Kyle Langenbach
New York,NY
Summary
High-impact, cross-functional leader excelling in driving clear product vision and collaboration with engineering, data science, creative, and marketing teams to develop and execute successful B2C and B2B products. Extensive experience working across the spectrum of startups to large-scale corporations, and adept at navigating and resolving intricate challenges unique to each business environment. This diversified experience underpins my ability to drive business growth, lead cross-disciplinary teams effectively, and deliver innovative, user-focused solutions.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Founding Head of Product
Craniometrix
02.2023 - Current
- CarePilot helps primary caregivers take care of people with Alzheimer's and dementia via automated care plans, medication management, integrated communications and other care tools
- CareCentral is for professional providers to work with those caregivers and integrates with CarePilot to facilitate guidance, monitoring and tracking across their patient portfolio
- Developed proprietary CareGPT engine to leverage generative AI for guidance and assistance for both providers and caregivers
- Built out ecosystem across multiple EHR/EMR providers and other institutions (Medicare)
Product Lead
Holler
11.2019 - 02.2023
- Holler is a mobile conversational media AI platform (SDK+standalone mobile app), focused on enhancing user conversations with personalized, engaging content (branded and Holler originals), including lifestyle productivity and gaming experiences
- Responsible for product team and vision, design, UX, content strategy (via Holler Studio of animators), execution and data science integration (NLP/NLU)
- Built platform to scale globally, supporting multiple languages w/ over 1.5B messages/300M recommendations/day, 60M+ MAUs (Series A to B)
- Primary domains focused on dating, banking, media and retail.
VP / Head of Product
Feedback Loop
11.2018 - 11.2019
- Built and led product org, set vision, UX and R/D, and scaled up from Series A to B
- FL's on-demand, market intelligence platform enables companies to rapidly explore new markets, validate growth opportunities, and build better products faster using a collaborative workflow
- Platform leverages NLP and other neural net software to increase value and efficacy of insights gained from targeted survey respondents and other data
- Key customers are Uber, Aetna and NBC Universal and Experian
Head of Product (Contract)
Warner Music Group
01.2018 - 11.2018
- Level is WMG's first direct to consumer based online platform for independent artists and managers to distribute, promote and manage their music catalog and brand, and receive royalties from DSPs like Spotify and Apple Music
- Set the product strategy, roadmap, product KPIs, analytics, UX, and go to market strategies
- Built and led the product management organization, including an overseas engineering team
- Over 15K users onboarded in '18 (levelmusic.com)
Chief Product Officer
Music Traveler, LLC
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Led product and go to market strategy for MT, a startup offering a web and mobile platform for musicians at all levels to find and rent practice spaces, get/give instruction, stream performances, rent instruments, and other music related services
- Provides data insights and trends on behaviors across multiple dimensions to major partners including Steinway, in order to accelerate their sales and marketing goals
- Billy Joel, Hans Zimmer and John Malkovich are advisors/investors
- Selected to showcase at SxSW '17
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
ElectorPulse, LLC
01.2013 - 01.2016
- EP is a data driven mobile/web platform for the political campaign management and advocacy issues spaces
- Provides campaign managers and staff with real time graphical analytics and insights on issue trends by geographic and demographic target groups, social media trends, and key campaign metrics
- Streamlines their ability to execute surveys, target audiences, manage thousands of volunteers, and raise/track campaign funds
- Sold in 2016
Director, Emerging Products
Microsoft Corporation
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Lead member of the US East region emerging products team, whose charter is to drive innovation with MSFT consumer and commercial software partners
- Ideated, designed, built and helped go to market with products using MSFT emerging cloud and mobile technologies (Azure, Windows and Windows Phone) to increase revenue and gain competitive advantages in their respective spaces.
- Led design/development of partner flagship mobile apps (ecommerce, B2C, financial, gaming and social media) using Windows Phone and Azure as the mobile/cloud platform (achieved Top 5 apps East region for '12 and '13)
- Acted as a direct conduit into MSFT internal product teams, led multiple cross-functional teams (internal and external), and created intellectual property to drive product betas and future releases for Azure, WP and Windows.
- Expanded partner relationships, led new product pilots and created go to market strategies to accelerate their adoption of our emerging technologies via partner new product launches (drove 175% of target in '13)
Director, Strategy Advisory Services
Microsoft Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Drove the realization and maximization of business value inside MSFT tier 1 customers and spearheaded their digital transformation
- Developed strategic recommendations, roadmaps and enterprise architectures, as well as aligned their business goals to the capabilities and innovation of MSFT emerging solutions (cloud, social, mobile, business intelligence)
- Created and led three new service MSFT offerings/products around productivity, social media, BI and cloud based virtual advisory services to scale internal teams to reach a broader customer base (drove critical adoption rates to over 135% target)
- Designed and led CoEs (Centers of Excellence) to help clients turn their msft investments into strategic assets and transform their business model into a more elastic paradigm (onboarded 10 Fortune 50 clients in the first year)
Co-Founder, Partner
eForce, Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2006
- eForce was a management consulting startup drove digital transformation at Fortune 50 clients. Included the strategy, design and implementation of strategic enterprise solutions (BI, data warehouses, CRM) to increase efficiency, revenues, and lower risk via technology, process and organizational changes (sold 2006)
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young, LLP
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Responsible for $5M portfolio and lead-managed client engagement accounts (Fortune 500 and startup)
- Drove strategies focused on transforming business, operational and marketing strategies around web based technical strategies and architectures
Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Led the technical web enablement, strategic direction and scoping/analysis of the business and marketing requirements for new initiatives for BI/knowledge management systems in the NY Metro practice
- Portfolio was made up of 15 Fortune 100 clients and several well funded startups
Education
MBA - Marketing/Information Systems
NYU Stern School of Business
New York, NYBS - Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NYCertificate - Blockchain Strategy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MASkills
- Product Portfolio Management
- Cross Functional Leadership
- Product Roadmapping
- User and UX Research
- Go to Market Strategy
- Product Development
Advisory Boards
- The PNR, New York, NY, 2016, Present, Advisor, Advisory consulting services / SaaS platform for agile corporate strategic planning at enterprise companies. (www.thepnr.com)
- TrySome, LLC, New York, NY, 2016, 2018, Advisor, Consumer facing market data research platform for people to try/buy organic, socially responsible food products and provide feedback for CPG growth companies.
Timeline
Founding Head of Product
Craniometrix
02.2023 - Current
Product Lead
Holler
11.2019 - 02.2023
VP / Head of Product
Feedback Loop
11.2018 - 11.2019
Head of Product (Contract)
Warner Music Group
01.2018 - 11.2018
Chief Product Officer
Music Traveler, LLC
01.2016 - 01.2018
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
ElectorPulse, LLC
01.2013 - 01.2016
Director, Emerging Products
Microsoft Corporation
01.2010 - 01.2013
Director, Strategy Advisory Services
Microsoft Corporation
01.2006 - 01.2010
Co-Founder, Partner
eForce, Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2006
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young, LLP
01.2000 - 01.2002
Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
01.1998 - 01.2000
MBA - Marketing/Information Systems
NYU Stern School of Business
BS - Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Certificate - Blockchain Strategy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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