Experienced in general management, product development and management.
Prefer fast paced environments where I am challenged to find creative solutions to attain business goals. I am passionate about my work and expect the same from my colleagues.
Consultant @ From September 2011 to Present (4 years 4 months) VP of Product @ 23andMe is the leading personal genetics company dedicated to helping individuals understand their own genetic information through DNA analysis technologies and web-based interactive tools.
The company's Personal Genome Service(TM) enables individuals to gain deeper insights into their personal ancestry, genealogy, health and inherited traits. From January 2010 to June 2011 (1 year 6 months) Consultant @ From July 2009 to December 2009 (6 months) Consultant @ From July 2009 to December 2009 (6 months) Director, Product Management @ Having worked at LinkedIn for 5+ years, there were not many parts of the site I didn't touch. These are the major products I managed directly:
- Premium subscriptions including recurring payment processing
- Job postings
- Recruiter (our standalone application for enterprise staffing groups)
- Researcher (our standalone application for research services)
- Reconnect
- Recommendations
- Inbox design
- Invitation optimization From December 2005 to December 2009 (4 years 1 month) Sr. Product Manager @ From November 2004 to November 2005 (1 year 1 month) Product Manager @ • Developed Paypal Shipping, a product that allows a user to seamlessly fulfill an order upon receiving payment for an auction (US Patent 7844497)
• Created front-end and back-end Paypal ‘Buyer Complaint Process’ resulting in automation of all possible stages of the complaint process (Patent Pending)
• Produced backend automation workflows for Chargeback Department including integration with credit card processor
• Developed and delivered tools for Finance Department including ‘Foreign Exchange Rate’ tool used to monitor and adjust foreign exchange rates for PayPal’s international products
• Collaborated on creation and utilization of PayPal’s proprietary automation workflow software, ATTACK From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Project Manager @ • Coordinated the closure of X.com banking operations
• Spearheaded successful negotiation and sale of X.com personal loans to EMCC Corp. From 2000 to 2000 (less than a year)
BS, Marketing @ Santa Clara University From 1995 to 2000 Gregory Cervelli is skilled in: A/B testing, Product Management, Analytics, Start-ups, Leadership, Enterprise Software, Strategy, SaaS, Management, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, E-commerce, Product Marketing, Web Applications, User Experience, Strategic Partnerships, Awesomeness, General Awesomeness, Kicking Ass