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Joel Werdell
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  • Kenmore, WA
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Meet Mobile

Latest Mobile App which includes following real time results for swim meets and in-app purchase for all of the details you need to know what's coming up next at the meet.
Aug 22, 2012
Jon White left a comment for Joel Werdell
"Welcome Joel! What brings you here? We a non-profit volunteer-driven team who host local events, lunches, Product Camp and various online / social communities.  Have you attended an event before?"
Jul 26, 2012
Joel Werdell is now a member of Product Management Consortium
Jul 26, 2012

Profile Information

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16591681&trk=tab_pro
Your Twitter Username
@Passion4vida
Job Title
Product Manager
Employer
The ACTIVE Network
Employer Website
http://www.ACTIVEnetwork.com
Background
5+ Years Product Management
Sales / Account Management
Technical Sales
BS Computer Science
BA Physics
What interests you about the PMC?
Networking, Career Growth

Product Manager and Organizational Leader with experience in Mobile, SaaS, E-commerce, CRM, Desktop, Non-Profit and Board of Directors

Expertise

Innovative leader.  Passionate to build great products and businesses, design wonderful customer experiences, solve complex problems, establish consensus across multiple teams, manage projects from conception to launch, think outside the box, use metrics to drive decisions, mentor people, communicate clearly, delight customers and implement/run agile processes.  

Able to develop strategic plans, set short and long-term product strategy, revive failing teams, create and incubate new lines of business, present to business and company leaders, make pragmatic decisions, assist in creation of marketing and adoption plans, review and contribute to fiscal budget plans, thrive in start-up or established international teams, execute product plans to meet business goals and create clarity in ambiguous environments.

Is creative, forthright, ambitious, professional, organized, efficient, caring and dependable.

 

Responsibilities and Achievements

  • Product strategy: reset product roadmap and strategy for existing camps and sports divisions, created product roadmap and strategy for swimming and track and field divisions
  • Multiple hats: excels in roles across sales, consulting and product management
  • Aggressively rewarded: promoted every 1-2 years, AIP (annual incentive plan) bonus
  • Management and mentoring: Sr. Account Manager, Product Manager, Board of Directors
  • Non-Profit:  6+ years serving in various capacities as a member of the board of directors.  Helped grow the business over 1600% (number of youth on trips)
  • Designer:  sole interaction designer to support camps and sports product development efforts
  • Start-up experience: as one of the first 15 employees, helped grow the start-up of Thriva until acquisition by the ACTIVE Network
  • Restructuring and organization: brought in to restructure the Thriva development team and implement agile methodologies
  • Customer success: increased customer SAT scores by a staggering 47% points in 2 years and achieved 4+ rating in app store for Meet Mobile
  • Thought leader and innovator: created Meet Mobile and pioneered an entirely new revenue stream through mobile E-commerce
  • Large teams: 100+ employees, spanning several different cross-functional groups dependent on products I managed.

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At 11:16am on July 26, 2012, Jon White said…

Welcome Joel! What brings you here? We a non-profit volunteer-driven team who host local events, lunches, Product Camp and various online / social communities.  Have you attended an event before?

 
 
 

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