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DEREK CAMERON

London,Canada

Summary

Executive in product management with over 10 years of experience who uses data-driven design to identify important markets with significant revenue potential and strategically places such products in the market. I've worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Walt Disney, Google, and Netflix.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Product Operations

Tournkey Event Ecosystems
London, ON
08.2021 - Current
  • Managed a portfolio of small, medium, and large product initiatives united under a clear product strategy that generated over $4M in annual revenue.
  • Proposed and provided a solution to solve the number one cause of customer complaints, and completed the project 6 months ahead of schedule.
  • Reduced development cost by 37% by creating a plan to merge related products into one, more streamlined product
  • Led expansion of product into the virtual event ticketing space, which grew 149% from 2021 to 2022
  • Interpreted data to understand KPI failures and worked with cross-functional teams to remedy issues from coding enhancements to loading speed, increasing positive user feedback by 31%
  • Work with product, operations, marketing, and engineering teams to influence and shape the product strategy and roadmap. Drive change for key issues, and prioritize product change requests based on issue volume, members impacted, revenue impact, and other relevant metrics.
  • Analyzed user behavior on the website using Google Analytics and identified opportunities for A/B testing new features or landing pages, resulting in a 10% increase in conversion rate within 6 months.

VP of Product

Sport-Travel
London, ON
06.2018 - 08.2021
  • Presented service offerings and products to internal and external clients, resulting in a 78% increase in the new business pipeline.
  • Collaborated with sales team to fain new clients through a referral system implemented on platform, which increased paying customers by 23% within the first month.
  • Created 80% of the product backlog items in the issue management system including supplying mockups, acceptance criteria, wireframes, and test cases.
  • Supervised and managed cross functional product teams, to deliver on projects from concept to release, thereby increasing revenue growth by 35%
  • Created product roadmaps based on potential revenue opportunities provide by the sales and marketing teams, this resulted in an increase in customer acquisitions by 78%
  • Grew the forecasted augmented product offering line revenue by 55% through the introduction of new features and use cases based on data gathered through in-depth user research.

Senior Product Manager

Freelance
Remote
05.2016 - 02.2018
  • Working with sophisticated SaaS content management platform that allows end-users as well as facility operators to manage their digital media assets and then invoke automated packaging (transcoding audio/video, transposing metadata, applying business logic) to electronically deliver those media assets to business partners.
  • Performed technical integrations with over thirty digital retailers and cable/satellite operators including Amazon Prime, Disney+, NetFlix, HBO Max, Apple, Hulu, iTV, and YouTube
  • Worked with leadership to present key indicators of product growth and adoption, leading to the close of $4.3M Series B
  • Led all of the product management including oversight of UX, product roadmap, market research, usability testing, and data analytics.
  • Implemented A/B testing to determine reasoning behind customers’ top financial services choices and suggested solutions to improve underperforming services, increasing revenue by $1.5M
  • Conducted competitive market analysis to develop technical strategies, business plans, and product roadmaps for 50+ clients
  • Designed training and peer-mentoring programs, including a series of explantory videos, for new Product Owners, which reduced the onboarding time for new hires by 62%

Senior Product Manager

Rtraction
London, ON
03.2012 - 05.2016
  • Built, released and improved multiple products used by Disney/Marvel and ABC networks to manage digital experiences across multiple devices and platforms. by launching the disneyabc.tv distribution platform.
  • Digital Distribution Operations & TV Fulfillment improved stewardship of key projects within the strategic road map, serving as air-traffic control for Digital Distribution Operations teams.
  • Aged team of 25+ employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.
  • Improved the software development team's delivery rate by 35% by introducing the Atlassian product suite, specifically JIRA and Confluence to the product team.
  • Designed detailed client reports based on quarterly feedback received, which increased customer satisfaction 25%
  • Liaised with the sales and marketing team to collect customer feedback and incorporate it into subsequent production runs and development lifecycles.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration

Western University, London, ON

Some College (No Degree) - Business Information Technology Management

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology, London, ON

Skills

  • Analytical Thinking: Own features and experiments end-to-end, including PRD’s, driving cross-functional execution, product decisions, and launch
  • Communication: Communicate and align Product, roadmap, goals, progress, blockers, and launch plans to management and stakeholders
  • Customer Driven: Interview customers to understand trends in user behaviors to drive strategy and growth
  • Data Analysis: Strong analytics background, including experience working with financial data, customer segmentation, behavior, targeting, and traffic analysis
  • Leadership: Work with cross-functional teams to lead product vision, strategy, and roadmap with an understanding of the company’s mission
  • Product UI and UX: Work with designers and engineers to build delightful user experiences that drive company growth
  • Prioritization: Lead prioritization of weekly backlog items with engineering Writing User Stories, User Story Mapping, Interviewing Customers, Product Launch Plans, Release Planning, Data focused, Efficiency-driven

Timeline

Head of Product Operations - Tournkey Event Ecosystems
08.2021 - Current
VP of Product - Sport-Travel
06.2018 - 08.2021
Senior Product Manager - Freelance
05.2016 - 02.2018
Senior Product Manager - Rtraction
03.2012 - 05.2016
Western University - Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology - Some College (No Degree), Business Information Technology Management
DEREK CAMERON