|<\/span><\/strong> Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\nProven track record leading teams to move fast, and ship awesomeness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nFor the last 22 years, I have been a leader of product management, design, and development teams. Together, we identified and solved customer problems to create products that earned 4.8+ star app store ratings, J.D. Powers awards, Consumer Reports Best in Category, a Shorty, an Emmy, Popular Science\u2019s Best Innovation, and hundreds of patents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These subscription, transactional, and ad-supported products drove hypergrowth for startups inside established companies, creating billions of dollars in revenue for companies like Verizon and Discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Profile<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe expertise and experience to build teams, processes, and products that drive outsized business results<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u25e6 27 years of product management, design, and engineering experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Prosocial leader as a player and a coach, managing teams of 5 to 350 product managers, designers, UX researchers, data scientists, project managers, and\/or software engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Strategist and operator in global companies with 50 to 200,000 employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Product leader<\/a> at startup and growth-stage businesses that grew to hundreds of millions in annual revenue with one growing to $8B<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25e6 Recruiting, hiring, and developing product and technology people with a record 150 hires in NYC and 100 in Bangalore from 2018 to 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25e6 P&L management, business case modeling, and forecasting with annual budgets ranging from $5M to $200M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Data-driven product management and software development lifecycle processes in matrix organizations, enabling over 50% YoY product-led growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Development and operation of content management, media delivery, advertising, marketing, e.commerce, authentication \/ authorization, frontend apps, billing engines, payment gateways, DevOpsSec automation, and data engineering \/ science technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 M&A diligence and integration leader for $10M to $15B transactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Increasing enterprise value through the development of patented software IP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Case Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOperational excellence to deliver the targeted outcomes from product investments<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nAccelerating Acquisition<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWhile organic and paid acquisition was steadily adding customers to Discovery’s direct-to-consumer subscription product, they were not growing fast enough to offset the pay TV subscriber losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To accelerate subscriber growth an automated identity federation and entitlements solution was created to enable partners to sell Discovery+ to consumers as well as operate the billing and payments for the subscriptions. [see more<\/a>] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Vodafone](\"https:\/\/ambeault.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Vodafone-free-discovery-1-1024x499.jpg\")
<\/a>Vodafone UK offered free Discovery+ subscriptions to their 17M customers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ambeault.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sharkweek-cover-edited.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGrowing Audience<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\nExploration at Discovery Channel of location as a more effective content discovery approach than standard carousel and grid design patterns to reduce bounce rate.<\/span> [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ambeault.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250403_125703950-edited-1-scaled.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nProsocial Transformation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Guiding Optimum’s Prod Dev function to focus on developing behaviors that prioritize the well-being of teammates and customers, where individuals can thrive and contribute to a shared purpose.<\/mark> [see more]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ambeault.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Codecademy-LE-2-1024x557.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nImproving Outcomes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A Bayesian model that continuously infers the acquisition of software engineering knowledge as people interact with Codecademy to improve the likelihood of mastering new tech skills.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nCustomer Obsessed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nGoing beyond surveys, interviews, and usability studies the FiOS TV product team employed multiple capabilities to continuously interact with thousands of customers every month, using the data to drive the category’s highest satisfaction scores. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ambeault.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jd-power-award-1024x499.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nData-driven<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn order to improve the application of data to decision support, ad sales, and the end user experience Discovery’s platform engineering team developed a solution to capture data from front ends and APIs and enrich it for delivery to downstream systems, which resulted in decreased levels of effort to develop new features while increasing data integrity. [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Proven track record leading teams to move fast, and ship awesomeness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nFor the last 22 years, I have been a leader of product management, design, and development teams. Together, we identified and solved customer problems to create products that earned 4.8+ star app store ratings, J.D. Powers awards, Consumer Reports Best in Category, a Shorty, an Emmy, Popular Science\u2019s Best Innovation, and hundreds of patents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These subscription, transactional, and ad-supported products drove hypergrowth for startups inside established companies, creating billions of dollars in revenue for companies