Aurelien Duval
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Zürich, Switzerland
Toptal member since January 18, 2022
Aurelien has 11 years of experience as a product leader in the tech industry. He is experienced in both SaaS platforms for B2B clients (aerospace and defense, cybersecurity, contract automation, and teardown and costing) and consumer electronics hybrid hardware/software solutions (Google Pixel phone and digital key solutions). Aurelien is a co-founder of a contract automation solution for SMEs in the telecom industry.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Competitive Intelligence
- Jira
- Pricing
- Product Management
- Product Marketing
- Product Roadmaps
- SaaS
- User Stories
Work Experience
Co-founder
GreenlightIO
- Built an initial concept interactive demo using no-code tools to elicit interest from potential SMEs and seed-stage funding programs.
- Developed an MVP SaaS platform based on initial customer feedback. Did full-stack development using Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, and JavaScript.
- Managed a CS intern to help with development efforts.
Senior Product Manager
- Led the strategic vision and roadmap for future product updates. Delivered impactful haptic experiences, driving user adoption and satisfaction and influencing the willingness to buy and recommend for our key user segments.
- Improved customer experience by reducing missed calls and notifications by implementing adaptive alert vibrations on in-market Pixel phones based on user research and strategic insights.
- Spearheaded a New Technology Introduction initiative, rethinking mobile phone interaction models in cross-functional collaboration with industrial design, product design, and hardware and software engineering.
Principal Program Manager
IFS
- Developed a three-year vision and roadmap for Fleet Planner, allowing them to secure two new customers.
- Drove the design, scoping, implementation, and delivery phases of a major feature for our top three customers.
- Coached a new team of 10 software engineers across two sites—Sri Lanka and Canada—on Agile best practices and the Scrum framework, improving throughput and ownership.
Senior Product Manager
TechInsights
- Spearheaded operations and software integration efforts following the acquisition of our largest competitor (IHS Markit Teardown division).
- Increased the annual contract value by 82% by improving customer experience and perceiving value with more frequent touchpoints with experts.
- Introduced two new products to market, establishing beachheads for an expansion into enterprise electronics and supply-chain costing advisory.
- Retired one underperforming product, reassigning resources to more profitable portfolio areas.
Product Manager
Irdeto
- Led a cross-functional and cross-regional team, including sales, architecture, software, and support in winning and executing a contract for Hyundai Motor Company in China, leading to the deployment of the Keystone solution in 100,000+ vehicles.
- Designed and rolled out a portfolio management process inspired by SAFe to allow the business unit to scale with growing demand.
- Deployed a proof of concept for a local fintech company.
- Deployed proofs of concept for a classified ads portal and a payment gateway.
- Ensured compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ( PCI DSS) requirements throughout the development process, leading to a successful audit.
Product Manager
Optiwave Systems
- Achieved growth in account retention (+20%) and YoY revenue (+60%) by attracting new customers with popular features and free software versions for students.
- Envisioned and led the development of a new prototype for the tool through a SOLIDWORKS add-on.
- Shortened the software release cycle to one month by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies and deploying a build automation platform, TeamCity.
Project History
Keystone Digital Key Solution
https://irdeto.com/keystone/Led a cross-functional and cross-regional team (sales, architecture, software, and support) in winning and executing a contract for Hyundai Motor Company in China, leading to the deployment of the Keystone solution in more than 100,000 vehicles.
IoT Modules Teardown Subscription Channel
https://www.techinsights.com/access-reverse-engineering/overview/teardownLaunched a new subscription channel centered around production-ready IoT modules to complement Techinsights's consumer electronics teardown portfolio.
Cloaked.JS
Led a cross-functional software development team in partnership with PayU, a payment gateway, in deploying a proof of concept with a classified ad platform.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics
University Paris Sud - Paris, France
Master's Degree in Telecommunications
Denmark's Technical University (DTU) - Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Master's Degree in Computer Science
EFREI - Villejuif, France
Certifications
Foundational Accessibility Knowledge Certificate
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
Google via Coursera
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Google via Coursera
Machine Learning
Coursera
Optimal Product Management and Product Marketing
280 Group
ITIL Foundation
PeopleCert
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Office 365, Slack, MATLAB, LabVIEW, SOLIDWORKS, Tableau, TeamCity
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Agile Product Management, Requirements Analysis, Microservices, DevOps
Platforms
SharePoint
Other
Research, Engineering, Product Management, Scrum Product Owner, Product Ownership, Product Roadmaps, User Stories, Project Management, Pricing Strategy, Tech Sales, Strategy, New Product Development, Personas, Roadmaps, Go-to-market Strategy, Demo Designs, Pricing, Proof of Concept (POC), Numerical Simulations, Documentation, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Strategy, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Aha!, Amazon Web Services (AWS), SaaS, Product Marketing, Competitive Intelligence, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Business Intelligence (BI), Portfolio Management, Contract Negotiation, APIs, Embedded Software, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Parallel Programming, Product Development, User Research, Python, Notion, C++, Java, ITIL, IT, IT Operations Management (ITOM), Kubernetes, iOS, Android, PCI DSS, NVIDIA CUDA, C#, Negotiation, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Subscription Pricing, PCI Compliance, JavaScript, User Experience (UX), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Machine Learning, Cross-functional Collaboration, UX Research, Data, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Full-stack, Accessibility, User Experience Design, Ideation Workshops, User Journey Maps
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