Colin Roper. Product Leader preparing for my next role!

• Led Product and Design; grew team from 2 to 8 people through aggressive hiring • Facilitated project to define target customer; created focus that enabled 10x growth • Implemented and managed quarterly planning process for Eng, PM, and Design teams • Launched app redesign that enabled transition from MVP to commercial product

• 1st Product Manager at startup that grew to $1B+ valuation, 500 employees, 17 PMs • Led PM team for Gusto’s core product, responsible for over $35M+ annual revenue • Expanded payroll service from 8 states to nationwide, growing to 40,000+ customers • Created product loved by small businesses, earning world-class 75 NPS score • Led early Growth and HR teams to lay foundation until new leaders were installed

• Led cross-functional team to develop strategy and bring Snap Payroll iPhone app to market, targeting small businesses that use manual methods of calculating payroll • Achieved significant user growth, 5-star App Store rating, and best-in-class Net Promoter Score • Evaluated over 150 mobile-first ideas through 50 customer interviews, prioritized best ideas, and gained organizational support to move forward with top concept

• Led cross-functional team from concept development to launch: ideation, problem definition, concept testing, prototyping, and beta management • Applied Lean Startup methodology: defined leap of faith assumptions & hypotheses, managed multiple experiments including dry tests and A/B tests, and created dashboard & metrics to track progress • Delivered a product that customers LOVE - with a 4.5-star App Store rating and awesome user reviews • Grew product to all 50 states and >150k downloads

• Defined and drove mobile product strategy for the business unit • Led product vision for cross-functional mobile team of 17, based in U.S. and India • Delivered multiple releases of feature updates for mobile app; grew user base by 300%

• Led x-functional team to define, build, and launch mobile consumer savings app • Applied user-centered design process to evaluate mobile-first concepts and identify best opportunity to test with product pilot • Created the largest aggregate source of mobile coupons in San Francisco and Atlanta • Established deal sharing partnerships with 7 companies; investigated competitive landscape by interviewing leaders of over 30 local and online deal companies • Reported directly to VP/GM of the business unit

• Completed 27-month leadership program, including roles in Product Management, Marketing, and Customer Support, and projects within Small Business Payments Division, Enterprise Accounting Group, Consumer Tax Group, and Small Business Payroll Group

• Completed intensive summer undergraduate program featuring MBA coursework and business case projects.

• Minors: Mathematics, Management of Technology • Graduated Magna Cum Laude; Engineering Dean's List, four semesters • Vanderbilt American Society of Mechanical Engineers – President • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – Business Case Presentation Leader