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Cathy George

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Summary

Innovative Marketing leader with 7+ years of experience delivering exceptional marketing campaigns, content and collateral based on established and innovative strategies. Results-oriented and collaborative professional bringing expertise in brand management and social media engagement. Detail-oriented, attentive and decisive leader.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Wellness In Real Life (WIRL)
02.2023 - 08.2024

Health and wellness social community and marketplace platform for health caregivers.

•Analyzed product market fit for a peer wellness platform by surveying 500+ healthcare workers in the US.

• Executed an email campaign to improve WIRL’s web platform traffic and engagement metrics by 5% from a previous MVP website with ~200 healthcare subscriber.

Product Strategy Student Consultant

Orbital Sidekick
09.2021 - 12.2021

SaaS analytics platform for geospatial asset monitoring

• Led a 5-person team to assess viability of an Analytics SaaS client expanding into mining industry; recommended services for a Total Addressable Market (TAM) of $30B

• Performed customer discovery of mining companies by analyzing product-market fit, increased prospect database of mining clients by 20%

• Identified mining customer pain points by creating a survey for 90+ major mining firms; presented research findings to business executives at a National Mining Conference (AEMA’21)

Product Manager

Repetitio
07.2021 - 09.2021

EdTech startup focusing on data-led language learning

•Conducted user interviews, created wireframes, and performed A/B testing, increasing user retention on mobile app by 10%

• Led social media strategy for improving user acquisition and engagement by monitoring metrics on Google Analytics, achieving a 20% lift in engagement

Product Manager

Continental Automotive, Vehicle Networking & Info
07.2017 - 07.2021

Automotive Tech company developing digital connectivity products for OEMs

• Collaborated with 15 cross-functional teams by eliciting functional requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria for seat comfort features for Mercedes AG and AMG; achieved 95% of delivery milestones

• Created an Agile product roadmap for integrated Digital Seat Comfort features, prioritized backlogs from JIRA, reducing problem reports by 90% over the software lifecycle (SDLC)

• Analyzed key metrics to identify bottlenecks in software development, reducing implementation timing by 30% and presented to senior management during risk management meetings

• Coached 120 engineers on innovation modeling, increased R&D idea submission to Innovation workshop by 20%; Top 3 in an Ideathon on a new venture idea to transform urban mobility

Program Manager

Softing IT Networks
01.2014 - 07.2017

B2B IT Networks company developing Gigabit Ethernet Copper and Fiber certification testers

• Managed a team of 5 product engineers and identified defects on Network cables from suppliers, preventing a purchase order loss of ~$90k for a Network Tester

• Led programs for improving customer service for fiber optics products across EU, APAC, and Americas, reducing global technical support turn-around by 70%

• Spearheaded certification required for partnership with major Japanese Telecom Company by negotiating with certification lab to reduce cost of the study by 50%

• Collaborated with Engineering team to troubleshoot a critical software and power design issue, saving over $400K

Education

Masters in Engineering Management - Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Finance, Design

Duke Univeristy
Durham, NC, USA
12.2022

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

Mahatma Gandhi University
India
05.2013

Skills

    Product Management Skills: Market Research, Data Analysis, Product Strategy, Design Thinking, Agile SDLC

    PM Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Trello, IBM DOORS, MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT)

    Data Analytics Tools: Google Analytics, Tableau, Power BI UX Design Tools: Figma, Balsamiq Software: XML, SQL, Python

Timeline

Product Manager

Wellness In Real Life (WIRL)
02.2023 - 08.2024

Product Strategy Student Consultant

Orbital Sidekick
09.2021 - 12.2021

Product Manager

Repetitio
07.2021 - 09.2021

Product Manager

Continental Automotive, Vehicle Networking & Info
07.2017 - 07.2021

Program Manager

Softing IT Networks
01.2014 - 07.2017

Masters in Engineering Management - Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Finance, Design

Duke Univeristy

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

Mahatma Gandhi University
Cathy George