Ryan Macdonell
Product Manager at Collect'd
Boca Raton, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Product Manager
2021 - Current
• Overhauled an app data structure to maximize product usefulness despite significant operational challenges. • Managed key JIRA projects, facilitated product roadmaps, and emphasized clear communication with beta users to record user feedback, acting as the go-to resource for all product requirements. • Partnered with a cross-functional team to train, implement, and test AI extraction models, mastering related technologies and practices. Enabled text field extraction with 90%+ accuracy on 50+ models. • Sourced and created thousands of high-quality data samples to train AI extraction models, allowing for the creation of 50+ usable AI models for information templates. • Provided comprehensive support to the product lead in planning and creating KPI metrics and messaging automation; maintained superior results with 25+ events being tracked.
Investment Analyst
2019 - 2021
• Supported efforts to uncover potential investment opportunities and conducted diligence on startup companies. Mastered current processes and technologies involving analysis.
Founder & E-Commerce Product Lead
2018 - 2021
• Raised $125K in preferred equity and other funding as the primary contact with multiple investors. Sold products in 3 states with 2 distribution deals. • Noted for vital contributions to redesigning and optimizing the Shopify website in a short time-frame.
Marketing Strategist
2018 - 2018
• Championed data-driven go-to-market strategies for new product offerings, resulting in record-breaking growth despite market challenges. Presented product features and onboarded 100+ users & merchants. • Chosen to manage dashboard and back-end implementation.
Head of Growth
2016 - 2018
• Structured the initial user signup plan, go-to-market strategy, and brand ambassador program as the company’s first full-time employee, resulting in a productive beta launch (200 users, 15 cars, and a team of 7 ambassadors) and supporting growth that exceeded annual targets. • Outpaced goals, with the launch ultimately leading to a seed funding round of $1M.
Lula provides a variety of tools, including risk management, claims management, policy administration, and insurance coverage access.
Raised $53,500,000.00 from Plug and Play, Founders Fund, Stephen Pagliuca, NextView Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Karman Ventures (fka Moving Capital) and Steve McLaughlin.
Data Analyst Intern
2014 - 2014
• Found potential new advertising markets by mining data • Researched top 500 YouTube channels to identify strongest potential clients
Oxford Road is an advertising firm that help the most innovative companies in the world acquire thousands of new customers.