Rob LaBarbera
Ballwin,MO
Summary
Dynamic Group Product Manager at Bullhorn with a proven track record in cross-functional leadership and product lifecycle management. Captained AI initiatives that saved $1.1M annually and reduced release effort by 95%. Adept at roadmap planning and fostering team collaboration, driving impactful solutions in fast-paced environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Product Manager
Bullhorn
11.2023 - Current
- Led the modernization of internal platform and customer-facing AI initiatives with a team of 7 across product, QA, and engineering.
- Served as product manager for Agentforce, projected to deflect 35% of support cases, saving over $1M annually.
- Owned product roadmap for support, enterprise applications, and internal tools; aligned priorities with VP of Customer Success.
- Hired and mentored product owners and engineers; conducted performance reviews and feedback cycles.
- Facilitated over five team off-sites addressing engineering challenges, resulting in rapid delivery of solutions through hackathons and in-person collaboration.
- Led a Book Club for the Product Organization to learn new techniques and grow together.
- Organized and led quarterly Lunch and Learns & Trivia Happy Hours.
Technical Product Manager – DevOps Automation
Bullhorn
06.2020 - 11.2023
- Led a cross-functional team spanning all of engineering to improve releases across several product lines.
- Designed the "Deploy Tool", decreasing manual release effort by 95% and deploy time by 200%.
- Developed a Swimlane Automation Tool, cutting setup time by 90% and achieving $1.5M in annual savings.
- Identified opportunities for improvement in existing products through user testing and analysis.
- Developed product roadmaps, strategies and timelines for new products.
- Facilitated team bonding through regular League of Legends and Rocket League activities.
DevOps Engineer
Bullhorn
05.2019 - 06.2020
- Built Automation Tooling to support the organization.
- Created event-monitoring tools that proactively notified teams of infrastructure or deployment issues.
- Created CI and CD pipelines with Jenkins and Docker to automate the build process of applications.
- Maintained version control systems such as GitLab for all software development projects.
- Supported all major code releases and ran sanity validation, rollback procedures, and release postmortems.
- Configured, managed, and monitored cloud-based services such as AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS using Terraform and Ansible.
DevOps Engineer
Endeavor
Saint Louis, MO
06.2015 - 05.2019
- Managed infrastructure automation and system administration for digital marketing initiatives.
- Implemented containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for faster delivery cycles.
- Developed deployment pipelines and internal tools to enhance support for creative and engineering teams.
- Ensured continuous uptime and optimal performance of client-facing applications and campaigns.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Western Governors University
Remote05-2016
Stunt Certification - Stunts
United Stunt School
Washington08-2007
Associate of Arts - Theater Performance
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL05-2006
Skills
- Cross functional leadership
- Product lifecycle management
- Go-to-market strategy
- Roadmap planning
- Product vision and strategy
- Release management
- User story creation
- Agile methodologies
Gaming and Music
- Created release videos integrating product metrics, gameplay-style demos, and original music for internal launches.
- Sound designer and composer for 2 game jam projects (platformer and adventure game).
- Completed multiple Unity prototypes.
- Scoring a feature film currently in development.
- Solo music production using Ableton Live.
- Classically trained pianist and vocalist / live performer (vocals, synth, saxophone).
- Lifelong passion for MUDs and MMOs (EverQuest, WoW), competitive MOBAs (LoL), RPGs with standout scores (NieR: Automata, FF series, Undertale), and of course, Epic games (ZZT, Unreal Tournament, Shadow Complex).
- Some people collect shoes, I collect video games.
Led Book Club For:
- Inspired - Marty Cagan
- Zombie Scrum Survival Guide - Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs
- Transformed - Marty Cagan
- Product Operations - Melissa Perri
- Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke
Timeline
Group Product Manager
Bullhorn
11.2023 - Current
Technical Product Manager – DevOps Automation
Bullhorn
06.2020 - 11.2023
DevOps Engineer
Bullhorn
05.2019 - 06.2020
DevOps Engineer
Endeavor
06.2015 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Western Governors University
Stunt Certification - Stunts
United Stunt School
Associate of Arts - Theater Performance
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
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