Product Manager for a video based movement and mindfulness app used in over 80% of elementary schools in the U.S. Lead a product team of designers and engineers in the discovery, validation, creation, and execution of product updates and features. Synthesized product research, user feedback, and various stakeholder needs to determine product roadmap and priorities.

Category / Product Manager for Griffin's products in the Wearables, Stands, Cable Management, Headphones, and Audio Categories. A multimillion dollar product portfolio for the company. Work with cross functional teams in Product Dev, Sales, Marketing, and Operations to define, develop, and bring products to market that create value for vendors and consumers. Identify target consumers and channel opportunities putting together pricing, packaging and promotion strategy while overseeing and managing budgets, inventory, and vendors. Champion Products by supporting Marketing, Sales, and Operations through category market analysis and insights that maximize revenue and profit within Griffin and with clients. Oversee product development roadmap in a multi-project environment. Clearly articulating top priorities and key features and benefits of the product for development.

Lead projects with Executives and teams across Product Development, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance and Contract Manufacturers in developing and improving communications, systems, and processes. Created a portfolio management analysis report from data in our project management software that provided visibility to the management team on resource allocation for past, in process, and upcoming projects. Improved efficiency of Griffin’s Packaging design team from 14 finished designs a month to 100 a month by implementing Kanban style project management within the Packaging Team. Implemented a bill of materials cost with our contract manufacturers and internal systems. This provided greater visibility to our development teams for identifying design opportunities and issues for hitting target costs. This also allowed our Product Managers to more easily re-use parts and quickly quote new products for sales opportunities.