Hi I’m Kevin I am an entrepreneur at heart having founded numerous startups and worked in small to large multinational corporations such as Google in various industries spanning telecom, identity management, subscription billing, cloud, and the emerging crypto/web3. I’ve built teams from scratch, 0-100 products, scale-ups to world-class enterprise software serving over 200 million users and over 10 million TPS on both B2C, B2B, B2B2C software and multi-sided marketplaces.
I’ve made a career of helping people be successful in product management and currently working with a number of startups as a fractional product leader and product management coach to senior product leaders. I also mentor organizations such as startups at Google for Startups, Futurpreneur, and ADPlist as well as following my passion for teaching working as a lead instructor for a product management course at Brainstation.
My experience has been around helping build teams and companies around the principles of product lead growth in both sustained, hypergrowth and even moonshot projects. With a foundation in computer science combined with my diverse experience having worked at some point in every role from sales, software developer, QA, design, finance, HR, and even production support I bring a wide gamut of experience and fresh perspective and different way to think through problems. However, my passion has always been helping people learn and grow in their roles as product management is not a science but an art. Even great product managers at times build unsuccessful product but having a strong team of product managers guided in foundational product principles of constant learning will consistently adapt to the market trends and build consistently great products. Through my experience, I hope to bring out the best in your team in product thinking and product leadership.
I'm currently a full-time product management advisor seeking out new startups and companies to help.
The Cloud Asset Inventory product at GCP is responsible for managing and overseeing the extensive collection of assets on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring their efficient organization, tracking, and accessibility. They handle billions of updates, support millions of users, and play a crucial role in powering various GCP services and operations, such as search and query surfaces, through their expertise in asset management and scalable infrastructure solutions.
Lyncwork is a next-generation employee experience platform that removes complexity and fragmentation in traditional systems and processes to keep employees happy and productive by encouraging and rewarding communication and collaboration.
Amdocs Subscription Marketplace (formerly MarketONE) expands the product portfolio for service providers(Telecom Operators) by providing a multi-tenant SaaS-based modular platform that enables service providers to quickly monetize pre-integrated Over-the-Top (OTT) services such as Netflix to true value to their subscribers.
User Lifecycle Management - SaaS Identity Management Platform
The ULM platform evolves digital identity, user entitlements, and personalization to bring traditional and emerging enterprises the capabilities to service every digital user, seamlessly. ULM has been selected and implemented by some of the world's largest enterprises to ensure they remain relevant in a disrupting world; with user-centric solutions covering Digital Transformation, Digital & Cloud Services, Seamless Entertainment, the Connected Home and User Managed Privacy.
Newton.co is a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange platform focused on providing a simple and transparent trading experience for its users. Newton's mission emphasizes competitive pricing, high liquidity, and a commitment to customer service to make cryptocurrency trading accessible to all traders
Reorganized and lead the product team consolidating product, marketing and design under one organization
Launched a unique first to market subscription model unique to the Canadian regulated space
Created the product operations group consolidating data under and product ops into one team with the goal surfacing critical KPI's at all levels
Jan 2022 — Present
Brainstation
Lead Instructor, Product Management
BrainStation is a global leader in digital skills training, equipping professionals and organizations with the knowledge and capabilities to succeed in the digital era. Through a diverse range of courses and bootcamps, Brainstation offers hands-on learning experiences in subjects like product management, design, web development, and digital marketing. Brainstation's mission is to empower individuals and businesses to achieve digital success and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
As the Lead Instructor for Product Management at BrainStation, I leverage my extensive experience and deep understanding of the field to lead a 10 week class on introduction to product management helping guide the next generation product manager.
Nov 2021 — Aug 2023
Google Cloud
Product Management Lead
Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services that enables businesses to build, deploy, and scale applications using Google's powerful technology stack. We offer a wide range of services from data storage to machine learning, all designed to help organizations harness the power of the cloud. Our mission is to accelerate every organization's ability to transform through data-powered innovation with leading infrastructure, platform, industry solutions, and expertise.
Pioneered and guided the transition of Cloud Asset Inventory into an independent GCP service, driving its evolution into a revenue-generating entity.
Led the transformation of Cloud Asset team into a mission-critical GCP service for all of GCP, powering every global search and query surfaces replacing regional control planes and becoming a critical service for GCP’s global fault tolerance strategy
Built and launched a self-governance internal allocation program, empowering internal Googlers to efficiently manage their billing spend while empowering GM to have increased cost levers within their teams
Led a major program to revamp the billing account hierarchy structure across cloud billing
Pioneered the launch of an AI-driven chat bot support experience, leveraging advanced algorithms to capture over 32 user context signals and provide intelligent, automated resolutions
Dec 2019 — Oct 2021
Vindicia
Director of Product Management
Vindicia is a leading provider of subscription billing and recurring revenue solutions, empowering businesses to effectively monetize their digital products and services. With a focus on optimizing customer retention and revenue growth, Vindicia offers robust billing platforms and advanced analytics to enhance subscription management, reduce churn, and drive overall business success in the digital economy.
Mar 2018 — Sep 2022
Lyncwork
Co-Founder, and Chief Operating Officer
Lyncwork is a leading-edge employee engagement platform that revolutionizes the onboarding experience, enabling employers to create impactful first impressions while facilitating effective culture management and empowering employees to have their voices heard. By simplifying complex IT and HR processes, Lyncwork facilitates seamless communication, fosters engagement, and drives positive organizational change.
As the Chief Operating Officer at Lyncwork and co-founder of the start-up, I created the original product vision of Lyncwork and driving its implementation
. Leading the product management and engineering teams and personally hired recruited and hired and assembled the entire team of top-tier talent
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