Chief Product Officer @ I lead the cross-functional teams that build, deliver, and market the BloomBoard product suite (Product Management, Engineering, Design, Content, Marketing, Bus Ops, and Implementation).
Founded in 2010, BloomBoard empowers educator growth by allowing teachers to set explicit goals and then access personalized recommendations for support. The BloomBoard platform enables administrators to observe teachers’
Chief Product Officer @ I lead the cross-functional teams that build, deliver, and market the BloomBoard product suite (Product Management, Engineering, Design, Content, Marketing, Bus Ops, and Implementation).
Founded in 2010, BloomBoard empowers educator growth by allowing teachers to set explicit goals and then access personalized recommendations for support. The BloomBoard platform enables administrators to observe teachers’ practices and utilize the associated data to help teachers achieve their goals.
We support over 7,000 schools and 700 school districts across 22 states with five state-level contracts led by a passionate team of 60+. Check us out at http://www.bloomboard.com. From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Head of Relationships Products, Mobile and Desktop @ I led the cross-functional team that delivered the products that empower LinkedIn's members to build, nurture and leverage their professional networks.
Our product offering was multi-channel (Web, Mobile), cross-platform (desktop, iOS, and Android) and delivered horizontally and vertically. We were especially proud of building and delivering Connected, an innovative mobile app beloved by LinkedIn members as the best way to keep up to date with their professional network and strengthen those relationships. Download the app here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/linkedin-contacts/id635424128?mt=8
I also oversaw three of LinkedIn's acquisitions (Rapportive, ConnectedHQ, and CardMunch). I reported to the VP of Mobile. From May 2013 to August 2014 (1 year 4 months) Group Product Manager @ • Product lead with joint accountability for delivering multi-billion annual Checkout revenue to the North American P&L.
• Product lead responsible for creating the global strategy for Checkout buying experiences across channels and driving alignment across all regions and product teams to that global strategy.
• Head of Testing and Optimization for PayPal North America’s large enterprise customers. Included leading the Checkout Product Innovation Lab which built new innovative Checkout solutions and drove adoption of those best practices across the PayPal experience.
• Product lead in identifying, developing the strategy for, and delivering product solutions for the key consumer problem that has been plaguing PayPal consumer engagement for many years: weak consumer value proposition.
• People manager of multiple teams of Product Managers (Group Product Mangers, Senior Product Managers, Product Managers) over tenure. From August 2009 to April 2013 (3 years 9 months) Managing Director and Founder @ Founded and operated successful financial services start-up business. Developed and leveraged use of technology in innovative ways in a moribund industry well-known for moving slowly in very non-customer-centric ways. Inquire for more details. From June 2006 to July 2009 (3 years 2 months) Co-Founder and Executive Director @ Co-led start-up non-profit to create innovative year-round independent school providing advanced leadership, environmental, and engineering skills to talented pre-college women. Inquire for more details. From April 2003 to March 2006 (3 years) Product Management @ Senior Product Manager
• Lead Product Manager for development, launch and operation of the Target.com website built by Amazon (basically rebuilt Amazon’s existing front-end, back-end, and distribution systems to be used externally for partners as an e-commerce platform. These same systems were then re-used to replace Amazon's own 1st generation internal systems.)
• Product Managed and delivered on time two new vertical retail product categories.
• Product Manager on the initial product that proved the business & operations models and consumer engagement effectiveness of what later became Prime.
Product Manager
• Product manager on the team which built Amazon Auctions in stealth. Post-launch led the team for all promotional auctions, the primary marketing strategy, during the first year of Auctions.
• Led transition of Amazon's overall product marketing plan ($55m/year budget) from a distributed to a centralized model.
Assistant Product Manager
• On Product Management team that launched Amazon’s first two new retail vertical product categories (Music, Video) after Books.
• Assisted Product Manager on 1-Click.
• Assisted Product Manager leading all PR promotional activities, one of the primary ways that Amazon gained momentum and consumer awareness in the early days. From May 1997 to April 2003 (6 years) Teacher @ Public Middle and High School teacher in history and math. I earned my teaching credential in Yale’s Teacher Preparation Program. From September 1995 to April 1997 (1 year 8 months)
BA, History, Education (Teacher Preparation Program) @ Yale University David Brubacher is skilled in: Product Management, Consumer Internet, E-commerce, Product Strategy, Strategy Development, Strategic Planning, Product Marketing, Start-ups, Online Payments, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Product Planning, Business Strategy, Management, Non-profit Leadership, Strategy
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