Jeffrey Perry
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Pullman, United States
Toptal member since March 13, 2020
With years spent as a technical contributor/leader in software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering environments, Jeff has a wide variety of experiences to bring to client work. He is passionate about team effectiveness and sound leadership principles. Jeff has worked in automotive engineering software development, environmental sensor design, IoT devices, manufacturing digitization and automation, and has been through a corporate rebrand.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Product Management
- Agile Project Management
- Asana
- Change Management
- Manufacturing
- System Integration
- Technical Product Management
- WordPress
Work Experience
Founder
More Than Engineering
- Developed strategic planning processes for consulting businesses that could be utilized in client engagements.
- Interviewed dozens of technical contributors and leaders on principles of engineering leadership to identify patterns and problems to be solved.
- Created a website (Morethan-engineering.com), marketing automation, logo design, blog, and more to drive traffic and customers.
- Delivered leadership training workshops to professional and student groups of sizes ranging from four to 200.
- Delivered 1:1 coaching to increase positive mindsets, increase emotional intelligence, and improve leadership skills.
Operations Engineering Manager | Arbinger Facilitator
METER Group
- Led the digital transformation of manufacturing operations, utilizing cloud-based tools to deliver assembly information for more than 60 users, reducing cycle time by 90% while creating ~300 new manufacturing instructions in under a year.
- Rebranded all customer-facing product material—user manuals, help documentation, software, firmware, product labels, packaging, etc; organized the rebrand of ~40 physical and digital products, which amounts to more than 150 items created or altered.
- Supported more than ten new product releases (including physical and digital elements) through project oversight and ERP system expertise.
- Reduced the documentation load for the shipping team from 115 documents down to less than ten.
- Organized and conducted monthly culture transformation training sessions for ~200 full-time employees and facilitated team interventions, leading to a 10% increase in employee psychological safety.
- Scoped and implemented new LMS system for internal training delivery and compliance tracking across every business unit.
Director of Modern Cities | Technical Product Manager
METER Group
- Opened a new market for use of complex IoT instrumentation that measures critical indicators in urban areas including weather and stormwater runoff to prove efficacy and encourage the adoption of sustainable practices.
- Led product and market development of an interdisciplinary team creating hardware and software products related to urban environmental monitoring using agile methodologies.
- Partnered with leading environmental engineers to get near real-time data on storm water monitoring installations in Portland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and other cities.
- Executed marketing/sales efforts including web/content design, trade shows, and customer communications.
- Assisted in the agile transformation of the organization, including scrum training, retrospectives, and product release strategies.
Founder (eCommerce Business)
JR Perry LLC
- Partnered with international and domestic suppliers to source and sell physical products using online marketplaces such as Amazon.com.
- Created brand logos, packaging designs, and branded websites using Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, and email optimization tools.
- Researched the market and competition to deliver keyword optimization and created promotion materials to draw in over 300 daily product views.
- Handled customer support responsibilities including refunds, returns, and product feedback.
- Generated revenues over $25,000 in one month from an original investment of under $5,000 within the first year.
- Exceeded an average of 4.5/5 stars for products and services as reviewed by customers on Amazon.com.
- Developed two distinct brands and product lines—one for baby sleep products and one for safe and sustainable face paints.
CAD Automation Developer | Technical Business Analyst
General Motors
- Developed and tested custom software using C#.NET, HTML, and VB.NET to extract critical vehicle design data and optimize mechanical and electrical engineering processes that delivered over $2 million in annual business benefit.
- Planned team capacity, clarified project scope, wrote and validated user stories, created development forecasts, and established customer requirements using agile methodologies.
- Directed a professional-development committee for GM JumpStart Austin (a new employee engagement organization), organizing two major in-house events for networking and career development.
- Worked with project managers to implement scrum/agile processes in teams that were unfamiliar with the methodologies.
- Led the implementation of Microsoft Team Foundation Server software for a team of 20 developers for project management collaboration.
Project History
Zentra Cloud
https://www.metergroup.com/environment/zentra-cloud/Led the early product management of Zentra Cloud that is now doubling in MRR every six months.
Manufacturing Digital Transformation
Led digital transformation of manufacturing operations, leading to improved quality outcomes on more than $30 million in revenue.
Company Rebranding
Led a rebranding project of all customer-visible physical and digital assets to establish templates, processes, and execution.
• Coordinated adjustments with inventory levels, product priority, and customer needs.
• Integrated new rebranding process into other rapidly-changing processes that were focused on quality improvement.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Business Administration
University of Washington - Seattle, WA, USA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University - Provo, UT, USA
Certifications
Trained Facilitator — Outward Leadership
Arbinger Institute
Trained Facilitator — Developing and Implementing an Outward Mindset
Arbinger Institute
Skills
Tools
Asana, Google Docs, Zoom, Instruments, Slack, Office 365, TortoiseGit, TortoiseSVN, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OneNote
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Kanban, Team Development, Change Management
Industry Expertise
Agriculture, Energy, Automotive, Life Insurance, Education Technology (Edtech)
Other
Communication, Team Leadership, Leadership, Employee Engagement, Business Analysis, Technical Documentation, Writing & Editing, Innovation, Company Strategy, Business Models, Instrumentation, Employee Training, Technical Training, Public Speaking, Culture Management, Sensors & Actuators, Microsoft Office, Continuous Integration (CI), Manufacturing, Technical Product Management, Lean Manufacturing, Lean, CAD, Training Content, Change Leadership, Root Cause Analysis, Data-informed Decisions, Microsoft, Business Planning, Business Strategy, Systems, Systems Thinking, Business Systems, System Integration, Integration, Customer Research, Consumer Insights, Management Consulting, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Product Benchmarking, Product Management, Production Management, Production, System Process Mapping, Process Analysis, Process Design, Valuation, Startups, Google, WordPress, Social Media Marketing (SMM), Photoshop CC 2019, Economics, Accounting, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Statistics, Decision Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Systems Analysis, Consulting, Market Research & Analysis, Market Research, Product Marketing, Product-market Fit, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Video Production
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