Rivershark Inc

Keeping the company funded, staffed and serviced.

Senior Vice President of Product Development

Cox Media Group

Gerard McLean joined the NIE Department at the Dayton Daily News in 1998 when newspapers were just considering the transition to digital spaces. In addition to revamping the workflow of the various ediucational products for K-12 including a bi-weekly page targeted to the Ohio Proficiency Test, he was responsible for bringing the department and all its content online, building a community and maintaining outreach with educators and students. His contributions over the 4 1/2 yrs at the DDN included various original editorial on a variety of topics from the environment to pizza, in additional to external and internal marketing that promoted the editorial-focused NIE of the DDN. His signature contribution to the DDN was piloting the fledgling daytondailynews.com through Sept 11, 2001.

- Successful implementation of a materials design and production workflow for a Newspapers In Education department.
- Create graphics and support materials to illustrate and facilitate understanding of original reporting by education specialists
- Write, copyedit and develop curriculum-based reporting for NIE pages

Newspapers in Education

SPAR Group

Develop and support programs that integrated technology and human resources for a field-based IC labor force as well as all general staffing needs for the main office.

VP, HR/Technology

Huffy

Create training programs that increased the efficiency and quality of a field-based, decentralized employee workforce.

Training Manager

Target

Sporting goods, Stock Team Supervisor, Housewares, Mensware/Shoes/Luggage/Boys

Area Specialist

If you're doing it right, somebody is talking about you and your company right now on a social network you probably haven't heard about yet. You need a guide. Hire me.

https://rivershark.com

Go there. Have a look around. Drop us a line. We’ll get stuff done.

What?! You want to know more? 

I like you already as you are not one to be content hanging out on the shore, peering at the ocean. You want to dive in, feel the cold splash of life on your skin as your face cranes toward the warmth of the sun. 

Here’s stuff about me. If I’m the kind of person you think would be fun business, then we really should be talking.

This profile space has been left intentionally blank as I ponder a re-write, re-brand and re-launch from the ground up. I promise it will be pithy, almost truthful and mostly, memorable.

You are invited to be connected to me via the LinkedIn algorithms by following me (I don't know how you do that) or requesting a connection (I DO know how you do that!) Every request will be scrutinized thoroughly for the tracking code IFIWEREARICHMAN and the hashtag #TeamYellowPeanutMM to determine your sanity in wanting this dubious honor. No generic requests will be granted; you must personalize the message .... the selection process will be brutal.

You still want more? Are you kidding right now? What do you think I do all day, poop out words? 

Ok, I do kinda do that... sometimes I can even control which end they come out, though there is no guarantee. No, I will not make a car video or a parody of a client call video. I know, I know, they are all the rage but you probably guessed by now that I roll just a little bit to the left and uphill.

Hey, you asked ... Oh, what's that? You DIDN'T ask? Well, now you know. TMI is my game and I know I have already gone on one sentence longer than you can tolerate. Yet, you kept reading. Who is the crazy one now?

Who stole my Wite-out? Just bring it back, no questions asked.

Hey, if you got this far, condolences... but also here is my original headline before LinkedIn decided that 4 characters was enough for everyone... they are wrong, right? 

Author, Copywriter, Word Slinger, Digital Hobo, Roustabout, Publisher. I also CEO at Rivershark Inc and TourneyCentral in my spare time.

In case you are wondering, the hair in my profile photo is the best it is ever going to look. If you want to know more about my hair, I suggest you buy my book, Monkey with a Loaded Typewriter on Amazon. Just do it... go there now... really, wallet out; I need coffee and a haircut.

Gerard McLean

Puppy T.

Elsevier

Focusing on supporting and enabling the Clinical Solutions product teams to achieve Product Excellence via data, change management, process improvement, product education, tooling, and other product operations initiatives.

Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.

Product Manager II

CoachArt

Product Management, Market Research, and Innovation Advisory

As CoachArt's first and only Product person, I established product vision, strategies, and roadmaps for the CoachArt Connect online student-coach matching platform.

CoachArt is a non-profit providing free arts & athletics to kids impacted by chronic illness.

Product Manager

CoachArt Tech Ambassadors guide and provide valuable feedback on how the organization uses technology to scale programming to students nationwide.

Tech Ambassador

Some highlights 👇
•	Developed CoachArt Connect Family Portal that shortened lesson matching time by 79%
•	Initiated and shipped CoachArt in-house video chat tool and logic that cuts monthly recurring operating costs by 85%
•	Conducted A/B testing in HubSpot for surveys and testing signups; improved click-through rate by 30% in 2 weeks
•	Refined existing feedback loops and set up new user interview streams for product discovery and usability testing

Associate Product Manager

Reforge

Completed Courses:
- Product Management Fundamentals
- Mastering Product Management
- Growth Series
- User Insights for Product Decisions
- Scaling Product Delivery
- Data for PM
- Product Strategy

Member

CB Insights

CB Insights is a data and SaaS company that provides data, insights, predictions, and workflow tools to enterprises to help them understand and make technology decisions by analyzing millions of data points on venture capital, startups, patents, partnerships, and news mentions.

I turn raw data into medium-rare here.

Data Lead - Data Operation and Project Management

Highlights: Data operations, Asian data acquisition and go to market research, SQL, Jira, Confluence, Hackathons, Hack Days, startups, Venture Capital, Private Equity, M&A, business relationships, valuations, IPO, workshops, cross-functional collaborations, product support

Data Associate

Uber

Uber Eats is an online food ordering and delivery platform.

Highlights: Salesforce, Jira, partnership activation, technical troubleshooting, client support, bilingual onboarding process refinement

Uber Eats Restaurant Onboarding Analyst

Outpost

Outpost Games, founded by gaming veterans from Electronic Arts and Zynga, was the creator of the multiplayer survival game, SOS.

Highlights: User feedback analysis, G Suites, Zendesk, Asia marketing initiatives, event planning, social media marketing, marketing campaign

Player Experience Analyst and Regional Marketing Manager

University of Michigan

The ADVANCE Program conducts research and monitors institutional data to inform policies and practices concerning faculty at the University of Michigan and assesses the climate in individual units and campus-wide. (advance.umich.edu)

Highlights: Data collection with Qualtrics, research, qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis, SPSS, Excel, t-test, chi-square, project management, report drafting, proofreading, executive summary, Microsoft Office

Research Assistant and Program Management Assistant

Product Manager @ Elsevier | Learning everyday 💪

Continuously learning and improving as a human-centered, value-driven, and outcome-focused product manager that embodies product inclusion. 

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I post about: 

#365DaysofProduct - one post at a time on learning product management.

#30DaysofPup - 30-day challenges to stay out of my comfort zone. One topic at a time since April 2020. 

View all past challenges here: tinyurl.com/30daysofPup

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I have long been passionate about exploring the world and learning about new technology, science, product, trend, culture, and people. If I didn't go into tech, I might become an anthropologist or psychologist. (Or a writer/poetess, zookeeper, who knows)

While not working, I love to read, photograph, write poems, eat, play guitar, listen to live music (the biggest perk of having a musician partner?), and talk to my cats 😺 (still getting better at this).

Focusing on supporting and enabling the Clinical Solutions product squads to achieve Product Excellence.

Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.

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