Joshua Studebaker
Product Owner (A-CSPO)
Boise,ID
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Summary
Experienced Product Owner managing complex B2B compliance platforms in the agricultural technology sector, with additional international work experience across Germany and UK. Combines technical background in full-stack development with hands-on agricultural operations experience and deep domain expertise in compliance workflows. Skilled at stakeholder management across cross-functional teams while driving Agile transformation and establishing scalable product processes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Operations Manager
Studebaker Farm
06.2024 - 11.2024
- Oversaw farm operations, managing cooler storage inventory and balancing retail and wholesale sales. Optimized harvest-to-market timing based on weather patterns and quality factors.
- Tracked varieties, harvest dates, volumes, and grades to enhance operational efficiency.
- Coordinated deliveries while building relationships with secondary market stakeholders.
- Active in harvest operations and orchard management, ensuring timely and quality yields to support overall production goals.
Product Owner
Highland Ag Solutions
12.2020 - 06.2024
- Product Owner for Highland Hub's Food Safety compliance platform and complementary Supplier Portal and Compliance Tracker products, serving the agricultural compliance market, while managing interconnected supporting products across the larger Highland Hub platform.
- Managed comprehensive product backlogs, creating and organizing user stories into features and epics while maintaining prioritization alignment with business objectives and technical capacity.
- Took over product development and ownership for the Food Safety compliance platform, streamlining compliance document workflows and organization for successful customer audits while navigating technical and UI debt limitations, and spearheaded the early stage development of complete platform rebuild with user stories and new designs while still connecting to legacy customer data.
- Owned Supplier Portal improvements and roadmap planning toward comprehensive Supply Chain Management ecosystem, balancing current capacity with long-term strategic vision.
- Conducted traceability research initiative incorporating GS1 standards (EPCIS events, Digital Link URIs) that informed future platform capabilities and compliance requirements while establishing company standards for project scoping.
- Collaborated with UI/UX team during user story preparation to develop visual specifications and UI designs, while independently creating wireframes and clickable prototypes in Axure for early scoping and concept validation.
- Worked closely with customer service team to identify improvement opportunities from customer feedback and prioritize bug fixes through hot fix and ticket processes. Also participated in customer interviews and customer site visits.
- Collaborated with development team on technical feasibility during user story preparation and provided ongoing support during sprints to optimize implementation approaches and incorporate developer insights.
- Coordinated with the Product Team for targeting Sprint work with business stakeholder direction and available sprint capacity.
- Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and sprint release validation.
- Led sprint demos showcasing new product features and team contributions to business stakeholders for the Highland Hub. Also helped set up customer demos for new releases.
Scrum Master
Highland Ag Solutions
06.2022 - 11.2023
- Served as Scrum Master during the company's initial Agile implementation, facilitating all Scrum ceremonies across development teams supporting multiple product areas.
- Established collaborative processes that gained full team buy-in during this critical transformation, driving continuous process improvement.
- Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning sessions, user story grooming, and sprint retrospectives, ensuring effective communication among team members.
- Set up custom Scrum boards and tracking systems in Azure DevOps for enhanced transparency and workflow visibility.
- Coordinated team response during major technical crisis to retain customer base and maintain platform stability.
- Led pre-release go/no-go meetings when necessary to decide if the sprint would be released as planned or delayed to ensure a quality bug-free release.
- *Note: Served dual role as Scrum Master and Product Owner during company's Agile transformation, later transitioning to focus solely on Product Owner responsibilities.
Operations Manager
Studebaker Farm
06.2019 - 08.2020
- Co-managed 60-acre, 4000+ tree innovative peach farm operation, employing high tunnels for frost protection and implementing new high-density orchard husbandry techniques.
- Specialized in wholesale operations and produce inventory management while guiding operation through record-breaking crop year.
Product Systems Manager
Haygrove GmbH
12.2017 - 06.2019
- Product Systems Manager for global product management and pricing configuration system supporting high tunnel and tabletop substrate products across different global markets. Drove product requirements, design, and system implementation, as well as testing, while managing all product data, calculation inputs, and migration from legacy formats.
- Worked closely with the Software Development Team and Product Managers, while further collaborating with Engineers, Operation Managers, Growers, and Sales Teams.
- Participated when needed in construction builds of high tunnels for customers.
Product and Engineer Team Member
Haygrove Ltd
05.2017 - 11.2017
- Developed comprehensive ROI analysis tool for high tunnel and tabletop growing systems compared to open field alternatives, serving as discussion interface between Sales Teams and Grower Clients globally.
Cellar Operations / Winemaking Intern
Weingut Bergdolt-Reif & Nett
12.2016 - 04.2017
- Four-month winemaking internship at a German winery, learning local grape varieties and winemaking techniques while advancing German language proficiency in a native-speaking work environment.
Cellar Operations / Cellar Manager
Kuhlman Cellars
02.2016 - 11.2016
- Managed and operated winery cellars under winemaker direction, handling complete wine production processes from fermentation through bottling, plus shipment and delivery logistics. Also participated in vineyard activities including planting, pruning, and harvesting.
Orchard Manager
Studebaker Farm
03.2014 - 02.2016
- Managed harvesting operations for wholesale orchard and coordinated retail orchard efforts, training employees and organizing work crews while overseeing harvest-to-sale logistics and equipment management, plus long-term business planning.
- Contributed to pioneering innovative frost protection using high tunnels - first implementation of this technique for Texas peach operations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 05.2001 -
Material Science And Simulation Graduate Program
Ruhr University Bochum
Bochum, GermanyFull Stack Software Development Certification
Boise CodeWorks
Boise, ID11-2020
Skills
User Story Development
Certification
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner
Work Availability
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Languages
German
Professional Working
Timeline
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner
03-2025
Operations Manager
Studebaker Farm
06.2024 - 11.2024
Scrum Master
Highland Ag Solutions
06.2022 - 11.2023
Product Owner
Highland Ag Solutions
12.2020 - 06.2024
Operations Manager
Studebaker Farm
06.2019 - 08.2020
Product Systems Manager
Haygrove GmbH
12.2017 - 06.2019
Product and Engineer Team Member
Haygrove Ltd
05.2017 - 11.2017
Cellar Operations / Winemaking Intern
Weingut Bergdolt-Reif & Nett
12.2016 - 04.2017
Cellar Operations / Cellar Manager
Kuhlman Cellars
02.2016 - 11.2016
Orchard Manager
Studebaker Farm
03.2014 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University
05.2001 -
Material Science And Simulation Graduate Program
Ruhr University Bochum
Full Stack Software Development Certification
Boise CodeWorks
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