KELSEY M. ROSPOS
Bend,OR
Summary
Sr. Commercial Product Manager with demonstrated success in driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth and optimizing complex portfolios. Eight years of experience in global product development and cross-functional collaboration across various stages of the product life cycle, while addressing financial and workload inefficiencies. Expertise in leading teams to achieve growth and success in both startup and Fortune 500 environments. Transitioning back into professional world following maternity and parental leave, equipped with renewed focus and energy.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Unit Person Manager
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
06.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed five employees in multi-disciplinary team, developing and implementing hiring, training, professional/personal growth plans, performance reviews, promotions, salary increases, and set cadence progress meetings with executives.
- Restructured product management responsibilities to enhance interdepartmental relationships and communication accuracy.
- Facilitated team training on diversity and inclusion and continued education topics and trained supporting department personnel to improve visibility of business unit operations.
- Mentored cross-departmental colleagues to support women's advancement in management roles.
Sr. Commercial Product Manager & Portfolio Management Team Lead
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
Indianapolis, IN
01.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed global commercial and technical strategies as core team lead and acting director for particle counting and characterization product line business unit, overseeing 13 core instruments generating $125M annual revenue in cleanrooms for environmental monitoring and parenteral drug product testing.
- Directed internal department requirements for complete product life cycle from roadmap development through commercial launch, meeting revenue and booking KPIs with core bookings growth exceeding 10% year-over-year and rollout of four updated instruments in challenging COVID conditions.
- Orchestrated strategic business planning involving annual pricing modifications, budget formulation, global revenue target establishment, and 5-year product roadmap development based on market research, competitor analysis, M&A opportunities, and VOC.
- Diagnosed and resolved critical functional issue(s), preventing long-term instrument downtime essential for approximately 70% of market during drug product final QC in peak COVID vaccine production.
- Developed PCB refurbishment strategy, prolonging product lifespan for two items, reducing scrap, addressing customer needs, and facilitating $10M in recovered revenue.
- Led a strategic product offering pivot, eliminating nine products simultaneously, with collaboration from executive business partners, leading stakeholders throughout the transition.
- Established strong relationships with major departments and executive decision-makers to enhance resource prioritization, address supply chain gaps, and push product refurbishments and development projects.
- Delivered consistent updates to stakeholders regarding product timelines, supply chain logistics, service support, software enhancements, and lifecycle management.
Facility Monitoring Systems Project Manager
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
04.2020 - 01.2021
- Oversaw facility monitoring systems product line, including software and environmental sensing hardware for cleanroom applications.
- Managed customer communications, project planning, and installation scheduling while fostering collaboration with sales team, service, R&D, and logistics.
- Upgraded software platform by coordinating with third-party vendor and internal sales, service, and support teams.
- Developed subject matter expertise in air particle counting and facility monitoring software installation procedures.
Product Manager
Tangible Research
09.2019 - 04.2020
- Executed robotic tactile sensing and remote operations projects within the Converge Robotics Group, a multi-company collaboration.
- Streamlined robotics group operations, improving project execution and team collaboration.
- Identified, wrote, and submitted grants to support innovative research initiatives.
- Conducted market research to inform strategic planning and product development.
Product Manager, ArrayCAM
Grace Bio-Labs
Bend, OR
10.2017 - 05.2019
- Managed rapid microarray imaging platform for detecting fluorescently labeled proteins and nucleic acids in diagnostics and life science research.
- Enhanced product functionality while developing parallel experiments utilizing expertise in optics and fluorescence.
- Designed and prototyped custom lateral flow cassette for grant and patent submissions.
- Conducted cost reduction analysis, optimizing reagent usage for universal fever detection test in remote applications.
R&D Project Manager / Clinical Study Manager
SynTouch, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
04.2015 - 10.2017
- Manager for $2.5M multi-year government funded project to develop a novel sensorized prosthetic hand with responsibilities including oversight of 7 team members, mechanical design and software development, project tracking and reporting, and clinical study planning.
- Focal for device regulatory compliance and manager of 1st level and 2nd level military IRB clinical study designs, submissions, documentation, operations, reporting, and technical paper writing/presentations.
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA12.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT05.2013
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite Power User
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Excel PivotTable
- Product lifecycle management
- Budget management
- Market analysis and ROI
- Employee mentoring & KPI tracking
- Product Roadmapping & Change Management
- Technical & Corporate Presenting
- Management platforms (JIRA, CRM software)
- MATLAB programming
- Oracle database management
- SolidWorks design
- Adobe Creative Suite proficiency
- Aseptic laboratory practices
- Engineering and product development
- Supply Chain Management
- Spanish Language (Intermediate)
Publications
- J. A. Fishel, B. Matulevich, K. A. Muller (Rospos) & G. M. Berke, "The (Sensorized) Hand is Quicker than the Eye: Restoring Grasping Speed and Confidence for Amputees with Tactile Reflexes," 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 5097-5102.
- Muller (Rospos), K.A., et. al. “Tactile Sensing Reflex Reduces Need for Visual Feedback when Grasping Fragile Objects with a Prosthetic Hand,” IEEE Haptics Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2016.
Timeline
Business Unit Person Manager
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
06.2021 - 04.2023
Sr. Commercial Product Manager & Portfolio Management Team Lead
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
01.2021 - 04.2023
Facility Monitoring Systems Project Manager
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher Corp)
04.2020 - 01.2021
Product Manager
Tangible Research
09.2019 - 04.2020
Product Manager, ArrayCAM
Grace Bio-Labs
10.2017 - 05.2019
R&D Project Manager / Clinical Study Manager
SynTouch, Inc.
04.2015 - 10.2017
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Wesleyan University