• Led product management and design for AI-driven products and automation solutions at Dick’s Sporting Goods.• Developed a new growth business focused on enhancing athlete performance through innovative technology.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive AI strategy and implementation for the Innovation portfolio.

• Led product management teams in Microsoft's Customer Innovation studios, focusing on coaching and developing product managers and stakeholders.• Co-developed innovative solutions with strategic customers, leveraging agile principles and OKRs for sprint planning and execution.• Empowered customer product teams to excel as #EmpoweredProductTeams, collaborating closely with engineers and designers.

• Led the creation of the new Consulting Product Manager discipline in Microsoft Consulting Services.• Served as a coach and Group Product Manager for Microsoft's strategic partnership with the NBA.

• Led product development and engineering planning for Microsoft's sports partnerships, including NBA, NFL, and eSports, integrating AI and machine learning technologies.• Collaborated with partners like NASCAR and PGA TOUR to innovate new products in sports and entertainment.• Managed the execution of mixed reality, streaming media, and enterprise data architecture projects for sports technology.

• Architected scalable, cloud-based consumer engagement platforms for top sports leagues and media companies.• Managed technical relationships with partners like NFL, ESPN, and Real Madrid.• Led resource planning, budgeting, and vendor management to ensure project success.

• Led technical teams in developing consumer, media, and entertainment applications for Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone.• Provided architectural guidance and project management for partners bringing applications to Microsoft's client platforms.• Spearheaded the open-source Player Framework project, enhancing user experience and engagement.

Mike Downey was Group Manager of the Platform Evangelism team at Adobe Systems. He created and assembled the new Platform Evangelism team as a result of a growing international demand for highly-skilled product expertise focused on Adobe's new AIR desktop runtime and Flex development framework. Within six months Mike grew the team from one to seven members based in North America and Europe, recruiting some of the top minds in the industry.

Mike Downey was responsible for product management of Adobe AIR. As Sr. Product Manager, he organized and drove the product requirements process and made tough decisions to determine the minimum viable product for version 1.0. He also led the effort to attract the Ajax developer market to the new platform by organizing interviews with Ajax developers and key influencers. Mike also instituted a rigid product requirements definition process called "Synchronous Product Development". A process that yielded incredible results for the product team.Mike also spent a great deal of time engaging the user community, handling PR activities for the new product, and acting as a primary spokesperson for Adobe AIR.Also key to his role was helping to manage strategic partnerships with key industry leaders to get early adoption of the new platform. In several cases, Mike was able to identify, engage with, and get commitment from some of the biggest names in the industry.

Mike spent over three years as the product manager for one of Adobe's flagship products, Flash. His duties included leading the requirements gathering process for the Flash 8 and CS3 releases including the first implementation of the "Synchronous Development Process" at Macromedia, a process that involved close interaction between lighthouse customers and the product team throughout the product lifecycle. Under his tenure the product exceeded revenue forecasts every quarter aided by his creation of innovative customer engagement programs, delivery of the features and quality that the customers needed and his attention to the product roadmap.Mike's biggest challenge in this role was managing the integration of the Flash product into the Adobe family of tools following the acquisition of Macromedia in 2006. As a part of the "clean room" team, he was one of few employees to drive integration planning between the two companies prior to finalization of the acquisition.

Managed the requirements gathering process for the update to Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8, helped pioneer the development of video capabilities in Flash, leading to complete dominance of the format, and acted as one of the primary spokespeople for the Flash platform, including numerous presentations and keynotes at industry conferences, press tours, online trainings, etc.

Mike joined Macromedia as a Sr. Web Evangelist focused on engaging the user community, strategic partners, and key customers with technical presentations, training, support, and relationship management. He spent most of his time delivering technical seminars all over the world that reached over 800,000 people in just three years. Mike's focus was on the Dreamweaver and Flash product lines and he provided in-depth instructional materials and presentations that ranged from absolute beginner to seasoned professional. He regularly taught complex technical subjects and languages including application servers, ASP, ColdFusion, JSP, XML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and ActionScript.It was in his first year in this role that Mike would begin a nine-year run as a United 1K flyer, accumulating over 1.2M miles flying around the world and meeting with customers to share his passion about web technologies.