A Great Product

A product I can get behind, is unique in the marketplace, and provides real value.  Once prospects see it effectively demonstrated, they know they can’t live without it!

 

Brave, Agile Leadership

Fearless and deliberate in the way products are discovered and delivered. This likely means close or emergent alignment with the Product Model (whether or not it is referred to as such) at the highest levels of leadership. Specifically:

• Possesses or is looking to acquire the competencies of Product Leadership, true Product Management, skilled Product Design, and strong Engineering leadership.

• Aligned with the concepts and principles of

  • Excellent Product Strategy based on a clearly defined business mission, objectives and vision.  Powered by deep knowledge of customers and emerging technology trends. 

  • Empowered Product Teams.  Teams that contain all the required skills, are given problems to solve not just features to build, allowed to do so in the best way they see fit, and held accountable for the measured results.

  • Continuous Product Discovery.  A culture of responsible testing and experimentation, determining quickly if an idea is worth building, with an eye on the factors of value, viability, usability, and feasibility.

  • Effective Product Delivery.  The company is set up or moving towards small, frequent releases and has built or is building the product with the enabling instrumentation, monitoring, and dark deployment capabilities.

  • Product-Focused Culture.  A culture of trust, principles over process, innovation over predictability, and the love for the benefits fast failure can provide.

 

Customer focused.  

The company exists to serve their customers. Everything we do is for them, even how we ensure our own success and profitability, thus enabling us to continue to support and enable them for years to come.

 

Constantly Evolving.  

We all understand that to be successful we have to be aware of and responsive to the changing needs of the marketplace. The company aspires to be nimble, and collaborative with its customers — adjusting as their businesses change.  It doesn’t get bogged down in processes and inertia.  It understands that “This is what we have always done” is the single worst reason to do anything.

 

Collaborative
Everyone in the company is working together to bring world class solutions to market that work for the business.  We all understand that we succeed or fail together.

 

Set Up for Long-Term Success

Table stakes such as responsible fiscal management, thoughtful controlled growth, and rock-solid ethics.

 

Playful, Diverse Culture 

I value a team that's lighthearted yet professional, collaborative, customer-focused, and truly agile—composed of individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Equally, it's important that I naturally resonate with, contribute to, and amplify that culture.