like Verizon and Discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Profile<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe expertise and experience to build teams, processes, and products that drive outsized business results<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u25e6 27 years of product management, design, and engineering experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Prosocial leader as a player and a coach, managing teams of 5 to 350 product managers, designers, UX researchers, data scientists, project managers, and\/or software engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Strategist and operator in global companies with 50 to 200,000 employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Product leader<\/a> at startup and growth-stage businesses that grew to hundreds of millions in annual revenue with one growing to $8B<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25e6 Recruiting, hiring, and developing product and technology people with a record 150 hires in NYC and 100 in Bangalore from 2018 to 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25e6 P&L management, business case modeling, and forecasting with annual budgets ranging from $5M to $200M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Data-driven product management and software development lifecycle processes in matrix organizations, enabling over 50% YoY product-led growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Development and operation of content management, media delivery, advertising, marketing, e.commerce, authentication \/ authorization, frontend apps, billing engines, payment gateways, DevOpsSec automation, and data engineering \/ science technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 M&A diligence and integration leader for $10M to $15B transactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Increasing enterprise value through the development of patented software IP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Case Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOperational excellence to deliver the targeted outcomes from product investments<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nAccelerating Acquisition<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWhile organic and paid acquisition was steadily adding customers to Discovery’s direct-to-consumer subscription product, they were not growing fast enough to offset the pay TV subscriber losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To accelerate subscriber growth an automated identity federation and entitlements solution was created to enable partners to sell Discovery+ to consumers as well as operate the billing and payments for the subscriptions. [see more<\/a>] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>Vodafone UK offered free Discovery+ subscriptions to their 17M customers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGrowing Audience<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\nExploration at Discovery Channel of location as a more effective content discovery approach than standard carousel and grid design patterns to reduce bounce rate.<\/span> [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nProsocial Transformation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Guiding Optimum’s Prod Dev function to focus on developing behaviors that prioritize the well-being of teammates and customers, where individuals can thrive and contribute to a shared purpose.<\/mark> [see more]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nImproving Outcomes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A Bayesian model that continuously infers the acquisition of software engineering knowledge as people interact with Codecademy to improve the likelihood of mastering new tech skills.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nCustomer Obsessed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nGoing beyond surveys, interviews, and usability studies the FiOS TV product team employed multiple capabilities to continuously interact with thousands of customers every month, using the data to drive the category’s highest satisfaction scores. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nData-driven<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn order to improve the application of data to decision support, ad sales, and the end user experience Discovery’s platform engineering team developed a solution to capture data from front ends and APIs and enrich it for delivery to downstream systems, which resulted in decreased levels of effort to develop new features while increasing data integrity. [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Profile<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe expertise and experience to build teams, processes, and products that drive outsized business results<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\u25e6 27 years of product management, design, and engineering experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Prosocial leader as a player and a coach, managing teams of 5 to 350 product managers, designers, UX researchers, data scientists, project managers, and\/or software engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Strategist and operator in global companies with 50 to 200,000 employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Product leader<\/a> at startup and growth-stage businesses that grew to hundreds of millions in annual revenue with one growing to $8B<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25e6 Recruiting, hiring, and developing product and technology people with a record 150 hires in NYC and 100 in Bangalore from 2018 to 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25e6 P&L management, business case modeling, and forecasting with annual budgets ranging from $5M to $200M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Data-driven product management and software development lifecycle processes in matrix organizations, enabling over 50% YoY product-led growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Development and operation of content management, media delivery, advertising, marketing, e.commerce, authentication \/ authorization, frontend apps, billing engines, payment gateways, DevOpsSec automation, and data engineering \/ science technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 M&A diligence and integration leader for $10M to $15B transactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Increasing enterprise value through the development of patented software IP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Case Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nOperational excellence to deliver the targeted outcomes from product investments<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nAccelerating Acquisition<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWhile organic and paid acquisition was steadily adding customers to Discovery’s direct-to-consumer subscription product, they were not growing fast enough to offset the pay TV subscriber losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To accelerate subscriber growth an automated identity federation and entitlements solution was created to enable partners to sell Discovery+ to consumers as well as operate the billing and payments for the subscriptions. [see more<\/a>] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>Vodafone UK offered free Discovery+ subscriptions to their 17M customers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGrowing Audience<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\nExploration at Discovery Channel of location as a more effective content discovery approach than standard carousel and grid design patterns to reduce bounce rate.