Head of Product
BLADE is ushering in the future of transportation: Urban Air Mobility (think Jetsons flying cars). Currently the platform enables booking a fleet of existing aircraft - for... more ex a 5min helicopter commute from Manhattan to JFK airport. Looking to the future, our platform is scaling to power the next generation of electric+autonomous aircraft which are being designed by our aviation manufacturer partners and currently undergoing FAA approval.
- As first product hire I built the product team, which has grown the business to markets across the US and internationally, with significant YoY revenue growth.
Saw the product through public listing in May 2021 (and all the corporate/compliance stuff that goes with it)
- Led product strategy to build technology supporting all of the requirements of an intuitive mobile booking app AND a major international airline. Areas of tech include operations, marketing, regulatory, finance, and customer service.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders in all departments, for ex roadmap planning and product ideation with CEO; growth strategy with Marketing; continual process improvements and training with Operations.
- Kept customers close throughout the process, through usability studies, user interviews, surveys, behavioral analytics.
- Turned the software into a scalable and self-serve SaaS platform, now utilized by partners and operators.
- Kept customers close throughout the process, through user interviews, surveys, behavioral analytics.
Oversaw app internationalization - adapting to new currencies, privacy requirements, and languages.
Latest public valuation: $900MM+. VC investors include Airbus, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Colony Capital, Discover Communications CEO David Zaslav, IAC’s Barry Diller, Alex von Furstenberg, Raine Ventures, iHeart Media chairman Bob Pittman.
- As first product hire I built the product team, which has grown the business to markets across the US and internationally, with significant YoY revenue growth.
Saw the product through public listing in May 2021 (and all the corporate/compliance stuff that goes with it)
- Led product strategy to build technology supporting all of the requirements of an intuitive mobile booking app AND a major international airline. Areas of tech include operations, marketing, regulatory, finance, and customer service.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders in all departments, for ex roadmap planning and product ideation with CEO; growth strategy with Marketing; continual process improvements and training with Operations.
- Kept customers close throughout the process, through usability studies, user interviews, surveys, behavioral analytics.
- Turned the software into a scalable and self-serve SaaS platform, now utilized by partners and operators.
- Kept customers close throughout the process, through user interviews, surveys, behavioral analytics.
Oversaw app internationalization - adapting to new currencies, privacy requirements, and languages.
Latest public valuation: $900MM+. VC investors include Airbus, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Colony Capital, Discover Communications CEO David Zaslav, IAC’s Barry Diller, Alex von Furstenberg, Raine Ventures, iHeart Media chairman Bob Pittman.
