My mission, and what I love to do, is to decipher the PMF puzzle for products that are trying to make the world a better place. I empower software businesses, from idea to launch, to get on the path to find market fit for their products and features and realize a measurable impact for their business.Over the last decade, I've built products, apps, databases, and features for Fortune 100 companies and start-ups alike. Today, I guide start-ups and businesses as a Product Manager to multiple launches and early customer delight for B2B SaaS and mobile applications.As a Business Strategy alumnus from one of the country's top undergraduate business schools, BYU, I've also had the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the exploding entrepreneurial scene of the Silicone Slopes, located in beautiful Utah, the greatest state in the US!Let's transform your start-up or business into a market dominator through strategic product management. Let's turn your ideas into rockstar products that captivate users and conquer markets.Hear from a few of the amazing people I've worked with:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ4ZkgC8KDX7TmbtTxlmeTRx5lmtdcEg/view?usp=sharingCore Competencies:- Product Management- IBM Design-Thinking Framework- Go-to-market Planning- SAFe 5 Scrum Master (Agile methodologies)- Competitive Research- Customer & User Research- Lean Start-up Framework- Feature Prioritization- Roadmap development- Backlog grooming- Technical Requirements Writing- Cross-functional team collaboration- Mobile, SaaS, Web applications development- Persona Development, User Stories- Data Analysis, Data Visualization (Tableau, PowerBI)- Executive communications and presentations- UX/UI Design- AI/ML strategy- Spoken Languages: English, Spanish- Technical Languages: Can write VBA Macros; Basic familiarity with Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL, ReactBooks I've loved this year:- Oversubscribed, Dan Priestly- Traction, Gino Wickman- Building A Story Brand, Donald Miller- Inspired, Marty Cagan- The 1-page Marketing Plan, Alan Dib- The Mom Test, Rob Fitzpatrick- Hit Makers, Derek Thompson
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Senior Product StrategistPhilo VenturesLehi, Ut, Us -
Partner - CofoundrVia Design Oct 2024 - PresentCofoundr is the new alternative for non-technical founders looking to design, build, and launch their tech startup idea.Escape the need to use expensive and risky dev shops, equity-hungry (and choosy) incubators or accelerators, or skill-static partners.With Cofoundr, founders get their dream technical cofounder in the form of a one-stop fractional startup team, made up of experts from some of the most impressive tech brands in the world. Cofoundr doesn't quit on you, it does the early and most critical work for you, it doesn't take your equity, and it removes the risk from your idea before you spend a dime on building it, and it is reverse-priced to help you "earn before you burn".We're working now with our first cohort, and we're giving them massive incentives. Message me if you're ready to build and want to join. -
Senior Product ManagerVia Design Dec 2023 - Oct 2024Via Design brings websites, SaaS products, and mobile app ideas to life through a rapid discovery, design and delivery process. Previous client industries range from B2B wholesale e-commerce, to artificial intelligence (A.I.), to learning and office management. Via Design is where we work with founders and partnered developers to define the opportunity, set best practices, design, prototype, and prioritize features for MVP development and beyond.As a Senior Product Manager at Via Design, I have responsibility for leading end-to-end product development and definition initiatives for our clients, collaborating regularly with cross-functional teams and executives, and ensuring timely delivery against development roadmaps and business objectives. Via Design also champions frequent collaboration with high-end design through design-thinking processes.Accomplishments:- Sourced 10 businesses to test a B2B SaaS start-up mobile app in the first 3 months under contract, representing 1400 new users and $20,000 projected ARR.- Led design and development teams to deliver a detailed prototype for a B2B e-commerce and social network platform, which impressed stakeholders and resulted in 2 new client requests for Via Design.- Collaborated with executives, designers and developers to design and launch a 50+ feature SaaS web app and native mobile app in 8 months.- Maintained a 100% acceptance rate for all designs presented to client executives over multiple software development projects.- Renegotiated roadmap and project management practices to increase development velocity by 12% per sprint.- Reduced registration failure to under 1%, and new user error reporting to less than 5%, by deploying an effective product communications plan while onboarding 700 users to a new mobile app.
