Lead Product Manager
Albert Ho
Product Manager. Angel Investor. Previous life at BofA and Goldman. @cornell-university '07.
Product Manager. Angel Investor. Previous life at BofA and Goldman. @cornell-university '07.
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Experience
Sidr.io
Founder, Co-Founder
Senior Product Manager
• Shipped 2M subscriptions of the industry’s first continuous background check product, resulting in a major recurring subscription revenue stream for Checkr
• Increased... more accuracy by 5x for background check turnaround time prediction by leading an ML initiative cross-functionally
• Drove 20x increase in engagement and 5x higher 30-day retention by shipping major updates to Analytics product
• Boosted the clear rate by 42% for Employment Verifications through intensive customer behavioral studies
• Increased... more accuracy by 5x for background check turnaround time prediction by leading an ML initiative cross-functionally
• Drove 20x increase in engagement and 5x higher 30-day retention by shipping major updates to Analytics product
• Boosted the clear rate by 42% for Employment Verifications through intensive customer behavioral studies
Exit
Original Stitch
Director of Product
• Drove 18% increase in cart to purchase conversion rate from implementing a newly-designed checkout flow
• Boosted site-wide speed by 75% by applying strategic indexing,... more HHVM, and asset pipeline implementation
• Recruited and managed 3 direct reports (designer, full-stack engineer, QA engineer) on a highly-productive agile team
• Conceived and led the initiative to build an on-demand economy of live-collaboration shirt designers, launched as Original Stitch Live™
• Boosted site-wide speed by 75% by applying strategic indexing,... more HHVM, and asset pipeline implementation
• Recruited and managed 3 direct reports (designer, full-stack engineer, QA engineer) on a highly-productive agile team
• Conceived and led the initiative to build an on-demand economy of live-collaboration shirt designers, launched as Original Stitch Live™
Product Manager
• Boosted seller productivity by 20% by launching non-apparel products (mugs, totes)
• Saved > $1M/year in staffing by automating the suspension of infringing content... more with a machine learning based content reviewer
• Empowered 15% boost to European unit sales by leading the globalization of supply chain and fulfillment during the international acquisition of Fabrily
• Increased artwork efficiency 70% (valued at > $500K/year) by leading a team of engineers to build new artwork processing workflows
• Saved > $1M/year in staffing by automating the suspension of infringing content... more with a machine learning based content reviewer
• Empowered 15% boost to European unit sales by leading the globalization of supply chain and fulfillment during the international acquisition of Fabrily
• Increased artwork efficiency 70% (valued at > $500K/year) by leading a team of engineers to build new artwork processing workflows
121nexus
Founder, Co-Founder & CTO
• Grew the company to 1,200 customers and several hundred thousand in Enterprise SaaS ARR
• Won NSF grant of $180K and led a research team as Principal Investigator
• Raised... more $500K from private investors
• Recruited and led a team of 7 engineers to develop enterprise products for smart print, packaging, & mail operations
• Scaled a personalization engine to > 6 million personalized URLs for big customers
• Invented 3 patents on core personalization technology that was cited by Facebook and Adobe
• Won NSF grant of $180K and led a research team as Principal Investigator
• Raised... more $500K from private investors
• Recruited and led a team of 7 engineers to develop enterprise products for smart print, packaging, & mail operations
• Scaled a personalization engine to > 6 million personalized URLs for big customers
• Invented 3 patents on core personalization technology that was cited by Facebook and Adobe
American Patent Agency, PC
Partner & Registered Patent Agent (USPTO Registration No. 67,420)
• Achieved the record of the 7th fastest-issued US patent in 2011, issued within 116 days after filing
• Sourced 3 major contracts worth about $300K ARR: Waygo (from 500... more Startups Batch 11), Mixbook (a $200M e-commerce platform), and PredictionIO (a startup later acquired by Salesforce.com)
• Acquired patents in average of 4 months (typically takes years) via accelerated examination with USPTO
• Advised various companies in the US, Europe, and Australia on their IP portfolios
• Sourced 3 major contracts worth about $300K ARR: Waygo (from 500... more Startups Batch 11), Mixbook (a $200M e-commerce platform), and PredictionIO (a startup later acquired by Salesforce.com)
• Acquired patents in average of 4 months (typically takes years) via accelerated examination with USPTO
• Advised various companies in the US, Europe, and Australia on their IP portfolios
KD Secure
Software Engineer
• Co-invented 3 patents on mobile industrial inspection systems, cited by Honeywell, generating $500K licensing ARR
• Wrote event generation rules sub-system for a distributed... more event correlation engine in Java and Ruby, leading to a whitepaper that attracted interest from IBM
• Collaborated with industrial customers to define, prioritize, and develop The WatchmanTM mobile industrial inspection system, a .NET Mobile Framework application that ran on industrial-strength Windows Mobile devices
• Wrote event generation rules sub-system for a distributed... more event correlation engine in Java and Ruby, leading to a whitepaper that attracted interest from IBM
