Product Leader · Builder · Operator
10+ years delivering digital, SaaS, and enterprise platforms across retail, eCommerce, mobility, and consumer experiences. I build teams that ship and products that stick.
About
I'm a product leader with deep roots in building and modernizing digital products — retail, eCommerce, mobility, SaaS, and enterprise platforms. I've worked everywhere from Fortune 500s to venture-backed startups and know how to calibrate my approach to what the team and business actually need.
I'm most effective close to the problem: working alongside engineering and design, sharpening scope, and building operating systems that make delivery repeatable. I lead with outcomes, not output.
Increasingly, that means leading with AI. I've shipped AI-integrated products — from mobile demand forecasting tools to SageMaker-backed workflows — and spent dedicated time upskilling in generative AI, LLM applications, and AI-enabled product practices. I'm focused on bringing that fluency to teams building the next wave of intelligent products.
Core Competencies
Featured Work
Retail · AI · Data
Led Relex AI integration and consolidated fragmented databases into Snowflake to fully automate store replenishment — driving measurable gains in productivity and conversion.
↑ 20% In-Store ProductivityeCommerce · POS · Transformation
Lifted and shifted Sitka Gear off legacy proprietary systems onto a modern stack — BigCommerce, Teamwork Commerce POS + AI WMS — enabling growth from 1 to 17 stores.
Scaled from 1 - 17 Physical StoresConsumer · Mobile · Growth
Built a B2C music streaming platform from scratch — iOS, Android, and web — secured multi-region licensing, and scaled to 400K daily active users before a successful VC acquisition.
400K Daily Active UsersMobility · IoT · Connected Car
Led a customer-driven mobile initiative using GM Cloud services to eliminate rental friction — enabling premium members to select, locate, access, and exit without ever waiting in line.
Delivered in Under 12 MonthsAI Builds
During my career break I didn't just study AI — I built with it. Using Claude AI and Anthropic's Cowork tool, I've been prototyping and shipping real products. This portfolio site itself was built with Claude.
Music · Visualization · Creator Tools
Upload any track and watch it transform into real-time geometric visuals. Free beta — download your video, no account needed. Built and shipped in days using Claude AI.
waveform.rocks →Music · Streaming · Creator Economy
Artist-owned music streaming — think Substack for musicians. Every artist gets their own branded streaming page, direct fan subscriptions, and full ownership of their audience.
github.com/dobdobdobdob/softbolt →Retail · AI · Forecasting
AI-powered demand forecasting and inventory management dashboard with live KPIs, restock alerts, and a Claude-powered insights panel — inspired by my Relex Pro work at US Foods.
dobdobdobdob.github.io/retail-ai-dashboard →AI Assistant · Chatbot · Personal Brand
A live AI assistant that answers questions about my experience, skills, and background. Built with Claude AI and deployed via Cloudflare Workers.
dobdobdobdob.github.io/ask-david →Portfolio · Design · AI-Generated
Designed and built entirely using Claude AI — layout, copy, animations, and code. A demonstration that modern PMs don't just spec products, they can ship them. Built in days, not weeks.
Experience
Career Break · Independent
Professional Development & AI Upskilling
US Foods (CHEF'STORE)
Product Lead
Bounteous
Product Lead (Contract)
Codal
Senior Product Manager
Cognizant
Senior Product Manager
Southeastern Grocers
Senior Product Manager
Humbolt
Product & Business Development
Avis Budget Group
Director of Product, Mobile & Global Services
From.Digital
Director of Product Management
Skills & Tools
Product / Delivery
Domains
ERP / Payments / POS
AI / Forecasting
Tools
Cloud / Tech
Let's Connect
Whether you're hiring a product leader or looking for a fractional PM to drive delivery — I'd love to talk.