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Product ManagerVia Design Sep 2022 - Dec 2023
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Venture LeadStudio Advantage Oct 2024 - PresentStudio Advantage business suite helps local studio businesses (voice teaching, yoga studio, theatre programs, piano lessons, sports camps) clear up to 50% of their working hours to focus on teaching teaching and building their business. Studio Advantage even helps you develop new revenue streams. For business operators in a space that requires constant people management, transparency, and intense time management, Studio Advantage is the next-generation suite helping you get back to doing what you love: teaching your craft! -
General Manager (Founding Team)Studio Advantage Jan 2024 - Oct 2024
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Founder And Managing PartnerAir Incubator May 2019 - Dec 2023Air Incubator was an STR investment company and consulting service that provided management services and digital resources to simplify property sourcing, management, and growth.Our properties realized:- Regular performance in the 80th percentile or above for revenue among like properties- 700+ stays and over 500 reviews at a 5.0 star review score average- A 50%+ first-page results rate average on top OTA sites for STRs- Profitability every month for 4 years (excluding closures during Covid in March 2020)- Superhost on Airbnb for all 4 years and Premier Host on VRBOResults:- Grew an initial $800 investment to $750,000 in cumulative revenue.- Organically fostered an online community to some 3500 followers in 8 months - Oversaw a successful and profitable exit -
Product ManagerAccess Development Jun 2021 - Jan 2022Salt Lake City, Utah, UsAccess Development specializes in providing web-based discount programs and travel benefits for companies and organizations. Access boasts approximately 2 million active monthly users, and partnered offers with some of the world's largest brands, including Disney, Universal, Apple, Samsung, Wyndham, and hundreds more.As a product manager, my contributions included backlog grooming, recommending product strategies to achieve quarterly OKRs, and conducting customer and business data analysis for Access's online deals marketplace. These involved regular efforts to enhance the company website and hybrid mobile applications offered through the Google Play and Apple App stores. I also managed the e-commerce reservation and ticket-purchasing integrations for theme parks and movies.Accomplishments:- Boosted landing page-to-cart conversion by 2%, adding $5K recurring revenue via A/B-testing UI enhancements.- Reduced sign-up abandonment from 9% to under 1% by debugging critical logic issues.- Launched 2 applications in 6 months for 2 million monthly active users on a travel e-commerce platform.This role was made redundant and eliminated due to a corporate strategy change shortly after the all-new product leadership team was hired. -
Business Operations Manager - Product EnablementHp Aug 2019 - Jun 2021Palo Alto, Ca, UsHP is a current Fortune 100 company that specializes in Computer, Accessories, and Print manufacturing that also offers Commercial IT services for medium to enterprise multinational companies. As a product enablement manager with the services division, I was responsible for improving efforts, tools, and operations that empowered sales teams to drive high-margin revenue. I also streamlined project management tasks, and managed budgets for a 20-person team.Accomplishments:- Tripled (3x) open rate of a sales resource by implementing small changes to the distribution strategy.- Designed and launched an innovative market research tool that simplified research problems for enterprise sales teams. The tool was the #1 most downloaded research resource for 6 months.- Reduced our weekly project management report creation steps by 60% through automation, and 30% of procurement process steps using Smartsheets and Excel macros.- Drove an estimated $1.2 million in new revenue through a multi-team effort to cross-sell new products more effectively. -
Associate Operations Manager - Product EnablementHp Oct 2017 - Aug 2019Palo Alto, Ca, Us
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Intern - Product EnablementHp Jun 2017 - Oct 2017Palo Alto, Ca, Us
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Sales ConsultantSparketing Llc Jan 2017 - May 2017Sparketing was a marketing agency start-up offering marketing services ranging from mailers to social media adds.As a sales consultant and intern, I helped to define sales scripts, devise a sales strategy, and conduct cold calls.
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Intern - Business DevelopmentLift Credit Apr 2016 - Sep 2016Provo, Utah, UsLift Credit specializes in web-based loans for low-credit score individuals looking to repair their credit. As a Business Development Intern, I contacted, solicited, and trained medical practitioner and dental offices to offer our solution in-office.
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Jake Thompson Education Details
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Brigham Young University Marriott School Of BusinessStrategy
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