Thomas Fenrich

Partner, Fractional CPO & AI Advisor, (Fractional - Multiple)
Atlanta, Vereinigte Staaten

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Product life-cycle
product management
lean/agile methodologies
MVP definition
portfolio management • Strategic product planning
vision development
roadmap development
feature prioritization
Product strategy
product planning
product evangelization
Program management
cross-functional teams
partner/vendor management
go-to-market planning
globalization
internationalization
localization
Business Transformation
Digital transformation
Product Leadership
Growth Strategy
Market Expansion
Portfolio Management
Operating model
Cross-functional Management
Profitability
Unit Economics
Online Marketplace
eCommerce
Platforms
Platform Scaling
Artificial intelligence
KI
AI
ML
Künstliche Intelligenz
AI/ML Deployment
Applied AI/ML
Organizational Design
Strategy

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Thomas Fenrich

  • Bis heute 1 Jahr und 8 Monate, seit 2025

    Fractional CPO & AI Advisor

    (Fractional - Multiple)

    Advising growth-stage and mid-market companies on product strategy, operating-model transformation, AI-enabled workflow redesign, and scale-up execution.

  • 2020 - 2025

    VP, Product Management and Chief Digital Officer

    IKEA

    Held dual remit as VP Product for US Growth and Acting CDO for US digital org, growing from 5 to ~200 FTEs across Product/Design, Engineering, Data/Analytics, plus Program/Release Management). Owned US digital P&L with ~$50M annual product/tech budget. Co-chaired US Digital Board, sat on Country Management and store retail boards. Scaled US digital revenue from ~$900M to ~$1.8B, grew channel from 11% to 28%; improved CVR from 0.76% to 2.4% (>3x), raised profit 300bps.

  • 2019 - 2020

    Sr. Director, Product Management - Platform and Marketplaces

    Expedia Group

    Senior product leader for Expedia Group’s Platform & Marketplaces Content portfolio with global remit across 70+ markets and consumer flagship brands (Expedia, Hotels.com, etc.); led the product team within a ~500-person portfolio, reporting to an SVP under the CPO. Delivered ~$90M in annual value; achieved up to 15%+ conversion rate uplift across key journeys, with sustained improvements on SERP, PDP, ranking, filtering, and ads surfaces.

  • 2014 - 2018

    VP, Product Management - Head of Media Solutions (Watson Cloud)

    The Weather Company (An IBM Watson Business)

    Led growth execution at global consumer scale for Weather’s Media Solutions, reaching 200M+ MAUs and increasing international share from <10% to ~50% of traffic with eight-figure P&L, lifting international organic revenue from <3% to ~12%+ of the portfolio (up to 170%+ YoY growth; 3% → 11% operating margin) with EMEA/Latam partnership rev share. Built operating model for scale (170+ locales), creating configurable platform capabilities and repeatable deployment processes, reducing per-market cost 85%.

  • 2013 - 2013

    Director of Product Management - Enterprise

    Rosetta Stone

    Established a product team for development of cloud-based learning content platform and mobile apps for commercial enterprise deployments in shift from on-prem to SaaS subscriptions to grow B2B revenue from 8% to 20% to ~$55M.

  • 2010 - 2013

    Sr. Manager, Product Management – Marketing Infrastructure, Events Platform

    Salesforce

    Led product teams for Salesforce's marketing lead automation infrastructure and Events Platform: $2B+ lead attribution, 150%+ attendance growth. Managed two-sided marketplace ISV partner-onboarding technology program.

  • 2006 - 2010

    Director, Product Management – Content and Video Platform

    Yahoo

    Developed cloud-based content infrastructure and publishing product platform on Hadoop employing ML for categorization, ranking, image recognition, personalization, for 700M+ MAUs across 20+ markets, with rev of ~$200M.

  • 2004 - 2006

    Lead, Technical Program Management – MSN

    Microsoft Corp.
  • 2003 - 2004

    Consultant, Corporate Communications and Marketing

    Symantec

    Led international development for CMS implementation and redesign of corporate website providing new marketing, publishing, personalization, and search capabilities for over 20 markets.

  • 2000 - 2002

    Sr. Engineering Manager - Web Development, Content Infrastructure

    eBay Inc.

    Led engineering group of ~50 in web development, content management, and localization for company’s 20+ web properties and marketing sites.

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • Deutsch

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Französisch

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

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