Andrew Bowker

Customer Experience | Teamwork | Growth Strategy

Senior Product Manager

IBM PM's operate at the epicenter of multidisciplinary teams which include design, engineering, sales, marketing, finance and legal. PMs build deep and broad skills including market and competitive analysis, planning and shepherding product development, driving adoption through marketing and digital engagement, and sensing how offerings are performing in the market.

"I’ve received very positive feedback from all of Andrew’s peers. He demonstrates a great can-do attitude and is always willing to take on additional projects. He’s curious, always keen to learn and it’s a pleasure having him on the team." - Manager

"Thank you Andrew for always helping our team to move forward and set us up for success. I'm definitely thankful for your work as our PM, and helping us developers the best way you can. Hearing our feedback and working together has been wonderful." - Developer

"Andrew is both a great coach for our bootcamp incubator team and did an outstanding job in his "herding cats" presentation on leading without authority. I've been using the principles he outlined in my daily interactions and they're so useful!" - Mentee

"Thank you for giving great advice to our bootcamp in your session "herding cats without authority". The session taught be a lot about how to take responsibility at IBM and influence people around me.You were down-to-earth and very relatable, which is exactly what all of us needed. I think this session with you is a must for future bootcampers. Thanks again!" - Mentee

“Andrew never skimps out on being generous with his time, energy, and advice. He has given me great excitement for and insight into how to creatively engage with not only my peers in college, but also my future colleagues.” - College Mentee

Product Manager

Drove two "buy-don't-build" businesses cases. Those products went on to make $5M+ in the first 2 years

Product Manager Intern II (MBA Internship)

A to B Coaching LLC

It took me 3 years and 60+ failed applications to break into Product Management. If I could go back, I'd focus on 3 things from the start:

1. Create products
2. Build relationships
3. Interviewing skills

Now I help a community of 24k+ do the same. So far, I've helped folks land at places like Amazon, Zoom, Pfizer, Pendo, IBM, Bandwidth, & more.

I specialize in helping non-technical professionals land roles in the tech industry. Non-technical roles include product management, program management, project management, customer success, strategy, business operations, marketing, sales, and more. When we work together, you'll be heavily guided on:

· How to craft a resume that gets noticed
· How to craft the perfect linkedin presence w/o the cringe
· How to build important relationships w/o the awkwardness
· How to abolish imposter syndrome and interview confidently
· How to perfect your story and pass any recruiter screen
· How to SHOW your work and beat other candidates
· How to negotiate for 45% more money

Ultimately, there is no such thing as a dream job. As we learn and grow, the "dream job: changes. I coach people to find a "dream fit" based on skills, passions, and what the market values that allows for future optionality and growth.

Owner

Wedding Taggers

It's a goal of mine to be a lifelong learner. The best way for me to learn is by starting, growing, and managing a company in my spare time. Hands on.

Founder

North Carolina State University Poole College of Management

Concentrations & Certificates:
Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship 
Marketing Management 
Innovation Management
Decision Analytics Certificate

Activities:
Hi-TEC Scholar (1 of 2 selected) 
MBA Student Association President (vote by peers)
Team-Lead for Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN), (start-up company due-diligence reporting)
NC State University Entrepreneurship Clinic Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University Ambassador for prospective Jenkins MBA students
Jenkins Career Management Peer Coach for 1st-year Jenkins MBA students
Consult Your Community (CYC) Undergraduate Advisor - "Designed For Joy" (a Raleigh non-profit)
Founder of first ever Jenkins Entrepreneurship club (E-Club) for MBA students

Achievements:
4.0 GPA
Selected as a McLauchlan Leadership Fellow (Jenkins' most prestigious development program)
Elected by classmates as MBA Student Association President
Co-founded Chirp, an innovative IoT device to improve emergency response to house fires
1st Place 2019 LuLu Entrepreneurship Games - Design & Prototype Category (Chirp)
1st Place 2019 LuLu Entrepreneurship Games - Fan Favorite Video (Chirp)
1st Place 2019 Poole College Leadership & Innovation Showcase (Chirp)
1st Place 2018 Product Innovation Lab Pitch Night - Investor's Choice (Chirp)

Jenkins MBA Hi-TEC Scholar 

inMotionNow

I was the one they called to save "code red" customers :)

Customer Succcess Consultant 

Customer Success Manager

Account Coordinator

Campus Outreach - Raleigh

A little bit of everything, supporting leadership development at NCSU, UNC, Duke, Campbell University, Meredith College, ECU, and UNC-W.

Project Manager 

L.A. Weaver Co.

Read and interpret depositions, OSHA investigative reports, as well as Safety and Health Standards to craft reports outlining findings, criticisms, and opinions concerning engineering related accidents in the workplace.

Research Analyst

Altec

• Solved a 10 month-old-problem that even full time engineers failed to
• Saved the company $1M+/yr in perpetuity 
• Found out I didn't want to be a career mechanical engineer :)

Mechanical Engineering Co-op

NC State University Housing

Planned social events, team building programs, and community service outings for residents

Resident Advisor

☀️ Product manager by day ☀️  |  🌙 Dad by night 🌙  | 🔨  DIYer / 'maker' by late night 🔨 

I write about product management, career lessons, side projects, and soft skills. 

