Spencer Howland

At Pello we work with many start ups and small businesses under a single umbrella to help them achieve their product and technology goals.

While at Pello:

• We launched Ecommerce for a Small Grocery Store
• Created New Application for Start Up to increase its efficiencies and replace legacy software
• Lead cross team research for marketing and product efforts
• Helped Dev team transition to Scrumban
• Worked with and managed product efforts for five different small companies and start ups at a time

At 1Kin Labs we launched a beta for Web3 Gaming users to manage and sort their Web2 and Web3 Collectables all while being distributed by those games on our platform.

While at 1Kin:

• Took product from 0 to 20000 users for beta launch.
• Worked Directly under CTO to lead all product efforts for company.
• Oversaw three unique product lanes for different user segments.
• Collaborated with design team to come up with product look.
• Advocated for developing critical features in beginning steps to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Modified and refined designs to conform with customer specifications, production limitations or changes in design trends.
• Worked with Leadership and Stakeholders to build Product Roadmap based on market, and customer needs.
• Created needed user stories, and epics to help us move quickly.
• Successfully helped team transition from Scrum to Kanban for faster delivery.

As a Product Manager at Staq Finance I was in charge of process for the product team, and getting ready for our first launch of Staq Pay and the Staq Merchant Portal

• Identified product gaps and generated innovative ideas to expand market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
• Worked with engineers to improve user experience and confirm builds meet user specifications.
• Engaged corporate partners and customers through interviews to define product vision, features and releases.
• Created prototypes and visual mockups by liaising and collaborating with designers.
• Leveraged technical knowledge to navigate functional requirements.
• Additional Product Owner, and Project Manager responsibilities based on business and team needs before launch

• Help Launch new Collector Application for Deveron Internal users.
• Work with Design and Development team closely to achieve team, and product goals each quarter.
• Engage with users through interviews to define product vision, features and releases.
• Create Objectives and Key Results to help guide product vision and strategy
• Defined and analyzed product metrics to facilitate growth of product.
• Defined and implemented cost reduction strategies throughout product development lifecycle to maximize profitability.

• Use Agile Framework to work with both Software and working teams to complete projects, and work on web, and mobile software applications.
• Manage Product Roadmap, and OKRs for all front facing applications.
• Use project management tools to write out user stories, and tasks to develop a refined product backlog.
• Work with development team through scrum framework and run all scrum meetings as a Product Owner.
• Juggled multiple products and projects to ensure high quality and timely delivery of software.
• Train Working Teams in Agile Methodology.
• Work alongside key stakeholders and customers through discovery to
• Define appropriate objectives and key results to drive outcomes that solve business and company problems.
• Train Product Team on Discovery Techniques and overall process to improve teams ability to drive outcomes that impact our objectives.

• Cross-sold additional products and services to purchasing customers.
• Modernized products based on consumer feedback and market analysis to increase sales and expand product offering.
• Strategized approaches to meet objectives and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Recommended product changes to enhance customer interest and maximize sales.
• Provided oversight and collaboration through excellent documentation, organizational, analytical and communication.
• Built close relationships with key customers, thought leaders and industry influencers to stay abreast of emerging market trends and applications.
• Used client-defined specifications and preferences to develop product concepts and offerings.
• Worked closely with Engineering and Customer Support to ensure our administrative users had the self service tools needed to make their software successful.

• Manage a backlog of stories for software development while balancing customer requests and business needs.
• Strategic and Tactical thinking and execution -Communicate with Stakeholders across different teams and organizations both internal and external
• Create User Stories with and for Engineering to complete technical work Conduct and participate in discovery through user and business research.