Gabriel D. Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for the research, development, execution, and implementation of Canada’s next-gen sovereign bank-note design & novel security features.• Strategic product roadmap development and guidance for short- and long-term planning• Responsible for full product lifecycle from conception to launch using a stage-gate model strategy • Risk Management assessment through an established framework, providing risk analysis and mitigations• Project planning of multi-year, large-scale Industrial Scale Testing (IST), using certified Project Management Principles• Successfully and accurately managed annual portfolio budgets • Close collaboration with external strategic suppliers to execute strategic product testing• Worked collaboratively with the supporting Cross-Functional and vendor teams (Legal, Procurement, Quality, Marketing, Finance, etc.) to ensure successful delivery of programs. • Provided product strategy recommendations and guidance to the Senior Leadership Team through project closeout reports and formal technical presentations. • Complex problem solving using proven framework methodologies (Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving)

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Grew the custom Bullion program to 30% of overall gross revenue.• Project leader of the Apollo 11 Anniversary coin program and architect of sending the coin to space with astronaut David Saint-Jacques.• Brand Management; Increased customer satisfaction and sales of Gold and Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins through innovation, marketing, and design. Established #1 in Gold sales and #2 in Silver sales worldwide amongst competitive sovereign Mints. Achieved #1 in Gold and Silver sales in Q2 2018.• Managed products, pricing, policies, and procedures while defining overall product strategy.• Championed product ideation, creation, and execution amongst 20+ member cross functional teams.• Owned development of product roadmap, gathering requirements from key global customers, market research, and internal stakeholders (R&D, Engineering, Engraving, etc.).• Developed GTM strategies and marketing plan for assigned products to ensure market success.• A relentless obsession with frequent customer touch points and visits to ensure launch, marketing, and execution plans are shared and critiqued. BULLION DNA ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TECHNOLOGYProject and Product leader for the Royal Canadian Mint’s Anti-Counterfeiting security measuresfeaturing triple-layer enhancements of overt and covert security embedded into the gold and silvermaple leaf bullion coins. Comprised of hardware and software components, this ecosystem establishes aworld’s first and solidifies the most advance & secure bullion coins in the world.MINTSHIELDCollaborating with the Engineering and Quality teams, driving the product requirements to improve the overall aesthetics of the 1oz Silver Maple Leaf bullion coin, alleviating and solving an industry wide issue of coin spot blemishes. This proprietary methodology is the first in the industry to solve and innovate in this space which has puzzled customers and sovereign Mint's for years.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Reported to Director, MintChip• Secondment opportunity to lead the future of currency in Canada – acted as Product Owner and Marketing lead for Canada’s R&D digital cryptocurrency dubbed, MintChip™, as a possible cash replacement for the future.• Led the development of MintChip™ through creating user stories, managing product backlogs, prioritizing needs, developing the vision, and overseeing development stages of the product to ensure the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) was accepted by management.• Ensured the successful launch of the internal MintChip™ pilot amongst employees – deploying over 200+ accounts and Smartphones to users as part of the beta pilot. Acted as technical support in training staff how to use the application and ensuring a smooth transition to end-users.

Waterloo, On

Reported to the Director, Product Technology.• Product Champion for Mobile Strategy and On-line product strategy for Sun Life’s Group Benefits business. Influenced key stakeholders within a matrix organization to deliver digital solutions for customer and market demands.• Developed and executed the industry’s first smartphone insurance claim mobile app. Collaborated with internal and external teams to piece together customer and user group feedback to build the optimum user app experience. Reached 160,000 downloads in just over three months of release, and made the iTunes “hot” section on the app store.• Designed and executed a 12 month product roadmap for product and services in Group Benefits. • Compiled market insight, user feedback, internal resources, focus groups, and customer feedback to build and produce a suite of products to be compete with competitor offerings.• Managed and executed a large scale program, Sun Life Financial’s disability online web tool for clients.• Collaborated with internal team members, met with clients to gain feedback on the tool’s progress, ensued feedback was implemented for current and future product enhancements.

Waterloo, Ontario

Reported to the Director, Product Management. • Managed P&L of the carrying solutions, and wired audio BlackBerry Accessories portfolio.• Project led development of over 100+ accessory SKUs annually in support of BlackBerry device launches.• Managed a supporting cast of 25+ cross functional team members in development of BlackBerry Accessories SKUs to ensure projects were delivered on-time and exceeding customer expectations on quality and performance.• Responsible for regional pricing, retailer promotions, and dealer incentives – ensuring an effective and comprehensive GTM strategy was in place to support major accessory launches.• Frequent touch points with major worldwide carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, etc.) to ensure the product roadmap met their expectations, and gathering customer requirements to build future programs for BlackBerry.• Presented at major events (CES, CTIA, Mobile World Congress, etc.) to carriers and end-customers on new product innovations and development.

Waterloo, Ontario

Reported to Director of e-business• Project led several key internal programs including the redesign of Manulife’s internal RRSP page for business units to sell products to their customers.• Met frequently with internal customers to provide status updates and proof of concepts to ensure their level of expectations are met and/or exceeded.• Developed internal progress reports for management to track project scope and delivery to executive level.

Mississauga, Ontario

Assisted the Product and Marketing Manager in developing marketing collateral for Kyocera's enterprise printer machine solutions.

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