Acadia University

VP, Products at Lambda Solutions / Founder at ProductCamp Vancouver / Instructor at BrainStation

Lambda Solutions provides learning management, analytics, and eCommerce solutions to global healthcare, education, and corporate organizations.• Built Lambda’s award-winning learning analytics product to a significant recurring revenue business• Introduced an eCommerce solution for eLearning to re-position the company away from the competitive LMS business• Leading and mentoring a cross-functional team responsible for product management and technical sales• Applying the Lean Startup, Kanban, and Continuous Delivery practices to product development• Leading the product engagement activities to drive activation and engagement metrics• Simplified the pricing model to increase the percentage of recurring revenue and deliver year-over-year revenue growth

Lambda Solutions

VP, Products

ProductCamp Vancouver, an annual event, provides a participant-driven networking and education (un)conference related to Product Management, Strategy, Design, and Marketing.• Co-founder and lead organizer of one of the largest Product-conferences in the world (previous attendees: ~400)

ProductCamp Vancouver

Co-Founder and Lead Organizer

BrainStation provides digital skills training for Product Management, User Experience, and Data Science to individuals.• Guide students through the fundamentals of product strategy, product marketing, product design, Agile, and Lean• Facilitate in-class activities, group discussions, and mentor the next wave of product management talent• Student taught: 200+

BrainStation

Instructor, Product Management

QHR provided payroll, workforce, scheduling and analytics solutions to Canadian Healthcare organizations.• Led and mentored a team of 6 product management professionals• Led the team to develop an innovative subscription and cloud-based staff scheduling solution• Led the go-to-market strategies for product launches• Led the Net Promoter program by instituting a Customer Experience Team and regular surveys• Met regularly with customers to present the product roadmap and vision

Logibec (Quadrant division, formerly QHR Technologies)

Director of Product Management

The goal of the MBA Leadership Mentor Program is to help prepare and develop the leaders of tomorrow. The program is primarily a development tool for building leadership and professionalism.  My specific focus is to provide an MBA student with the tools and knowledge to transition into product management role.

Sauder School of Business - MBA Leadership Mentor Program

Mentor

ACL provided analytics and practice management solutions to audit and risk teams in Fortune 500 organizations.• Led an ethnographic-based customer research project that launched change at ACL, fueled the roadmap and resulted in multiple product updates, new products, strategic partnerships and an acquisition within 12 months• Implemented the Pragmatic Marketing framework to institute a customer-first approach to product management that led to an 8% increase in customer retention and 15% revenue growth in 2012• Negotiated a partnership for a new product offering that energized the organization and contributed to the top line• Steered the product team through an extraordinary amount of change and maintained high employee satisfaction• Gathered and analyzed feedback from sales, marketing, development, services and customers to support product development and go-to-market strategies

ACL Services Ltd.

Manager, Product Management

Ryma provided a product management process solution for product teams to global organizations.• Cultivated customer relationships that resulted in high retention rates and directly contributed to 2 million in revenue• Enabled product management best practices for more than 100 of Ryma’s customers including Thomson Reuters, BMC Software, NetApp, and ADP that resulted with them being more effective in making product decisions and better communicating with internal and external stakeholders• Delivered technical and business-focused demonstrations that resulted in over 25% of Ryma’s new customers• Reviewed customer business processes, delivered product management "best practices" and performed product management process gap analysis

Ryma Technology Solutions Inc.

Product Management Consultant

Filogix provided underwriting, origination, and property listing solutions to Canadian mortgage and real estate organizations.• Identified the idea for a digital paper solution for the Canadian real estate market• Led the idea from concept to a working prototype developed by a specialized development partner• Coordinated the validation stage with a live pilot using a local real estate board• Identified, researched and developed business cases and performed profitability analysis for property valuation, document management and digital paper solutions that resulted in new products and new revenue streams• Worked with internal cross-functional teams including leadership to develop a property valuation prototype and document management system

Filogix

Product Lead / Business Analyst

i2 provided an end-to-end supply chain solution for global Fortune 1000 organizations.• Responsible for the full product management lifecycle of i2's Systems Integration software• Led cross-functional teams to a successful launch of new product features and enhancements, resulting in annual revenues exceeding $100 Million• Designed user interface wireframes for a private B2B marketplace collaboration solution based on usability requirements from customer implementation team

i2 Technologies

Senior Product Manager

I was responsible for applying software quality assurance and engineering processes to i2’s Systems Integration software that consistently achieved on-time high quality releases.