• Collaborated with industrial customers to define, prioritize, and develop The WatchmanTM mobile industrial inspection system, a .NET Mobile Framework application that ran on industrial-strength Windows Mobile devices
Lead Developer on Founding Team
• In just two weeks, wrote the very first version of CourseHero web application as an exchange for college study notes
• Scaled the product to several thousand students... more within the Cornell, USC, and Stanford student bodies
• Recruited and managed a team of 5 engineers to develop and maintain coursehero.com product
• Secured initial seed capital from angel investors in Silicon Valley – as of 2015 the company has raised over $17M, has received acquisition offers, and has positive cash flow
• Scaled the product to several thousand students... more within the Cornell, USC, and Stanford student bodies
• Recruited and managed a team of 5 engineers to develop and maintain coursehero.com product
• Secured initial seed capital from angel investors in Silicon Valley – as of 2015 the company has raised over $17M, has received acquisition offers, and has positive cash flow
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
MBS Trading Analyst
• Assisted CMO traders by generating daily spreads over 10Y treasuries for all mortgage bonds in inventory
• Kept daily track of the desk’s inventory and trades of bank-originated... more non-agency structured bond offerings
• Priced two structured deals involving Countrywide mortgage loan pools using firm’s proprietary OAS models
• Kept daily track of the desk’s inventory and trades of bank-originated... more non-agency structured bond offerings
• Priced two structured deals involving Countrywide mortgage loan pools using firm’s proprietary OAS models
Goldman Sachs
Credit Risk Management Analyst
• Architected a derivatives pricing alert system that would notify managers of problems and suggest solutions
• Deployed derivatives pricing alert system to machines controlling... more credit derivatives and equity OTC options pricing
• Underwent training in debt/equity and derivatives product pricing through GS corporate development program
• Deployed derivatives pricing alert system to machines controlling... more credit derivatives and equity OTC options pricing
• Underwent training in debt/equity and derivatives product pricing through GS corporate development program
Founder
Employee
Projects
Introduction of non-apparel product lines
Product Manager - Merchandising, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Golang · The Teespring mug is 11oz of pure ceramic goodness. With an endless amount of… · More unique designs to choose from, your Teespring mug will bring you joy no matter if you're chugging a cup of joe before an early meeting, or sipping some tea when you're home with the sniffles.
Led cross-functional team on innovative changes to launch non-apparel product lines and continuously enable new merchandise at Teespring
Led cross-functional team on innovative changes to launch non-apparel product lines and continuously enable new merchandise at Teespring
Merger of Teespring platform with Fabrily
Product Manager - Fulfillment, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Heroku · Teespring Europe is a new extension of the Teespring composer that provides a… · More world-class shopping experience for customers all over Europe. European shoppers will now experience localized languages and currencies, quicker shipping times, lower prices, and local customer support in all European languages and time zones. Get started selling today!
Led the globalization of all internal supply chain and fulfillment systems during the acquisition of Fabrily
Led the globalization of all internal supply chain and fulfillment systems during the acquisition of Fabrily
Smart printing, packaging, and mailing for enterprises
Engineering Lead, DevOps, Lamp (Linux/Apache/My Sql/Php) Stack, Laravel Php Framework · Smarter printing, packaging, and mailing
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Agile track and trace system for pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator, HTML/CSS/PHP/MYSQL · Managed research study on URL-based personalization applied to medical devices and pharmaceuticals
Mobile inspection and accountability for construction
Software Engineer, Windows Mobile (Compact Framework, Mono), Motorola · Mobile inspection workflow and accountability software for the heavy construction industry
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Achievements
• Shipped 2M subscription-based continuous background checks, first in industry
• Got sellers up to 20% more revenue by leading a team to launch entirely new product categories at Teespring, a business that does up to $200M/year in GMV
• Saved Teespring over $1.5M/year by leading teams to bring machine learning to content review and to reform the artwork preparation process
• Opened the European market (a 15% boost) for Teespring by leading the globalization of fulfillment systems during the international acquisition of Fabrily
• Won a $180K NSF innovation grant for my work at 121nexus on innovating physical to digital experiences
• Raised ~$1M for 121nexus, a company I started, and grew it to 1,200 customers and 6 million personalized URLs used
• Inventor on 5 issued patents cited by Adobe, Facebook, and Honeywell, that brings in over $1M ARR for my investors
• Wrote very first version of CourseHero in 2 weeks, an online study notes exchange, which has raised $17M and is profitable
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