Executive Profile
Product, Platform & Data Executive specializing in strategy and transformation of multi-product SaaS portfolios during high-growth, post-acquisition, or operationally complex environments — across enterprise, private equity-backed, public, and founder-led organizations.
Known for unifying fragmented platforms and building structured operating models that stabilize delivery and scale execution. Success in converting product and data into monetizable assets via analytics, AI, and emerging technologies. Consistent track record rapidly entering new complex domains and applying proven product and data operating models for successful business outcomes.
Contributed to 2 acquisitions (>$200M each), 3 profitable exits, and multiple early-stage business launches through product differentiation and operational execution.
Repeatedly selected to stabilize up to $75M ARR and reduce operational risk following 3 acquisitions during periods of growth and transformation.
Scaled global teams of 30 (Product/PMO/UX/Data/Scrum) and 100+ Dev/QA/PM contributors, driving cross-functional alignment and capacity-based delivery prioritization.
Owned 5 platform portfolios with 20 product suites serving 500K+ users — managing roadmap, evangelism, and lifecycle across 14TB+ of product and user data.
Experience
Sovra
2024 – Feb 2026
Director of Product Operations & Data Practice
Scale & Transform
- Retained post-acquisition and elevated role to define and operationalize platform and product strategy across a multi-product SaaS portfolio, leading a 2-year, $10M capital improvement program spanning 50+ initiatives.
- Standardized roadmap governance and delivery across 5 platforms (20+ products) serving 500K users, aligning engineering capacity and release sequencing while enabling new GenAI-driven product and operations initiatives.
- Established the company's first Tech PMO to scale and speed portfolio delivery, onboarding 100+ offshore contributors and aligning execution with executive priorities, AI strategy, and customer commitments.
- Architected new market strategy for the lakehouse data platform: unifying 14TB of product and user data to enable analytics, AI-driven capabilities, product & customer value propositions, and future data monetization opportunities.
- Maintained stability across a $75M ARR legacy customer base, positioning the portfolio for future M&A and accelerated PE-backed growth. Role concluded following company workforce reduction.
mdf Commerce
2021 – 2024
Director of Product Delivery
Integrate & Operationalize
- Retained post-acquisition and expanded role to transition platform and product strategy into public-company governance — integrating multi-platform product roadmaps, aligning two SaaS business models, and unifying platform capabilities across mid-market, enterprise, and consumer-adjacent offerings.
- Aligned feature prioritization, executive & customer stakeholders, and delivery methodology across a newly integrated 90-person technology organization and 12 acquired products. Reduced SLA timelines by 50%.
- Led product consolidation and 50K customers' migration of overlapping product line, preserving $5M ARR; delivered portfolio feature integrations that opened a new mid-market segment and drove enterprise customer adoption.
- Established mdf's first Procurement Intelligence data practice, introducing 65 performance metrics and portfolio-level analytics to support executive planning, customer behavior insights, and post-acquisition integration strategy.
Periscope Holdings
2018 – 2021
Director of Product
Growth & Exit
- Recruited to turn around product release velocity for a 20+ year-old legacy platform that had not launched a new market position in eight years; implemented new roadmap governance and drove board-aligned prioritization for growth and exit readiness.
- Owned the design, launch, and GTM of 3 products: Reconciler (transaction platform supporting $5M ARR, enabling $18M in new customer revenue); Supplier-to-Gov portal rebuild (+17% subscriptions); and industry-first government enterprise contract-sharing Marketplace (built in nine months).
- Introduced capacity-driven development forecasting and KPI governance, increasing Dev/QA output by 44% while sustaining three consecutive years of on-time releases.
- Supported the company's $200M acquisition through newly launched product assets and measurable improvements in team performance.
RoadMapVenture
2018
Founder & Fractional Product Leader
Consult & Build
- Founded a product advisory practice helping early-stage SaaS companies resolve execution challenges including misaligned product strategy, distributed engineering coordination, and undisciplined Agile delivery.
- Directed product strategy, roadmap development, and launch execution for 2 startups: Solcharge (B2C ML-enabled mobile SaaS) and Techson IP (B2B patent intelligence platform).
Deverus
2017 – 2018
Interim Manager, Product & Development
Streamline & Modernize
- Delivered 3 platform modernizations within 3 months: transitioned a 15+ year-old legacy platform to API-driven architecture; replaced a custom integration platform supporting 40 HRIS vendors with MuleSoft; launched a mobile quick-hire application for gig workforce onboarding — $90K under budget.
- Restructured delivery operations and expanded to a global dev team from 10 to 21.
Dominion-Harbor Group
2016 – 2017
Chief Technology Officer — Platform Strategy & Integration
Integrate & Operationalize
- Retained following acquisition of idealAsset to integrate the platform into patent licensing and enforcement operations.
- Unified technology, product design, and workflow systems while advancing IPedia — the firm's first internal software platform for patent data analysis, portfolio valuation, and commercialization workflows.
Fluid Innovation
2008 – 2016
Co-Founder & Vice President, Products
Innovate & Build
- Designed, built, and launched 5 startup ventures across IP commercialization, semantic search, franchising, and consumer banking markets. Led product vision, business model design, and global engineering operations.
- Authored 9 patent filings; co-inventor of 4 issued patents.
- 3 successful exits: IP Zone (acquired by AMEX) · idealAsset (acquired by Dominion Harbor) · Enlyton (pre-AI semantic research engine integrated into IBM Watson partner solutions).
AI Product Demo & Featured Work
- Developed NIGP Spend Analyzer: an applied AI product built with Claude, demonstrating 0-to-1 product development, LLM integration, and data monetization strategy. roadmapventure.com/nigp-marketing.html
- Experience prior to 2008 — Management Consulting for Business Intelligence and GIS at GeoAnalytics and the City of Kansas City, Missouri — is available upon request.
Education & Certifications
Northwest Missouri State University
BS, Geography (GIS Emphasis)
Minor, Geology · Maryville, MO
Minor, Geology · Maryville, MO
Pragmatic Marketing Certified
PMC Level