Derek Bleyle
VP of Product
Cicero,IN
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Summary
- Experienced product manager with over 10 years' experience leading teams of product managers, data scientists, in a B2B | B2C - SAAS environment.
- Proven ability to analyze an organization's critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and opportunities, and develop innovative strategies for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving overall customer satisfaction.
- Track record of successfully guiding digital transformation for organizations in relation to data analytics & equipment health management.
- Expert at effectively aligning product management as a function within an organization and coordinating it with UX, analytical, marketing and development teams.
- Experience and Specialties: Product Management, Digital Transformation, Strategy & Innovation, Equipment Health Management, Workshop Facilitation
- Brands and companies worked with: Rolls-Royce, Teck, CTB, Google, Cummins, Sherwin-Williams, AES, Roche & many others.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
AI products brought to market
1
1
US Nationals Jet Ski Top 3 Finish
Conferences & Webinars
Recent Conference Presentations & Webinars
- HOW TO USE AI FOR YOUR BUSINESS (WEBINAR): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/clearobject_webinar-access-how-to-use-ai-for-your-business-activity-7150124052676775936-mR8i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- ZERO TO INDUSTRY SOLUTION WITH VISION AI (GOOGLE AI MEETUP): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/clearobject_ai-zero-to-industry-solution-with-vision-activity-7124820366148997120-cYVE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISION AI TO DIGITALLY TRANSFORM YOUR OPERATIONS (FABTECH): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/derek-bleyle_fabtech2023-manufacturing-ai-activity-7084592356762533889-iyhZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- LIGHTS-OUT MANUFACTURING (Lunch & Learn): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/derek-bleyle_please-join-us-for-a-lunch-learn-as-knauffs-activity-7042112819818876928-treE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- DRONES, MIXED REALITY AND AI - THE FUTURE IS NOW (WEFTEC2022): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/derek-bleyle_weftec2022-wastewater-augmentedreality-activity-6984243135384084480-QXUG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Work History
Vice President of Product
ClearObject
Fishers, IN
11.2022 - Current
- Leveraged social media, email marketing, press conferences and e- campaigns to market developed products.
- Reported on product campaigns to track progress and invited constructive criticism for improvement.
- Worked closely with stakeholders on evolving strategy to meet market trends and shifts.
- Determined ClearVision product pricing by conducting research into market data.
- Successfully managed multiple projects in fast-paced environments through individual work and teamwork.
- Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue, and effectively targeting new markets.
- Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
Product Manager
ClearObject
Indianapolis, IN
08.2019 - 11.2022
- Supported sales that led to growth of business unit by over 300% in 2 years.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
- Collected customer requirements, directed testing and conducted continuous evaluations to make proactive adjustments to marketing approaches.
- Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
- Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
- Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
- Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Assessed costs and estimated production capabilities to evaluate economic viability.
Product Owner
ClearObject
Indianapolis, IN
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Allocated and approved team resource usage.
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
- Managed multiple projects effectively in demanding environment with tight deadlines.
- Developed Product Owner team practices and all supporting processes for how IoT development team engages with customers.
- Work as product consultant for large organization looking to leverage IoT and Machine Learning tools to solve real business problems.
- Consult with customer to understand product vision, develop product roadmaps, build prototypes and ultimately build validated solution using our own in-house product development team.
- Support sales in early engagements by facilitating design thinking workshops.
Service Delivery Program Manager
R2 Data Labs @ Rolls-Royce
Indianapolis, IN
11.2016 - 09.2018
- Participated in drafting service budgeting, advising on areas of possible improvement to reduce costs and service delivery times.
- Maintained proper staffing levels to guarantee timely and accurate deliveries.
- Provided leadership of the defense & civil cell team members which include data scientists, data engineers, & data analysts.
- Managed and effectively delivered new service product to 2 of the worlds largest airlines in 6 months.
- Provided direction of product development to global development teams
- Performed multiple rolls within the “Data Innovation” group including resource management, product portfolio backlog, product management and fuel consulting with customers.
Service Engineer
Rolls-Royce
Indianapolis, IN
03.2012 - 09.2018
- Developed process improvements to increase reliability and equipment performance.
- 4 Years of experience managing and performing engine health monitoring service for Rolls-Royce customers.
- Managed a team of 5 that delivers service to over 250 customers and 2000 assets on a daily basis to demanding customers.
- 2+ years of experience designing and implementing diagnostic networks which have increased our accuracy of notifications 10%, increasing engines reliability of service up and disruption costs down.
- Work directly with new product development team on providing useful improvement ideas and feedback on latest mockups based on experience.
Technical Project Manager
Belcan Engineering
Indianapolis, IN
07.2011 - 03.2012
- Served as technical liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, sales and marketing, quality assurance and supply base.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Manage all aspects of project while having ultimate responsibility for ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and with technical excellence.
- Created project management dashboard tool that automatically tracks project resources, deliverables, costs, status and invoices so project managers across organization could spend more time focusing on projects rather than generating reports. Savings estimated at 16 hours a month per project manager.
Service Engineer
Belcan Engineering
Indianapolis, IN
05.2009 - 07.2011
- Ensured engine safety and resolved service issues by working with customers, colleagues, and field service representatives.
- Quantified technical variance savings by designing and implementing cost savings tool, using Microsoft visual basic.
- Lead investigation into air bleed control valve failures and upon completion of design upgrades recommended by investigation Rolls-Royce was able to reduce removal rates by 60% and increase MTBR 250%.
Performance Engineer
Belcan Engineering
Indianapolis, IN
10.2007 - 07.2011
- Analyzed aftermarket engine performance for the Rolls-Royce AE-1107C liberty turboshaft engine, used on the V-22 Osprey.
- Created an empirically modeled engine power number to help minimize the gap between on-wing and test cell values using regression analysis.
- Created custom data manipulation tools for automating repeated reports.
Education
Master of Science - Innovation & Technology
08.2013 - 05.2015
GPA: 3.99
Thesis: Designing a Dashboard of Fleet Health for an Improved Predictive EHM Service
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
08.2004 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
08.2004 - 05.2009
Timeline
Vice President of Product - ClearObject
11.2022 - Current
Product Manager - ClearObject
08.2019 - 11.2022
Product Owner - ClearObject
09.2018 - 08.2019
Service Delivery Program Manager - R2 Data Labs @ Rolls-Royce
11.2016 - 09.2018
Purdue University - Master of Science, Innovation & Technology
08.2013 - 05.2015
Service Engineer - Rolls-Royce
03.2012 - 09.2018
Technical Project Manager - Belcan Engineering
07.2011 - 03.2012
Service Engineer - Belcan Engineering
05.2009 - 07.2011
Performance Engineer - Belcan Engineering
10.2007 - 07.2011
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
08.2004 - 05.2009
Butler University - Bachelor of Arts, Economics
08.2004 - 05.2009