Brenden Overton
Senior Product Manager, Technical (PM-T) at Woot
Seattle, Washington
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager, Technical (PM-T)
2022 - Current
Senior PM-T at Woot! (An Amazon Company)
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
Senior Product Manager, Technical (PM-T)
2022
I am one of 3 Product Managers at Woot, an Amazon e-commerce subsidiary. I lead initiatives across our product/tech stack. Some of my recent projects include revamping Woot's web analytics and A/B testing platforms, spearheading Woot's Prime Holiday Shipping Promotion, migrating Woot to a new platform for carrier and shipping method selection/optimization and label printing, and modernizing the tech stack and UX for Woot's retail website. I seek to deliver new and updated products to Woot customers and internal business teams in a scalable, efficient manner enabled by data-driven decision-making.
Woot.com is an online store and community that focuses on selling discounted products.
Venture Associate
2022 - 2022
Support launch and scale of our cohort companies and conducting founder interviews and due diligence to select our incoming cohort. For cohort company/program support my main activities included investor pipeline development, market research, competitive analysis, customer validation, financial model development, and more. For cohort recruiting, my main activities included conducting founder interviews, application review, due diligence, and writing investment memos.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Board Fellow
2021 - 2022
Board Fellow working on the board self-assessment and resulting board advancement initiatives. Developed self-assessment survey, collected and analyzed survey results, and presented results to the board. Used results of survey and brainstorming sessions to identify advancement initiatives and select top initiatives based on a systematic prioritization matrix. Led implementation of initiatives including LinkedIn optimization and networking training for board members and creation of a board buddy/mentor program.
Save lives and improve health by increasing access to quality healthcare for the most underserved communities.
Raised $8,700,000.00 from Takeda.
Senior Product Manager, Technical Intern
2021 - 2021
Senior Product Manager, Technical at Woot! Product manager on Woot’s customer experience (CX) team leading development of a web personalization strategy.
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
MBA Portugal Global Consultant
2021 - 2021
Created international expansion strategy for a farm management software startup.
MBA Service Corps Consultant
2021 - 2021
Developed initial product and pricing strategy for a cotton certification program.
Fair Trade USA is a non-profit organization that operates as a third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States.
Raised $250,000.00 from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Engineer/Technical Lead
2019 - 2021
Spearheaded safety analyses essential to nuclear power plant regulatory approval, construction, and operability. • Developed quantitative risk models to assess operational hazard risk and utilized these models to write safety cases for plant licensing in the U.S. and internationally • Leveraged risk models to propose engineering design improvements to meet regulatory requirements, reduce equipment costs, and increase plant safety • Negotiated with regulators and potential customers resulting in fulfillment of licensing milestones and accelerated international deployment • Orchestrated development of complex schedule of 100+ technical deliverables over two years to support accelerated regulatory submittal and approval • Created strategy with the Plant Services Division to protect $5MM of intellectual property and leverage it to facilitate services and software licensing contracts worth millions of dollars per year
NuScale Power has developed a small modular reactor (SMR) to supply energy for electrical generation and other heat process applications.
Raised $469,649,900.00 from Segra Capital, Samsung C&T Corporation, DS Private Equity, Nucor Corporation and Sailingstone Capital Partners.
MBA Applied Strategy Consultant, Sustainability
2021 - 2021
MBA Consultant on operational decisions that balance financial performance and sustainability objectives. • Conducted comprehensive assessment of existing sustainability initiatives and identified areas for improvement • Created a financial model that assessed the payback period and ROI of a multi-million dollar infrastructure project that would minimize dependence on natural gas and substantially reduce stadium carbon emissions • Developed marketing strategy which included identification of strategic partners, multi-channel marketing to build awareness of the Mariners’ sustainability projects, and customers for resale of excess energy
Staff Engineer and Project Manager - Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
2018 - 2019
Oversaw probabilistic safety assessment for 2 US nuclear power plants that generated $350k of revenue per year each; managed deliverables of 10 employees in 4 technical areas. Developed proposals and project plans, consulted clients daily on technical issues, and provided technical training. • Key player on client-facing projects that lead to expansion of services; increased revenue from $50k/year to over $1MM/year • Wrote utilities to automate tasks and coordinated software technical specifications development and testing resulting in increased internal company efficiency, license sales, and client projects • Led corporate hiring; developed a technical onboarding package adopted division-wide, enabling new employees to contribute client billable projects more quickly; mentored 8 new employees • Achieved >95% utilization rate every year, maximizing firm profit • Technical innovation and dedication to clients resulted in 4 promotions in 4 years
Engineer IV and Project Manager - Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
2017 - 2018
Engineer III - Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
2016 - 2017
Engineer I - Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
2015 - 2016
Jensen Hughes is a life safety engineering and consulting service for the government, healthcare, science and technology.