Antonio Gonzalez
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since July 5, 2021
Antonio is a product manager with expertise in B2B and B2C organizations as a product owner, agile coach, and engineer. He has a strong background in engineering and business and in agile frameworks with deep knowledge in Agile product development practices. He led the product strategy of an engineering department formed by 25 engineers and Ph.D.'s and closed two multi-million deals for the company. Antonio is a Certified Scrum Product Owner, Professional Scrum Master I, and PMI ACP.
Expertise
- Agile
- Figma
- Google Analytics
- InVision
- Jira
- Periscope Data
- Product Management
- Tableau
Work Experience
Group Product Manager
Time Doctor
- Led three product teams: product revenue (growth), apps, and web app, driving growth, activation, adoption, and retention initiatives across the web and app platforms.
- Drove PQLs, activation rate improvements, and web app retention strategies. Consistently delivered a 10% increase in PQLs month-over-month through strategic experiments.
- Focused on growing trial-to-paid conversion and optimizing mid-market/enterprise experiences.
Product Consultant
Independent Product Consultancy
- Taught the following courses: Product Management, Design Thinking, and Agile Frameworks at several business schools, such as GBSB.
- Guided the product journey of over ten companies, from coaching project managers on what a product is, to building product vision and principles.
- Contributed to an increase of 20% in Day 1 retention for a learning app.
Senior Product Manager
Splash
- Built virtual sessions from zero to market (definition of the MVP and evolutions till MMP), closing a revenue gap of $400,000. Added a conference use case that led to more than 1,000 events per month using Splash.
- Acted as the current product manager leading the PLG strategy implementation at Splash, focusing strongly on Splash Free user onboarding.
- Led the development of our mobile app and mentored an APM.
VP of Product
Verbio
- Served as VP of product leading product strategy and managing the entire engineering department formed by 25 engineers and Ph.D.'s.
- Led prototyping of a voice assistant that closed two multi-million deals for the company.
- Assisted the growth of the company from 50 employees to 75 in just one year.
Senior Product Consultant
ThoughtWorks
- Promoted from senior product consultant to lead product consultant.
- Developed the idea of a product that was focused on using customer data and led its implementation (effort 4-5 months). It brought 500,000 in revenue in just six months.
- Assisted a major European car marketplace in their transition from a sales-driven to product-led approach.
Agile Coach
VistaPrint
- Began as an engineering manager of two engineering teams and was promoted to agile coach for the whole organization (>3,000 employees).
- Trained 27 project managers into product management.
- Implemented Agile practices to shorten lead-time from and average 15 months to ten months.
Product Owner
Zitro Games
- Delivered the top five downloaded gaming apps in Mexico and Brazil during 2014.
- Reduced time-to-market for Facebook games from seven to three months.
- Increased monthly active users by 7% in less than six months.
Product Analyst
Amadeus
- Model and design databases according to customer's needs (in particular, DB Bahn, AirPlus and American Express). Provided conference calls and meetings with the final customers to clarify their needs and expectations.
- Coordinated the development team's work for the implementation of databases.
- Conducted integration, non regression package and performance tests of the software, and ensured a level of quality in line with standard guidelines.
R&D Engineer
HP, Inc.
- Developed high level functional C++ models that simulated image processing inside the printer. Implemented reference models to validate the proper behavior of the integrated circuits that perform specific algorithms.
- Produced digital design and verification services for FPGAs to be used in large format printers (Verilog programming language).
- Spearheaded the technical responsibility of the implementation of a CPLD for I2C communication between two different subsystems of an ASIC designed under Agile methodology.
Project History
Social Turbo
https://www.autoscout24.de/socialturboDelivered a product ROI positive in less than five months and a revenue of €500,000.
Developed an idea for a product that was focused on using customer’s data and led its implementation (effort 4-5 months). It brought 500,000 in revenue in just six months.
It was first implemented in Germany (https://www.autoscout24.de/socialturbo). After its success, it moved to Austria and the Netherlands as well (https://www.autoscout24.at/haendlerblog/social-turbo/).
Verbio Voice Assistant
https://www.verbio.com/solutions/voice-assistant/Managed product development of Verbio's voice assistant.
Managed the voice assistant development integrating all of Verbio technologies that led to two partnerships with the biggest Asian eCommerces. I presented in both company headquarters (in China and Japan) and signed partnership contracts for two years.
Head of Product
http://www.gleac.comIncrease day one retention for the mobile app. (iOS and Android)
Two direct reports (Product Managers)
Led the product vision and strategy at GLEAC in close collaboration with the CEO. Focused on increasing day one retention for GLEAC’s mobile app and building a sustainable B2B website.
Education
Diploma for Graduates in Business and Management
London School of Economics - London, UK (distance learning)
Master's Degree in Project Management
Universitat Ramon Llull - Barcelona, Spain
Exchange Student in Telecommunications Engineering
University of New South Wales - Sydney, Australia
Master's Degree in Telecommunications
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan - Stockholm, Sweden
Master's Degree in Telecommunications
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia - Valencia, Spain
Certifications
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
PMI
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Expert Coaching Pathway
Emergn Limited
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certificate of Proficiency in English
Cambridge
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Google Analytics, Figma, Tableau, Asana, Balsamiq, InVision, Excel 2010
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Product Management, Kanban, Design Thinking, Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Scrum
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
Product Management, Product Roadmaps, Planning, Backlog Management, Feature Backlog Prioritization, User Stories, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Product Planning, Sprint Planning, MVP Design, Feature Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration, Product Launch, Software Implementation, Business to Consumer (B2C), Digital Product Management, Documentation, Web & Mobile Applications, QA Testing, Periscope Data, Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Discovery, Web Project Management, SaaS, Ideation, Ideation Workshops, Product Vision, Product Strategy, Extreme Programming, Mobile Apps, Growth Hacking, Startups, Strategy, Roadmaps, Discovery Workshops, Estimation & Planning, Project Timelines, Requirements & Specifications, Agile Product Delivery, Design Sprints, Project Planning, Requirements, Lean Startups, eCommerce, User Experience (UX), Mobile UX, Product Ownership, User Onboarding, Portfolio Management, Analytics, Mobile App Development, Mobile Development, Mobile Applications, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Product Coach, Scope Management, Development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), APIs, Marketing Strategy, Notion, Programming, Data Analysis, Consumer Electronics, Mobile, Networks, Engineering, Certified Project Manager, Leadership, Teams, Business, Marketing, Sociology, C++, Databases, iOS, Android, Facebook, Games, Engineering Management, Agile Coaching, Consulting, Lean Experiments, Product Owner, English, Scrum Master, Project Management, Coaching, Two-sided Marketplaces, Virtual Assistance, Voice Technologies, Staffing, Digital Marketing, UX Design, Growth Strategy, Market Research, User Research, Web, Event Management, Competitive Analysis, User Interviews, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Product Marketing, Project Reporting, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Product Leadership
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