Product Manager at Best Buy | Building Community @Theproductchannel 20k+ | Co-Host @Everything Product Podcast

Product Leader specializing in transforming enterprises through AI-powered platform products, with 14+ years of experience taking complex technical challenges from 0-to-1 and leading breakthrough products that redefine industries

At Best Buy, spearheaded the development of a developer portal and AI-powered digital assistant, solving enterprise-wide information discovery challenges and significantly accelerating development velocity across the engineering team

Led the creation of Opticom 360, an AI-telematics platform transforming urban fleet management and smart city operations, now deployed across major US cities.

At Bosch, I pioneered a predictive content engine powering the Universal Automotive Diagnostic Tool, revolutionizing the automotive diagnostic industry.

Beyond corporate innovation, I'm deeply committed to advancing the product management field. I co-host the 'Everything Product' podcast (41,000+ subscribers across 52 countries) and founded 'The Product Channel' newsletter (20,000+ subscribers across 114 countries), sharing insights that influence strategic thinking in product management.

⭕️ Siddhartha Saladi, MBA, MS

Springhetti Custom Outdoor Living

Highlights: Building high-end custom residential projects. Custom timber frame barns in excess of 1.5 million dollars, 9 million gallon ponds, custom exotic timber frame carports, NBA regulation outdoor half-court basket ball courts. Working with arguably some of the strictest state, county and local implementation agencies on projects they have not yet had to regulate, such as massive water ponds. Creating concepts and designing every project with soil, structural, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing engineers and architects.

Project Manager - Owner

Varee International School

Teaching courses in the discipline areas of English reading, writing, speaking and listening. Develop and design curriculum. Maintain strict curriculum guidelines to foster student learning, engage inclusive class discussion ensuring student engagement.  Assess student coursework.  Collaborate and support colleagues regarding co-curricular activities.  

Highlights: Contribute to publications regarding education. Writing English curriculum.  collaborating with world-class colleagues from every continent in the world.

Adjunct Professor of English
Chiang Mai University · Full-time
Aug 2010 - May 2014
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Adjunct Professor of English
Chulalongkorn University · Full-time
Aug 2008 - Aug 2010
Bangkok, Thailand

English Second Language Teacher

Casa De Oak

Project Coordinator - mass scaling.

Highlights: Coordination and construction of 3,000+ per year custom stair and railing systems for US Homes, Kaufman Broad - KB Homes, Lennar Homes. Fulfilling a construction housing 'boom' never seen before in history and while in the greater Los Angeles County and surrounding neighboring counties.

Construction Project Coordinator

Kruxco Inc. (Subsidiary of State Environmental Management Inc.)

Project Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager subcontractor to Mauldin Dorfmeier build out of AT&T raw land and rooftop cellular sites.

Highlights: 100-300ft towers on top of mountains under unpredictable conditions.  

Project Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager subcontractor to Nextel Southern California.

Highlights: Working with Nextel lawyers in site acquisitions.  Landing Marconi cabinets on top of Soka University student dormitory by means of a CH-47 Sirkorsky Chinook.

Project Manager - Continued

State Environmental Management, Inc.

Project Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager Southern CA Title 23 Underground Storage Tank removal and replacement sites through private and public entities: SDSU, UCSB, UCSF, LAUS, LAFD, throughout every county in SC, Equilon formerly Shell and Texaco, Mobil.  JPL specifically Skunk Works.
  
Highlights: landing multimillion dollar contracts with 70% closing rate for 5 consecutive years.  Removing and upgrading fuel supply systems for university hospitals under tremendous time constraints, upgrading fuel systems at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works - seeing the fuel jettison testing of an F35 before the general public new it existed.

Project Manager/Sales Manager

Solve problems, generate ideas, build teams, achieve remarkable, learn - success, success, success!

A professional career that has spanned 10 years in California, 10 years in southeast Asia, 6 years in Colorado.  Being my authentic self; the best human being I can be to my family, friends and colleagues. Diverse. Every life lesson I’ve had, regardless of outcomes, is the foundation of the very next ‘chapter’ in my life.  My philosophy: The next customer is the one you are working for right now. In case you are wondering, 'YES', I built the background photo on my profile page (photos available). Relocating, no problem. I'm easy going, reach out when you can.
  
Proud of earning a division one basketball scholarship, participating in college debate and graduating, I wanted another bold and exciting step to move forward the chapters in my life. I landed a job 2,072 miles away in California which led eventually to meeting at a conference table in the "Texaco Towers" in Los Angeles, helping resolve a multi-billion-dollar CA Title 23 underground fuel tank restoration project throughout the state with a private entity.   Relationships made offered subcontract work for an AT&T/Nextel telecom build-out followed by being recruited to bolster a medium sized custom carpentry business during arguably the largest construction boom in US history.
  
I learned about time and energy management, handling fiascoes, failing and criticism and learning to deal with it healthy. I celebrated and cherished the millions of dollars of contracts won and managed. Mostly, I'm fond of the bosses who lifted me to where I am today - Bold leaders almost mavericks, participative, stalwart conservatives, and motivators.

What next? What everyone must do once in their life with or without kids. Move to a foreign country and learn to conquer uncomfortable.  I lived successfully in southeast Asia for 10 years: negotiating relationships, jobs, language, politics, laws, contracts, visas and permits even during not one, but two coup d'états, and I got married.

Today, I am the owner of Springhetti Custom Outdoor Living building "the cool stuff" and during my free time I’m Investing and dedicating energy, time and money into my own personal growth with supplemental course work, advanced management software program upkeep for continued successful business acumen - ready for new experiences solving problems with new faces, conquering with unique tools, loyalty and passion.

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