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    Oliver Young

    Oliver Young

    14+ year Product Management leader with a demonstrated history of growing customer adoption, building innovative products, hiring and managing product teams.

    Advisor Boston
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    Experience
    Acenna Data
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    Acenna Data
    Advisor 2018 - Present (over 8 years)
    LogMeIn
    LogMeIn
    Director Of Product Management, LastPass 2016 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    Led product for the LastPass consumer offering, serving ~2m DAU; grew user base by 54%.
    Hired and managed a team of two PMs; drove the work of ~50 engineers.
    Executed... more a major redesign of LastPass that simplified and enhanced the product for average users.
    Overhauled the packaging and PLG go-to-market motion for LastPass Free and Premium.
    Increased weekly new user registrations by 78%.
    Evangelized, planned, and shipped LastPass Families product.
    Twitter
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    Twitter
    Sr. Product Manager 2013 - 2016 (over 3 years)
    Conceived of and built Twitter’s TV, sports, and topical experiences, including NBA, BPL, and TV timelines on iOS, Android, and Web; these features were used by millions daily.
    Owned... more and implemented Twitter’s TV and movie advertising products, generating $100m+ in revenue.
    Led Twitter’s content classification system, which annotated 500m tweets a day by topic in real time.
    Served as co-lead for Twitter’s cross-functional TV team, driving global TV measurement strategies and partnerships.
    Bluefin Labs
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    Bluefin Labs
    Sr. Product Manager 2012 - 2013 (11 months)
    Owned the vision and direction for Bluefin Labs' TV network offerings, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
    Partnered closely with NBC, FOX, Turner, ESPN, and... more CBS to gather feedback and iterate on our offerings, maximizing customer value and adoption.
    Led customer support and satisfaction, managing a dedicated account and support specialist.
    Jive Software
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    Jive Software
    Sr. Product Manager 2009 - 2012 (over 2 years)
    Planned, evangelized, and shipped the Jive Apps Marketplace.
    Directed a team of 10 engineers, UX, and QA; served as product owner and scrum master.
    Managed Jive Express;... more grew monthly recurring revenue 12x and grew customer base more than 8x.
    Forrester Research
    Forrester Research
    Sr. Analyst 2004 - 2009 (almost 5 years)
    Wrote analytical, prescriptive research and provided advisory consulting for companies including Chevron, Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, HP, IBM, Intel, MetLife, Microsoft, and SAP.
    Industry... more expert, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Economist, Investor’s Business Daily, BusinessWeek, Information Week, CIO Magazine, ComputerWorld.
    Fetch
    Fetch
    Senior Lead Product Manager
    Sonos
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    Sonos
    Director of Product Management 2017 - 2022 (over 4 years)
    Product leader for the Sonos consumer software experience team; owned end user engagement including setup and onboarding, finding and playing music, and grouping rooms.
    Collaborated... more closely with executive staff and board of directors on strategy, organizational planning, and product performance.
    Hired and managed a team of eight product managers; drove the work of ~120 engineers.
    Owned iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows apps and Airplay, Alexa, Google Voice integrations, used by ~5m daily active users.
    Negotiated and partnered with Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Tidal.
    Led the redesign and launch of the Sonos S2 app and delivered the S1 lifecycle event.
    Implemented A/B testing framework and experiment-driven software development for the company.
    Key contributor to the launch of Sonos portable products, Move and Roam.
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    Jive Software, Bluefin Labs, Twitter, LogMeIn, Forrester Research, Sonos, Fetch
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    Acenna Data
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    About
    Skills
    Product Management Product Strategy Management
    Locations
    Boston
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