Product Management Professional
I partner with organizations that take their craft seriously and don't take themselves too seriously. Having worked across a range of industries, I bring a rare blend of product strategy, UX instinct, and technical execution that gets results.
The best products don't just move tasks from A to B. They understand what users are trying to accomplish, and get out of the way.
My Approach
Always first in thought and action. Answering the question, "What are we doing to make it hard for customers to do business with us?", repeatedly and then removing barriers. Happy users lead to growth, retention, and fans that recommend.
Years building across the systems that power how work gets done — cross-product workflows, approvals, orchestration, automation, and the permissions layers underneath. Complex domains with real consequences that demand you always get them right.
AI is most useful removing friction from real workflows, not to tick a box. I've shipped AI solutions in production, built AI-assisted feedback pipelines, and placed in innovation hackathons for AI-native approaches.
My journey started in design before moving into product. I can sketch a wireframe, write a PRD, and explain them to leadership. I've spent my career translating user and business needs into roadmaps that actually get built and deliver measurable impact.
For one product, I've aligned 80+ stakeholders across 15 departments and three countries. I know how to influence with or without authority, hold a vision together, and stay close enough to execution to catch when things drift.
I learn by doing. I've moved from design into product, picking up SaaS, eCommerce, and Communications Platforms along the way. New domains, new tools, and hard problems don't intimidate me and are where I do my best work.
Career
Led product strategy for OEM forecasting solutions serving major automotive manufacturers. Built AI-powered customer feedback pipelines using NotebookLM and established a company-wide software delivery framework to improve cross-functional execution consistency.
Automotive manufacturers use these forecasts to make billion-dollar planning decisions. Getting the product right means reducing risk at a scale most software never touches.
View productLed Workflows across three product teams for an HR and payroll platform serving millions of users. Shipped automation, approval routing, permissions management, and pay and position change flows. Mentored four junior PMs.
A broken approval flow doesn't just frustrate a user — it delays someone's paycheck. The workflows we shipped saved customers thousands of hours every month.
View productOwned product strategy across four global teams for Contacts and Automations platforms. Managed and mentored four Product Owners. Built scalable workflow automation capabilities that shifted customers from manual, reactive communication to configurable, intelligent workflows.
Businesses rely on high-volume communications for time-sensitive, revenue-critical interactions. The automation capabilities we built gave customers control at a scale that wasn't previously possible.
View productLed cross-functional product strategy for Mailchimp engagement initiatives across analytics, engineering, design, and research teams. Optimized add-on monetization flows and built repeatable internal marketing processes.
Mailchimp serves millions of small businesses. Reducing friction in administration and expanding monetization pathways had compounding impact across the platform.
View productLed B2C ecommerce and digital commerce initiatives. Launched a consumer home EV charging hardware platform built on SAP Hybris, including vetting and procuring a 3PL for fulfillment and a nationwide network of certified electricians for warranty work. Aligned 80+ stakeholders across 15 departments and three countries.
Closing the loop from purchase to installed hardware to reliable home charging to service required thinking beyond the digital product to the full customer experience.
View productOwned digital retail and reservation platforms across 48 dealerships. Led consumer-facing web and mobile experiences across the Canadian market, managed distributed development partners across three countries, and drove tens of thousands of monthly customer leads.
Increased new and certified pre-owned inventory visibility by 69%. In automotive retail, visibility is revenue — and the platform improvements translated into millions in dealer sales using web analytics to identify and prioritize highest-impact site improvements.
View productKudos
Kevin's leadership at MessageMedia, where he managed a product team of four, was essential in delivering customer value. He established a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that fostered stakeholder relationships and improved the customer experience. Kevin is a natural leader who genuinely cares about the growth of his team.
Kevin is an awesome product manager and human being! He is sharp, smart and multitalented. He brought a sense of levity to work that I really appreciated — cool as a cucumber, and yet a true strategic thinker. Nothing that stressed the team out phased him, and he was always able to lead the team into a shared path forward. He was able to maintain a sense of the long-term vision while prioritizing the immediate client needs. He would be a delight to any team in the future!
Kevin was one of the biggest reasons I was able to make the jump from Senior Product Analyst to Associate Product Manager. He coached me through writing user stories, grooming backlogs, sprint planning, all of it. He pulled me into meetings and conversations above my current level so I could learn by doing. And when the time came for my promotion, he advocated for me directly. Kevin invests in the people around him without making a big deal of it. Any team would be lucky to have him.
Kevin came to this position at a period of big changes, constantly updating priorities and many unknowns. We built a great, motivated team, built a strategy for essential products, adapted to the changing situation and formed our own solid vision — constantly bringing value to the company and the customers. This became possible thanks to Kevin's management and leadership skills. Kevin is a great Senior Product Manager, and an amazing leader, passionate and supportive.
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Beyond the Resume
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I'm a product management and digital experience leader with over 2 decades of experience building, scaling, and optimizing SaaS platforms, workflow automation systems, and digital experiences. My career began in web design and digital marketing, including time running my own agency in New Zealand, working with brands like Intuit, Elsevier, and Oakley before moving into product.
That design and development background gives me an uncommon combination of technical fluency and product instinct. I've worked across the US and Canadian markets, led distributed teams spanning multiple countries, and mentored product managers.
Husband. Dad. Currently based near Cleveland, Ohio.
I'm also a photographer. This personal passion shapes how I see the world and, by extension, the products I build.
Video and images on this site were made by me to share with you!
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