Kain Dorris
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Kain is a product manager with a technology consulting background who's launched over 50 complete products to market from IoT to logistics to hardware. Along with specializing in rapid iteration and discovery with clients of all sizes, Kain is deeply empathetic to users and pains that businesses aim to solve. Kain started professionally as a developer and later moved onto a product position, so he brings a very technically informed opinion to any project. At his core, he enjoys being of service.
Project Highlights
Expertise
Work Experience
Product Management Consultant
Self-employed
- Defined unresolved problems within a particular market for a business that helped them to solve.
- Applied rapid prototyping and in-person interviews to determine if a solution would quickly reach product-market fit.
- Developed and introduced new business concepts to existing verticals to help pivot quickly during times of extreme uncertainty.
- Developed talent internally using established agile and product management best practices to allow businesses to operate independently.
Associate Product Manager
Uniguest
- Worked to establish a product-release process to double the portfolio of products over a 6-month period and triple them within a year. Developed and established channel partner relationships for hardware products and vendors.
- Oversaw all SDLC scrum and agile processes along with managing backlogs for more than ten software products spread across two remote development teams and one onsite team.
- Developed and established channel partner relationships for hardware products and vendors.
- Oversaw multiple consecutive internal and client facing projects from inception to completion.
- Established an internal brand and integrated best practices for all areas of the business.
Product Consultant
Pilgrim Consulting
- Created the practice of business analysis and scrum product ownership within Pilgrim Consulting.
- Worked with client and offshore development teams on as many as 15 consecutive software development projects.
- Led design-and-discovery engagements to help businesses understand the problems they were solving.
- Developed and defined internal processes for new hires so that the business could bring more clients.
- Performed on-site discovery directly with users and knowledge workers for over 60 clients.
Project History
Healthcare Supply Chain Management Aggregator
Oversaw and led the development a new product from discovery to full launch and support.
Barge Fleet Management System
Led discovery and implementation for a physical asset tracking system in the barging industry for a fortune 500 client.
IoT Logistics Product
Built the technical and go-to-market strategy for an IoT crate replacement product.
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Scrum.org
Skills
Tools
Atlassian Suite, Google Docs, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Figma, Balsamiq, Trello, Asana
Industry Expertise
Video Gaming, Logistics, Healthcare
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Rapid Prototyping
Platforms
MacOS
Other
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Product Management, Business Development, Startups, Partnerships, Gaming, Discovery Workshops, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wireframing, Business Strategy, Microsoft, Unity, Go-to-market Plans, New Business Development, Business Models, Product Marketing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Compliance, Startup Consulting, Product Development, Backlog Management, Feature Analysis, Feature Roadmaps, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Interviews, Stakeholder Management, Roadmaps, Product Roadmaps, Product Launch, Product Design, Product Delivery, Lean Startups, Mobile Apps, Mobile, Windows, Market Research
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