CHAD THREET

512-879-8145  CHAD.THREET@GMAIL.COM  WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/CHADTHREET

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Visionary  Collaborative  Decisive  Strategic  Data-Driven

Strategic product manager with 15+ year track record of building and leading teams to deliver innovative products
to meet customer needs. Talent for identifying new product opportunities, communicating effectively with internal and
external stakeholders, and engaging in cross-functional collaboration.

Demonstrated success executing on a vision and leading others to embrace it. Proven ability to conduct discovery
with customers, define products, establish roadmaps, manage development processes, coordinate marketing, and launch
products. Adept at finding creative solutions that deliver outstanding products faster and at less cost.

Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

 Certified Scrum Product Owner  Technology Roadmap
 Team Building & Leadership  Cross-Functional Teams
 Product Life-Cycle Management  High Performance Teams
 Agile Product Development  UI / UX Design

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Grew online customer usage 176% in one year for a K-8 curriculum publisher.
 Launched successful startup – took it from $3K initial investment to $1M+ annual revenue in only 3 years.
 Built, trained, and managed high performance, geographically distributed, telecommuting team, to rewrite LMS in 9
months, while achieving organizational alignment across functional partners, teams, and customers.
 Delivered scalable Platform as a Service (PaaS) product to publishers by leading product development team
to design specialized internal authoring tools and the platform itself.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONA L EXPERIENCE

IWE VENTURES LLC – Austin, TX 12/2017 to Present

Privately-owned consulting company providing software consulting services to publishers, product management consulting
services to startups, and app design work.
Sr. Product Management Consultant
Lead consultation and software design services for two educational publishers. Provide product management coaching,
and industry introductions, for an early stage startup. Producing conceptual app design for a Christian project.

MENTORING MINDS – Tyler, TX 07/2015 to 11/2017

K-8 supplemental curriculum publisher with print and digital versions of math, reading, writing and science titles for students,
as well as products and tools for principals and teachers.
Director of Digital Engagement |Product Owner
Led globally distributed Digital Development Scrum Team as Product Owner from Austin, Texas. Created, maintained,
and communicated vision of technology roadmap with stakeholders. Collaborated with software and QA engineers to
groom the product backlog. Instituted agile processes and ceremonies, and championed the customer voice.
 Optimized team operations and processes; streamlined backlog grooming process and enhanced visibility.
 Improved cycle times by moving from 4-week sprint to 3-week sprint, with regular releases each sprint.
 Grew online customer usage by 176% from 2015 to 2016, then by 128% from 2016 to 2017.
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RELEVANT PROFESSIONA L EXPERIENCE… Continued

MYSATORI LLC – Austin, TX 07/2013 to 06/2015

Privately-owned company providing a full Platform as a Service (PaaS) suite to publishers that included conversion of their
print titles to cloud-based titles along with the hosting, customer support, and technical support services.
Product Manager (General Manager | Project Manager | Enterprise Sales)
Revamped and rebranded Sleek Software Corporation as MySatori, a company providing PaaS services converting
publishers’ existing print and CD ROM materials to web-based content via company’s Learning Management System
(LMS) platform. Directly managed 8 member team.
 Formed new company after securing $600K in angel financing to transform business model and product.
 Signed 23 small to midsize publishers and converted their titles for delivery in the MySatori LMS platform –
approximately 300 titles were available.
 Focused company efforts on top publisher clients and primarily on Mentoring Minds; worked with Mentoring
Minds cross-functional team on LMS redesign and launch, including UI / UX, marketing, and customer success.

SLEEK SOFTWARE CORPORATION – Austin, TX 8/01993 to 06/2013

Privately-owned educational software company developing, marketing, and selling software to schools and school districts to
help students prepare for high stakes assessment tests.
President & CEO (Product Manager | Project Manager | Marketing Manager | Sales Manager)
Built this company from the ground up. Directed product development, marketing, sales, and associated bottom-line
factors for company engaged in producing tutorial software to prepare students for state mandated tests. Products
included reading, writing, math, science and social studies tutorial applications for grades 1-11.
 Bootstrapped growth from $3K startup investment to $1M+ annual revenue in just 3 years’ time.
 Spearheaded development of 18 reading and writing titles representing two-thirds of product line in 8
months’ time, with no upfront costs, by negotiating winning deals with 6 teams of contractors agreeing to be
paid from revenue generated.
 Distinguished as the first software company to make the 100% conforming list for Texas textbook adoption.
Adopted products included company’s 3rd through 5th grade math titles.
 Transformed business model to capture new opportunities to sell proprietary PaaS technology and services
to small and midsized publishers.

EDUCATION
 Master of Science (M.S.) Degree in Mathematics — UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA – Norman, OK
 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Mathematics — UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA – Norman, OK

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Platforms / OS: Windows (All); Mac OS; Android; iOS
Software & Tools: Atlassian — JIRA / Confluence / Trello
Google G Suite — Drive / Docs / Sheets / Slides / Calendar / Mail / Hangouts