Joe Ambeault
Serial intrapreneur with a proven track record of leading product managers, designers, and engineers to move fast, and ship awesomeness.
| Experience
Optimum, New York, NY
Feb 2023 – Current
Senior Vice President, Product Development
◦ Lead 349 technical product managers, engineers, designers, and UX researchers for consumer and business connectivity products, enabling $9B in revenue
◦ Increasing velocity of discovery and delivery with tools and automation, improving successful production changes to 100%
◦ Authored and implemented the corporation’s first Job Leveling Guide for product and technology sub-job families, correlated to improving employee engagement from 77 to 85
◦ Returned 45% of sales channels to YoY growth with new capabilities and continuous improvements delivered with DevSecOps
Brightspeed, Charlotte, NC
Nov 2021 – Feb 2023
Vice President, Product
◦ Lead product management and business development for a startup fiber broadband provider that acquired assets from Lumen
◦ Core contributor for a debt offering, backed by Apollo Capital, that is raising over $10B in capital
◦ Lead negotiator for strategic contracts with a total value exceeding $400M
◦ Established product vision, principles, and 2-year product, offer, and technology strategy
◦ Led the definition and delivery of a new API-first, cloud-native tech stack to replace 800+ conveyed applications in 10 months
◦ Launched new fiber products in 6 months after the company began operating while stabilizing conveyed products
Codecademy, New York, NY
Jun 2020 – Jul 2021
Vice President, Product
◦ P&L owner for subscription direct to consumer and business-to-business education tech products
◦ Led product, design, UX research, data science, and community departments consisting of 39 employees
◦ Implemented Bayesian knowledge tracing machine learning models to measure the mastery of technology skills
◦ Grew 1Q21 revenue 52% YoY with e.commerce optimizations, tech quality improvements, and new features
Discovery, New York, NY
Apr 2017 – May 2020
Senior Vice President, Product and Technology
◦ Responsible for streaming products with 3 years of 100% YoY growth that provided all the corporation’s ad revenue growth
◦ Led a global team of product managers, designers, and engineers that grew from 23 to 164, plus 90 contract engineers
◦ Delivered and operated consumer experiences with over 100K videos across 11 CE devices for 18 content brands
◦ Integrated header and waterfall programmatic ad sources with audience measurement to meet eCPM and fill rate targets
◦ Implemented product improvements and supported marketing initiatives to grow daily hours viewed from 0.2M to 3.1M
◦ Justified and delivered global partner integration services, creating the largest sales channel for DTC video subscriptions
◦ Led global product and development workstream for MotorTrend and Scripps Networks acquisitions and integrations
Verizon, New York, NY
Oct 2005 – Mar 2017
Executive Director, Consumer Video Product Management
◦ Responsible for FiOS TV, NFL Mobile and GO90 products that delivered over $150M in annual ad sales revenues
◦ Led a global team of 50 product managers, designers, and usability researchers
◦ Co-inventor for 2 digital media discovery and delivery patents that were granted by USPTO
◦ Led the acquisition and integration of Vessel’s technology and product development staff to accelerate GO90’s growth
Chief Product Officer, Redbox Instant by Verizon
◦ P&L owner for a subscription video on demand joint venture that acquired 0.5M OTT subscribers in under 2 years
◦ Led a global team of 120 product managers, engineers, designers, and usability researchers
◦ Rationalized offers using predictive modeling to increase engagement by 17% and reduce churn by 13%, accelerating positive value contribution from subscribers by 4 months
Director, Consumer Video Product Management
◦ Responsible for a global team of 35 product managers delivering FiOS and VCAST Video products that grew from $0 to over $8B in revenues
◦ Delivered the pay TV industry’s highest ARPU of $103 while reducing costs by over $100M annually
◦ Popular Science Best Innovation (2007), Consumer Reports (2007-2012), and J.D. Powers (2008-2012) awards
SeaChange International, Acton, MA
Jun 1999 – Sep 2005
Director, Broadband Systems Product Management
◦ Managed Emmy award-winning VOD and advertising products for global markets, generating $120M in annual revenue
Product Manager, Advertising Systems
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Capital Corporation, Boston, MA
Oct 1997 – May 1999
Network Manager / Officer of the Bank
SeaChange International, Acton, MA
Dec 1996 – Sep 1997
Service Engineer
| Education
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
May 1998
Bachelors of Art