Strategic Product Leadership
Market Category Creation
Systematic market analysis identifying platform opportunities through competitive intelligence and customer discovery.
- • Platform economics analysis
- • Competitive differentiation strategy
- • Market gap identification
Platform Strategy & Execution
Transform traditional SaaS into competitive platform ecosystems with measurable revenue impact.
- • API ecosystem development
- • Partnership strategy execution
- • Revenue stream diversification
Cross-Functional Leadership
Strategic influence across engineering, sales, and marketing to drive platform transformation initiatives.
- • Engineering team coordination
- • Executive stakeholder management
- • Strategic vision alignment
Strategic Impact & Results
Platform Leadership Experience
Moving Operations Intelligence (Smart Insights)
SmartMoving Software • 2024
Identified market opportunity for embedded analytics through systematic customer discovery. Executed paid beta program achieving 100% retention and exceeded initial sales targets, demonstrating strong product-market fit for new analytics category.
100% paid beta retention with immediate sales traction
Systematic market research identifying embedded analytics opportunity
New analytics category with strong product-market fit
Fintech Partnership Execution
SmartMoving Software • 2024
Launched and operationalized ACH platform handling $1M+ weekly volume. Executed full compliance lifecycle, achieved first-try audit success, and directly reduced processing costs for customers.
$1M+ weekly transaction volume handling
First-try audit success with full lifecycle execution
Direct processing cost reduction for customers
Alternative Transportation Software Platform
First Student • 2021-2022
Led platform strategy for new alternative transportation vertical, coordinating 40+ team of cross-functional leaders and consultants to consolidate fragmented 5-tool market into unified solution. Conducted executive stakeholder discovery across multiple locations to align business requirements with technical architecture, delivering integrated 4-application platform with $20M projected revenue impact.
5-to-1 tool consolidation with market disruption potential
40+ cross-functional leaders and consultants coordinated
$20M projected revenue from integrated platform solution
Corporate IT Architecture Overhaul
First Student • 2021-2022
Led a company-wide IT and product architecture transformation to align technology systems with mission-critical operational goals. Directed migration of all systems to Azure Cloud in partnership with a third-party consulting firm, eliminating infrastructure bottlenecks and enabling scalability. Efforts focused on reducing overhead labor, aligning features with user workflows, and improving visibility across dispatch and support operations.
Company-wide transformation aligning technology with operations
Complete Azure migration eliminating infrastructure bottlenecks
Reduced overhead labor with improved workflow visibility
Product Leadership Experience
Senior Product Manager
SmartMoving Software • Jan 2024 - Present
Platform transformation and market category expansion through systematic customer discovery, competitive intelligence, and strategic partnership execution serving 8,000+ users.
Senior Product Manager
Zebra Technologies • Nov 2022 - Jan 2024
Market opportunity assessment and competitive positioning for retail technology business unit, conducting strategic analysis for AI-driven inventory planning platform.
Product Manager
Koddi • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Enhanced digital advertising platform operations for enterprise clients including Kroger and Hotels.com, focusing on competitive optimization and customer discovery.
Product Manager
First Student • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Led strategic transformation coordinating 40+ engineers delivering platform consolidation with $20M projected revenue impact.
Foundation & Recognition
Education & Development
MBA - Business Management
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Platform Economics, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Market Development
B.S. Information Systems & Business
University of Colorado Colorado Springs • 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
Enterprise Platform Architecture, Strategic Systems Design
Strategic Recognition
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