Shopify

Product Lead

Senior Product Manager

Angel Investor

Active:
* Aquaeye by Vodasafe
* Evalyze
* EverBond Interface Technologies
* HDAX Therapeutics
* Healthy Hippo
* Intellijoint Surgical
* KaleMart24
* Kenota Health
* MesoMat
* Mirsee Robotics
* ORA Graphene Audio
* OrderEase
* Pontosense
* Quip Medical
* Steadiwear
* ToroMatcha
* Trampoline.ai
* Vena Medical
* VoxCell BioInnovation

Completed:
* Little & Lively - Dead

Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)

Vice Chair Board of Directors

GTAN is the #1 Seed Stage Private Investor in Canada.

Board Member

Grobo Inc.

Founder and CEO

Entrepreneur, Product Manager, Advisor & Angel Investor with experience building strong products and companies.

Bjorn Dawson

Amazon

Warehouse Associate

Hack for LA

Leveraged extensive product management skills and a deep commitment to social impact to enhance and expand the reach of Expunge Assist, a tool designed to aid disenfranchised communities through the expungement process, thus fostering greater accessibility to legal resources and supporting community rehabilitation.

Accomplishments Include:

- Collaborated with 5+ cross-functional teams—including content, design, and research—to align product features with user needs and organizational goals, resulting in streamlined product development, business analysis, requirements gathering, and change management.

- Led the end-to-end strategic planning and release of Expunge Assist’s second iteration, enhancing features that increased user engagement by 40% within <7 months, positively impacting disenfranchised communities during the expungement process.

Content Product Manager : Product Strategy, Data Transformation 

Co.Lab 🚀   joincolab.io

This position allowed me to specialize in AI Innovation and Product Development at Co.Lab—a platform focused on providing project-based learning experiences in tech—I led the full product lifecycle to develop a transformative AI-powered tool that enhances research and learning for students. This role allowed me to shape a product grounded in real-world user needs and educational challenges, contributing to Co.Lab’s mission of equipping users with hands-on, impactful tech.

Accomplishments Include:

- Led the development of LightScan, an AI-powered Chrome extension for college students to better enhance product capabilities and business outcomes; served as a catalyst in driving a 25% adoption rate and improving research efficiency by 40% within 6 months.

- Coordinated with a cross-functional team of developers and designers, implementing Agile methodologies to increase team productivity by 30%, completing the product ahead of schedule, and introducing key features that enhanced user experience and data analysis.

Product Manager – AI Technology

Appreciate U Embroidery

Drove product strategies and enhancements within the e-commerce sector, focusing on optimizing product performance and market alignment for a specialty embroidery company. Utilized deep industry insights and data analytics to guide decision-making, align product offerings with customer preferences.

Accomplishments Include:

- Analyzed and optimized supply chain processes, identifying market gaps and operational inefficiencies, resulting in a 12% reduction in costs and a 20% improvement in delivery times within 6 months; served as a lead business analyst due to data gathering outcomes. 

- Developed and implemented product marketing strategies, enhancing the product lifecycle from planning to sales, driving a 10% increase in revenue in a highly competitive e-commerce environment through the usage of business intelligence and data analytics.

Product Manager

Urban One, Inc

In my role as a Project Manager at Break Wind Entertainment, I managed multiple projects from inception to completion, ensuring seamless execution and efficient coordination across teams. A highlight of my tenure was overseeing the end-to-end production of the TV special, Cooking for One, where I streamlined collaboration among cross-functional teams to deliver a high-quality product on time. This experience honed my skills in project planning, communication, and team alignment, all essential to successful media production.

In addition to project management, I was responsible for developing and maintaining communication with a wide range of contacts, coordinating conferences, workshops, and TV appearances, which strengthened my skills in stakeholder engagement and event management. By overseeing day-to-day logistics, including travel, production scheduling, and leisure activities for up to 70 participants, I ensured smooth operations and created a cohesive experience for all involved.

Colleagues and senior leaders valued my attention to detail and organizational abilities, which enabled me to handle complex logistical requirements and adapt to dynamic project needs. My role also involved refining reporting and requirements analysis to support logistics and operations, delivering results that kept projects on track and aligned with executive expectations.

Accomplishments Include:

- Utilized and implemented Agile and Waterfall project and program management methodologies to handle multiple projects (10+), ensuring timely execution and successful delivery of a TV special, "Cooking for One," reaching over 1M viewers per segment. 

- Developed and coordinated communications with 100+ stakeholders across various business ventures, managing conferences, workshops, and TV appearances, and strengthening relationships with key players to enhance project visibility and business impact.

Project Analyst: Organizational Reporting, Business Operations

Innovative and results-oriented Product Manager with over 3 years experience launching, developing, and enhancing products and user experience in the tech and e-commerce industry. Specialties include strategic planning, data and market analysis, customer retention, and cross-functional collaboration. 

I excel at transforming customer needs into innovative products. My strong leadership abilities, combined with a deep understanding of user experience and data-driven decision-making, enable me to guide product teams and deliver exceptional value to both customers and stakeholders.
 
🚀Product Impact 
🔹Data Analytics & Transformation : Utilizes advanced analytics to assess product performance and customer trends, enabling targeted improvements that increase market share.
🔹 Strong cross functional collaboration: Lead teams across disciplines to drive overall product vision and deployment 
🔹 Frameworking & Roadmapping: Developed plans of action and implemented frameworks of prioritization to launch MVPs and establish how solutions will evolve overtime 
🔹 Customer & User Empathy: Conducted user research and data analysis to establish user and business viability 

🤖 Tools
🔹 SQL
🔹Jirra 
🔹 Github 
🔹 Figma

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