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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

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San Francisco, California, Us

Prophet is an international consulting firm that works with fortune 500 companies to help clients achieve growth. An executive who specialized in building products, product teams, and sustainable businesses for clients globally. • Managed multiple and concurrent client engagements while maintaining agile product teams and deliverables. • Developed Product Managers directly and through training programs and processes.• Partnered with clients to define a strategic vision for successful products for both net new initiatives and legacy portfolios.• Advised clients on overall product strategy, organizational design, process, tools, best practices, culture, go to market capabilities, and portfolio prioritization / optimization.• Applied product methodologies across industries (e.g., energy, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, cyber security).

New York, Ny, Us

andros is a B2B SaaS and services healthcare company that enables companies to build and manage their provider networks through a federally certified data and workflow management platform. Hired by the CEO as a member of their six-person executive team, tasked with leading the build out of their first formal Product department. Applied an overall business strategy and created a cohesive product vision, roadmap, development process, and department design for an Engineering team of 50 and a Product team of 12. • Built the first Product department which included org design, hiring, training, establishing department and inter-departmental product processes, operating model, OKRs and metrics, budget, and an 18-month roadmap to support 40% growth target.• Brought customer-centric thinking and overall product culture to the organization as a net new capability for the company.• Assessed build vs. buy solutions while gaining Board and Investors support in strategic multi-year growth initiatives.• Created and ensured a consistent product development lifecycle from idea to launch across product lines and M&A activity.• Collaborated with Marketing and Commercial teams on Product Marketing communication, strategy, and go-to-market.• Guided overall product portfolio prioritization aligning business strategy to financial targets and investor goals.• Managed the development of a product department while shipping net new products and features as the company scaled.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Developed, autonomously owned, and managed the entire strategic roadmap of a product for a B2B, B2C, B2C2B commercial platform launch, as well as two websites for a spinoff technology company while reporting to the General Manager / Acting CEO. Played a key leadership role in client facing and corporate strategy initiatives throughout the successful carve off of a new business. • Took a high-level vision and evangelized / influenced stakeholders across the organization to collaborate at an enterprise level while working through ambiguity, creating cohesiveness, and working across business lines.• Hired, contracted, and oversaw a full stack agile team (18 people) to take initiatives from concept to launch. • Managed four PMs to build a psychometric assessment product that was integrated into a broader product suite.• Oversaw the entire product life cycle through all cross-functioning and matrixed areas.• Roadmap ownership – goals/outcomes, requirements development, prioritization, go to market strategies and user feedback.• Conducted overall market analysis to define product market fit while optimizing the product through a Beta testing phase.• Created and defined systematic processes for product development cycles which influenced other product areas. • Recruited the Head of Customer Success and helped stand up the department through additional contracting and hiring.• Acted as a Client Manager and Business Development representative for the new business through its nascency. • Corporate Strategy development – identified and launched initiatives for the new company, including advising on organizational structure, compensation, ownership, IP protection, Revenue forecasting and Pricing. • Continued to serve as a mentor to junior staff, exhibited core values, and promoted community across the organization.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

As Department COO, I gained subject matter expertise of a Product function and developed the toolset necessary to operate an organization from the top down. • Responsible for complex business planning, oversight, and operating of a multi-year ~$20M variable budget and team.• Established annual business plans with the Department Head including forecasting, KPIs, metrics, and business casing.• Developed and implemented an effective strategy to reduce costs by an initial 20% and up 40%.• Created financial governance and reporting for our organization consisting of 18 FTE’s, 70+ consultants, and vendors. • Developed and oversaw processes for hiring / exiting, compensation, employee reviews, development, and mentorship.• Partnered cross-functionally with HR/ER, Legal, Finance, Marketing / Publicity, Communications, Community, IT, Security, Benefits, Executive Leadership to develop, understand, and implement policies. • Established a strategic organizational design across product, technology, and creative services. • Negotiated contracts, partnered with procurement to develop RFPs, and managed wholistic vendor relations. • Corporate strategy auditor for the Recruiting and People departments – resulted in org restructure and tech optimization.• Advisor to overall corporate management program; developed recruiting and retention initiatives.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

• Led full lifecycle product management for two enterprise tools that combine business logic, data, and workflow technology. • Identified strategic concepts for tool implementation including: marketing, recruiting, research, client relations.• Worked with various business stakeholders to harness feedback and implement requirements into feature sets.• Established MVPs, ran product sprints and releases, designed and managed user testing, created Google and web analytics dashboards, completed third-party cross-cutting data integrations and API development.• Developed algorithm concepts that were applied to product portfolio for automation.• Presented products to Bridgewater’s clients – including advisory and innovation promotion for their organizations.• Contracted managed services and built automated auditing of their performance with live data feeds. • Conducted research, wrote basic models, and worked with third-party vendors on procurement and integrations.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

• Worked with Head of our Group and Senior Product Managers to develop internal software• Created business requirements for agile development teams using data analytics and shadowing consumers• Learned how to work with agile development teams (internally and remote) through seasoned professionals• Conducted research, wrote basic models, and worked with 3rd party vendors on procurement and integrations

Westport, Connecticut, Us

• Co-managed a team of nine investment professionals in a “General Manager” business model • Primary point of escalation and communication from team to the organization, including CEO and CIO offices• Complex project management of secure cross cutting semi-annual projects, weekly publications, daily operations• Oversaw and reviewed the team through day to day activities and developed key performance metrics • Partnered with department managers to build processes, improve efficiency, and solve common problems

Westport, Connecticut, Us

• Promoted through three positions within my first 18 months 1. Coordinator to President and Founder’s personal research team and four other research teams 2. Research Analytics Manager’s Chief of Staff 3. Chief of Staff to CIO and Management Committee Advisor

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Santa Monica, Ca, Us

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