A core belief: humans are the backbone of business.  Because of that, I like to spend time developing and nurturing personal relationships. I've found that to be the most useful skill despite the random collection of 'hard skills' I've acquired over the years. I've spent time developing start-ups, diving into the intricacies of digital marketing, managing products, selling, creating successful customer outcomes, and sharpening statistical analysis skills to make better business decisions. 

Strengths:
1. Achiever - I come alive when I can work hard, get many things done, and achieve audacious goals.
2. Belief - I can talk to the hearts of people and see past the surface. High Emotional Intelligence.
3. Self-Assurance - I have the power to persuade and lead passionately. This shines during presentations and in situations where I need to persuade. 
4. Restorative - I love to solve problems and constantly improve things. "It can be done better".
5. Woo - I have a knack for "winning others over". Relationships are important to me.

Now accepting clients for Career Cheat Codes 2023 - https://careercheatcodes.tech

It took me 3 years and 60+ failed applications to break into Product Management. If I could go back, I'd focus on 3 things from the start:

1. Create products
2. Build relationships
3. Interviewing skills

Now I help a community of 24k+ do the same. So far, I've helped folks land at places like Amazon, Zoom, Pfizer, Pendo, IBM, Bandwidth, & more.

I specialize in helping non-technical professionals land roles in the tech industry. Non-technical roles include product management, program management, project management, customer success, strategy, business operations, marketing, sales, and more. When we work together, you'll be heavily guided on:

· How to craft a resume that gets noticed
· How to craft the perfect linkedin presence w/o the cringe
· How to build important relationships w/o the awkwardness
· How to abolish imposter syndrome and interview confidently
· How to perfect your story and pass any recruiter screen
· How to SHOW your work and beat other candidates
· How to negotiate for 45% more money

Ultimately, there is no such thing as a dream job. As we learn and grow, the "dream job: changes. I coach people to find a "dream fit" based on skills, passions, and what the market values that allows for future optionality and growth.

OANDA

Business Analyst/ Product Owner

● Led the 10+ stakeholder discussion, creation of user manual/mockup and technical delivery of API tool which helps Market Risk team to convert different types of data for impact analysis
● Performed Product Owner role in agile team to organize Agile ceremonies, backlog management and prioritization of the stories
● Managed the development of strategic API to provide self-service opportunities to users and to decommission the legacy solutions
● Worked with 14 different team to develop crew management dashboards which improved jira health and increased deliverability rate
● Performed user acceptance testing in UI and Swagger tool to ensure meeting with requirements and definition of done
● Planning cloud and on-prem releases and inform users in communication channels about the release and post-release messages

ATL Tech

● Delivered requirement management and prototyping of the large-scale GovTech project in a development team of 9 and spearheaded cross-functional teams' collaboration among UX/UI, DevOps, and development teams that resulted in a dramatic increase in release numbers
● Analyzed the current workflow of 3 departments of The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan and worked with 15+ stakeholders, resulting in writing Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Product Requirement Document (PRD) for stakeholders and the technical team
● Led the technical delivery and maintenance of the MedTech product in a development team of 4+ which is being used in the UK market.
● Built long-term roadmap and conducted the market research & competitor analysis for the company's flagship, cloud-based SaaS call center product which is being used in SME businesses that process ~10k calls daily
● Built a landing page of an AI product (speech-to-text, text-to-speech) from scratch, worked with a UI/UX team for a detailed design, and collaborated with the marketing team to generate a target-oriented text for the landing page

Product Owner

● Works closely with Product Leads to help build a strategy and goals for their product(s)
● Got familiar with all the products of the company, and understand their vision, mission, and roadmaps
● Collaborated with Engineering and business owners for project requirements and scope in order to drive the delivery of features and processes
● Translated validated designs and analysis into story cards with acceptance criteria

Product Development Specialist

ATL Consulting

● Created target-oriented social media strategies for SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) businesses in various industries such as Food, IT services, and FinTech according to the analysis of previous months'/years' social media data and stakeholders' preferences. 
● Prepared accurate monthly reports as a result of analyzed indicators to ensure getting all the benefits from strategies, monthly posts, and ads that are presented to the stakeholders
● Collaborated with Designers and Digital marketing manager to create creative and attractive posts and generate correct targeted ads to reach our potential clients
● Copywriting (Azerbaijani and English) and generation of creative texts for posts through close collaboration with the creative team

Social Media Marketing Specialist

NumberSquad

● Participated in the full life cycle of agile software development and performed UAT (User Acceptance Testing) following quality standards.
● Ensured that new functionalities met the DoD (Definition of Done) which were defined by stakeholders and product owners.
● Tested the released functionalities regularly to prevent any bugs which could lead to serious problems in the user experience.
● Wrote a detailed bug scenario in Jira and ensured that the developers fully understood the created bug task

Product Tester

ADA University

● Worked with the lead teacher to monitor the class schedule
● Revised lesson materials and guiding students individually or in small groups to increase the learning efficiency
● Did academic researches for developing comprehensive articles related to class topics
● Organized student events and workshops related to course

Teaching Assistant

Hello there,

Product Manager with 5+ related experience in producing digital products from concept to production. Have demonstrated ability in spearheading cross-functional teams to drive the full product development lifecycle from strategy and vision to ideation and prototyping, from requirements management to development and technical delivery.

Don't hesitate to contact me if there is any question.

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