Ian Johnson

Multiple Companies

Selected client work:

Paramount Pictures: (Fractional Product Lead) Designing the software for greenlighting movies.
ChatLabs: (Fractional CPO) 
Tonic Labs: (Fractional Product Lead) Working with leadership at high-growth startups in Fintech, Genomic Breeding, and Recruitment on product strategy and execution. 
Ultra VC: (Validating demand, pricing, and UXR Strategies) Advised 2023 batch of companies on strategies for validating demand, pricing, and execution of user research. 
Titans Legal: (AI Product Strategy) Consulting on Gen AI implementation strategy for major law firms.
Helios: (Product Strategy) Enabling anyone, anywhere, to profit from saving our planet through Solar investment.

Product Management Consultant

On Deck

Founder Fellow

Lasso (Acquired)

A pioneering AI-powered platform designed to redefine the creator marketing space for SaaS marketers. By facilitating the efficient discovery, management, and performance analysis of millions of creator profiles, Lasso enhances marketing strategies with data-driven insights and automates key processes to measure ROI effectively.

Co-Founder and CEO

Flow Commerce (acquired by Global-e)

The leading platform for cross-border ecommerce, enabling SMB brands to go global and technology that powers Shopify's native cross-border ecommerce platform (Shopify Markets Pro). Selected by Shopify through competitive RFP as sole technology provider for native cross-border ecommerce API/capabilities.

Responsible for product strategy that helped scale and grow some of the fastest-growing DTC brands in the world.

Flow is a SaaS platform that enables retailers to sell and expand internationally, providing end-to-end functionality, including localized pricing, marketing and payments, tax and duty calculation, and global logistics. Supported by venture partners, including Bain Capital Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, and Fung Capital.

Principal Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

Showtime Analytics

Responsible for the product portfolio of business intelligence, customer, and marketing analytics products for Showtime Analytics and Showtime's joint venture with Alibaba Pictures in China.

Showtime Analytics is a SaaS platform aimed at providing the movie industry with an intelligent software solution that is built to understand, communicate, and optimize relationships with moviegoers. Showtime Analytics is supported by partners including Alibaba Pictures and comscore.

VP of Product Management

Accenture

Consultant at Accenture experienced working with large organizations in the technology & financial services industries. 

Client work included;
- Product Marketing Production lead for EMEA at Google 
- Product lead at global financial institutions 
- Analytics and reporting across ad tech sectors

Consultant @Google

Management Consulting Analyst 

eir Ireland

Programme manager of eir's Customer Experience (CX) programme for eir Technology.

Program Manager

Business Operations Specialist

Product leader specializing in helping B2B SaaS and Consumer companies explore new segments, tap into emerging markets, and scale up existing ones.

Key Clients include;
ChatLabs by Writingmate.ai: (Product Strategy and GTM) Bringing private, secure, and customizable AI models in one place.

Paramount Pictures: (Fractional Product Lead) Designed the software used to greenlight movies.

Tonic Labs: (Fractional Product Lead) Working with leadership at high-growth startups in Fintech, Genomic Breeding, and Recruitment on product strategy and execution. 

Ultra VC: (Validating demand, pricing, and UXR Strategies) Advised 2023 batch of companies on strategies for validating demand, pricing, and execution of user research. 

Helios: (Product Strategy) Enabling anyone, anywhere, to profit from saving our planet through Solar investment. 

Track record of enabling B2B SaaS companies to accelerate their path to product-market fit through hands-on product strategy development, rapid experimentation, and execution. 

Designing processes and systems that enable high-growth teams to leverage market and user research to quickly ship the right solutions to end users.

Leveraging experience spanning pre-seed startups to Fortune 500s, including other collaborations with Andreessen Horowitz and ReFace.

For fractional or speaking engagements, please email contact @ ianjohnson.io

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Founder

Asset Reality

I’m currently leading product and design at Asset Reality, where we’re building a platform to transform how public-sector clients manage seized assets, a $3T industry. My focus is on building products that customers love by understanding their needs, collaborating closely with teams, and delivering meaningful solutions that drive both user satisfaction and business impact. I’m hands-on in defining the product strategy, gathering feedback, and making sure our work translates into real-world results.

SVP, Product

As the multi-trillion dollar crypto industry continues to grow, law enforcement, regulators and the wider private sector industry have no way to deal with seized or illicit crypto and other complex assets. 

Asset Reality empowers clients to manage their portfolio of seized assets and access services such as digital custodians, investigation services and asset management/realization functions.

Head of Product (Contract)

Various Startups

In a part time capacity I advise a number of startups on all things Product Management including but not limited to Product Strategy, Product Research, Prototyping, Validation, Hiring Product People.

Startup Advisor - Product Management

Techstars

Founder on the Techstars ('21) accelerator batch in London with Dimensions; a platform built to help Product Teams work smarter by connecting relevant information and tools and surfacing insights to help them make better decisions.

Founder - Techstars Accelerator

Enterprise Ireland

Founder - New Frontiers Incubator

Teespring

Helped Teespring empower Creators to sell merch  #socialcommerce

Product Lead | Contract

Zendesk

Led mobile strategy for Zendesk’s family of native mobile apps for the Support and Chat product offerings, positioning mobile apps as an enabler for SMB's on-the-go. Turned app store ratings around from 1 star to 4.5 stars < 12 months. 

Check out the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zendesk-support/id1174276185

Senior Product Lead (Mobile)

Mobilize Meetup

Meetup for Mobile makers - developers, designers, product people and more. Join 1000+ of us for the latest mobile perspectives on Product, Design, Engineering📱

Founder & Host

StepStone

As a consultant; researched and identified opportunities for the Fintech and Eng verticals for one of Stepstone's subsidiaries Jobsite within the company’s job board portfolio. 

Formed a team, built and  launched the new Engineering board “Just Engineers” on time / budget.

Zipcar

Joined Zipcar when the company was very early in its mobile journey. Developed and implemented the vision for Zipcar’s apps to become the key touch-point for reservations and self-service, helping reduce calls to the contact centre and reduce friction for our members. Helped scale the mobile team from 4 to 20 people (USA and UK). Recruited, mentored 3 junior PM's to help execute the mobile vision between 2013 and 2016.

Senior Product Manager | Mobile

Spinlingo

Founded Spinlingo; "Chatroulette for Language Learning" - a P2P video language learning platform alongside CTO and childhood friend @Kevin Bennett. We bootstrapped the product on evenings and weekends while working full-time. Spent a summer in San Francisco pitching but ultimately failed to get traction. We took the experience and learning and I moved into Product Management to deepen expertise before the next shot.

I’m currently leading product and design at Asset Reality, where we’re building a platform to transform how public-sector clients manage seized assets, a $3T industry. My focus is on building products that customers love by understanding their needs, collaborating closely with teams, and delivering meaningful solutions that drive both user satisfaction and business impact. I’m hands-on in defining the product strategy, gathering feedback, and making sure our work translates into real-world results.

Asset Reality is the world’s first end-to-end platform to deploy, seize, manage and realise seized assets securely. Utilised by public and private sector organisations worldwide, the company’s expertise extends to investigating, recovering and managing billions of dollars worth of seized assets in some of the world's most high-profile asset recovery cases. We help the management of anything from Yachts to Cryptocurrency.

If you're interested in learning more about my experience or current projects, please feel free to connect with me.

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