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

Helios

Enabling anyone anywhere to profit from the fight against climate change
20+ projects deployed across 4 continents, built & open sourced all of our tech:)

Founder & CEO

Stealth

quietly building out a new venture in the domestic solar space, $700k ARR in first year, sorry no spoilers

South Park Commons

built cool stuff alongside very cool people

Member - Climate Focus

Capital One

Successfully launched PreApprovals in May 2020, delivering $70MM+ NPV.
I led a diverse team of engineers and business analysts in developing a cloud-based decisioning platform allowing customers to determine their eligibility for Capital One's full suite of credit cards without adversely affecting their credit score. Our methodology has now been copied across the credit card industry.
TLDR; applying for credit cards no longer hurts your credit, you're welcome;)

Product Manager

ILL Customz Metalworkz

Acquired Feb 2019
We design and manufacture high-end car audio components, distributed globally through comprehensive B2B and B2C sales channels

Co-Founder

Chicago Venture Partners

Led crypto research & investments (~before it was cool)

Investment Team

Grapevyne

Web-based platform connecting African-American clients with hair care providers specializing in black hair care
OZY Genius Grant recipient, 1st place at Campus1871 2016, 1st place at Chicago Inno U Challenge

Co-Founder, COO

Taproom Rentals

Property management company built to bridge the divide between supply and demand for short-term summer housing in the Evanston and Greater Chicago area
$50k+ MRR

Co-Founder, Head of Strategy and Operations

1871

Awarded residency at 1871 for distinguished work with Grapevyne - a haircare portal for African-American female stylists and natural hair goddesses

Resident Entrepreneur - Grapevyne

Enhabit

Founded my first company (aww), a web-based portal for students seeking off-campus housing in the Evanston area

Co-founder, CEO

William is a seasoned founder/builder with more than a decade of experience across finance, tech, web3 and international manufacturing. Following the successful sale of his manufacturing company, he’s dedicated his life to the fight against climate change.

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