<\/span> [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nProsocial Transformation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Guiding Optimum’s Prod Dev function to focus on developing behaviors that prioritize the well-being of teammates and customers, where individuals can thrive and contribute to a shared purpose.<\/mark> [see more]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nImproving Outcomes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A Bayesian model that continuously infers the acquisition of software engineering knowledge as people interact with Codecademy to improve the likelihood of mastering new tech skills.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nCustomer Obsessed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nGoing beyond surveys, interviews, and usability studies the FiOS TV product team employed multiple capabilities to continuously interact with thousands of customers every month, using the data to drive the category’s highest satisfaction scores. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nData-driven<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIn order to improve the application of data to decision support, ad sales, and the end user experience Discovery’s platform engineering team developed a solution to capture data from front ends and APIs and enrich it for delivery to downstream systems, which resulted in decreased levels of effort to develop new features while increasing data integrity. [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 27 years of product management, design, and engineering experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Prosocial leader as a player and a coach, managing teams of 5 to 350 product managers, designers, UX researchers, data scientists, project managers, and\/or software engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Strategist and operator in global companies with 50 to 200,000 employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25e6 Product leader<\/a> at startup and growth-stage businesses that grew to hundreds of millions in annual revenue with one growing to $8B<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 Recruiting, hiring, and developing product and technology people with a record 150 hires in NYC and 100 in Bangalore from 2018 to 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 P&L management, business case modeling, and forecasting with annual budgets ranging from $5M to $200M<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 Data-driven product management and software development lifecycle processes in matrix organizations, enabling over 50% YoY product-led growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 Development and operation of content management, media delivery, advertising, marketing, e.commerce, authentication \/ authorization, frontend apps, billing engines, payment gateways, DevOpsSec automation, and data engineering \/ science technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 M&A diligence and integration leader for $10M to $15B transactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25e6 Increasing enterprise value through the development of patented software IP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n While organic and paid acquisition was steadily adding customers to Discovery’s direct-to-consumer subscription product, they were not growing fast enough to offset the pay TV subscriber losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To accelerate subscriber growth an automated identity federation and entitlements solution was created to enable partners to sell Discovery+ to consumers as well as operate the billing and payments for the subscriptions. [see more<\/a>] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Exploration at Discovery Channel of location as a more effective content discovery approach than standard carousel and grid design patterns to reduce bounce rate.<\/span> [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Guiding Optimum’s Prod Dev function to focus on developing behaviors that prioritize the well-being of teammates and customers, where individuals can thrive and contribute to a shared purpose.<\/mark> [see more]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n A Bayesian model that continuously infers the acquisition of software engineering knowledge as people interact with Codecademy to improve the likelihood of mastering new tech skills.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Going beyond surveys, interviews, and usability studies the FiOS TV product team employed multiple capabilities to continuously interact with thousands of customers every month, using the data to drive the category’s highest satisfaction scores. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n In order to improve the application of data to decision support, ad sales, and the end user experience Discovery’s platform engineering team developed a solution to capture data from front ends and APIs and enrich it for delivery to downstream systems, which resulted in decreased levels of effort to develop new features while increasing data integrity. [see more<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n|<\/span><\/strong> Case Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Operational excellence to deliver the targeted outcomes from product investments<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Accelerating Acquisition<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGrowing Audience<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nProsocial Transformation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nImproving Outcomes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Customer Obsessed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nData-driven<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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