product content footprint, acquire 20 new properties, 2,000 new group-buyers and online lead generation for all sub-products. -
Lead Digital Business Analyst / Digital Scrum MasterDigital Landlords Oct 2019 - Dec 2019London, United KingdomRe-defined the product architecture to meet customer needs more efficiently in product version 2. Maintained end-to-end communication between the business and technical teams to ensure alignment on business objectives, customer requirements and technical executions.Designed Omni-channel digital product for e-learning, e-conferencing and XR experiences.
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Co-Founder / Cto & CmoFudgies Enterprises Jan 2016 - Sep 2019Establishing Fudgies Enterprises as a Digitally driven products and services company focusing it’s efforts on achieving Operational excellence and customer satisfaction standards surpassing our competitors through daily engagements with customers via social media and Social Messaging Apps. Responsible for meeting all Technological requirements necessary to make Fudgies Enterprises a competitive organization in the hospitality industry
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Enterprise Sales Project LeadMicrosoft Jan 2015 - Oct 2015Created scalable B2B strategy for West Africa Area and executed on KPIs through B2B Sales team, creating new business opportunities and growing B2B sales pipeline quarter on quarter for 3 quarters. Trained B2B sales team. Developed a profitable sales channel via multiple B2B sales verticals. Directly managed team of 5 Industry focused executives and indirectly managed support team of 35 Retail reps. -
Snr. Account Manager New Business ChannelsMicrosoft May 2013 - Dec 2014Responsible for all emerging sales channels in West Africa (including Online Retail, Key Accounts, Device Distributors, Gear Distributors and B2B sales Channel). Ensured early New Product Introduction trainings for distributors and customers to guarantee pre-planned product ranging. Championed collaborative inventory and sales planning meetings with customers and distributors ensuring healthy stock turn over and customer relevance in market
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Business Manager – Devices & Gear Distributor AccountsNokia Jan 2012 - Apr 2013Managed End-To-End sales process (Sell-In to Sell-Through to Sell-Out) ensuring seamless movement of products across various sales channels. Ensured prompt weekly distributor payments and related channel payments to ensure a healthy Value Chain. Identified business sales opportunities by recognizing sales prospects within the channel and facilitating closure of sales deals to ensure achievement of targets. -
Sales Manager - Distributor AccountNokia Jan 2010 - Dec 2011Grew “Open-Market” distributor’s weekly value contribution to Market Sell-In by 40%. Ensured distributor sales performance through weekly planning meetings that also ensured healthy inventory levels and future top up sales.
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Territory ManagerNokia Sep 2007 - Dec 2009Successfully managed 3 regions, 3 team leaders and 15 retail reps to ensure that market volume share remained at above 70% target versus competitive brands. Translated company vision to team resulting in timely execution of weekly KPIs, and ultimately sales target achievement.
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Business AnalystBritish American Tobacco Apr 2007 - Sep 2007Analyse the business needs of clients and stakeholders to help identify business problems and propose solutions, using the discipline of business analysis. Performs a liaison function between the business side of the enterprise and the information technology department or external service providers in the systems development life cycle domain.Developing sound knowledge of ailing business areas and effect required changes.Ensuring full End-to-End impact of project implementation decisions is understood by all involved.Work with business owners and delivery workstreams to develop optimal solutions to be implemented within budget and on time.Working with project managers to plan analysis work and highlight risks and issues.Working with finance to define accurate, meaningful and measurable business cases -
Channel Development ExecutiveBritish American Tobacco Apr 2005 - Apr 2007Managing Key Business Accounts (HoReCa i.e. Hotels, Restaurants, Café’s, Global Travel Retail, Groceries, Petrol Forecourts and Convenience stores) to ensure adequate product distribution. visibility and desirability across all channels. Continuous customer engagement with company primary target consumers within channels to improve customer's overall brand experience. Work as business partner and consultant to all Key accounts. Develop and deploy bespoke Below The Line and Above The Line strategies and activities that are aimed at driving consumers from awareness of brands to brand loyalty within the HoReCa environment. Manage secondary supply chain and ensure synergy between all product stakeholders.
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Trade Marketing ExecutiveBritish American Tobacco Jan 2002 - Mar 2005Managing all trade marketing activities of company wholesale, semi wholesale and retail trade partners in convenience and tobacconist outlets with a focus to drive product availability, stock freshness, Point Of Purchase management, product visibility and relationship management across all outlets. Required to develop and execute tailored Below The Line activities aimed at driving consumer retention and loyalty for company brands, increase sales volumes in-store and nurture a healthy ROI per outlet.
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Systems/ Network EngineerAshar Information Services Aug 2001 - Dec 2001
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