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Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Location
Chappaqua, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
November 28, 2018
David is a product manager with over 15 years of experience developing cutting-edge digital products and transforming businesses. He works hands-on with the team to create a product from initial concept to final release. He enjoys working with great teams and never shies away from a challenge.
Project Highlights
Home Technician Video Chat Tool
Managed the development of a web chat and video annotation tool for home technicians built on React Native and WebRTC.
Social Video Application
Created a social video application that allowed users to create video playlists and share them with their friends.
Consumer Loyalty Application: Heineken USA/Redstripe Beer
Sourced and managed a remote development team to build a loyalty application including videos, games, leaderboard, and AR.
Expertise
Work Experience
Director of Product
2016 - 2018
MovMobile
- Provided full-cycle product development from ideation, validation, and MVP to deployment.
- Created business documentation and SOWS.
- Created wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and proofs of concept.
- Hired and led local and remote development teams.
- Created roadmaps and product development plans.
- Employed Agile methodology.
- Managed Scrum development.
- Built proprietary content and learning management systems.
- Developed and delivered mobile products, as well as mixed reality (VR, AR, interactive 360) video, natural language processing, and conversational UI.
- Researched the market and competition.
CTO, Product, Co-founder
2011 - 2016
ShoDogg
- Built the development team and spearheaded product development.
- Conducted market research and customer/user research to determine product market fit, among other things.
- Communicated with sales personnel and stakeholders.
- Managed projects and cross-functional teams.
- Awarded three patents.
Program manager / elearning designer
2001 - 2011
Westchester Community College
- Built the department's digital infrastructure a customer CRM tool.
- Built and managed the website.
- Designed the first online teaching training certification course.
- Secured funds and built the departments multimedia and digital production studio.
- Managed the development of numerous online development projects.
Project History
Home Technician Video Chat Tool
Managed the development of a web chat and video annotation tool for home technicians built on React Native and WebRTC.
This tool allowed a home technician to communicate directly to the homeowner via web chat with the ability to annotate the video to explain exactly what was required for the repair and show that the repair was done properly.
Social Video Application
Created a social video application that allowed users to create video playlists and share them with their friends.
This application allowed users to create playlists from multiple video sources, e.g., YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter, and share them via their favorite social networks. The application also allowed the user to cast their videos to any web-enabled TV.
Consumer Loyalty Application: Heineken USA/Redstripe Beer
Sourced and managed a remote development team to build a loyalty application including videos, games, leaderboard, and AR.
This application was built for iOS, Android, and HTML5. I designed the architecture as a web service back-end and a modular front-end so that the system was adaptable to add new content and additional integrations. The system allowed for personalized newsfeeds to users, gamification, and integration with third-party vendors and social networks.
Education
1997 - 2001
ABD in Instructional Technology/Product Management
University of Albany - Albany NY
1997 - 1998
Master's Degree in Instructional Technology/Product Management
University of Albany - Albany NY
Certifications
JULY 2017 - PRESENT
Data Science: Data into Insights
MIT xPro
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