Drew Gilliam - Experience and education
##Startup / Freelance Pangea - Vice President of Product, Jan 2015 to July 2015
- Spearheaded
global expansion
for a heavily funded fintech startupfrom 1 to 55 countries
though a network of banking partners - Managed a team of 3 designers and 7 developers working on 3 platforms,
Android, iOS and responsive web
. - Led product improvement initiatives and
product roadmap and ideation
in conjunction with marketing and compliance teams
ForSaleByOwner.com, Kohler, MMC Marsh, MobileX Labs - Freelance Product Consultant 2013-2014
- Led
product roadmap and development
for 2MM+ monthly visitor and $12MM annual revenue site with a team of5 developers
, oneUX designer
and onevisual designer
- Led Product Management for Apps and Games Divisions of MobileX with 8 developers and 5 artists
- Managed
agile development
for 10+ native iOS mobile apps and games built with `objective-C and CoronaSDK
Wavetable Labs - Founder in Residence, Jan - August 2013
- Led the ideation and execution of a mobile audio tour app - Guide.Me
- As CEO of the app, activities included
product roadmap
, strategy, design, budgeting, marketing, SEM, content creation and investor pitches. - A/B tested business models and performed detailed
funnel and conversion analysis
then built a business model from scratch modeled oncost per acquisitions
andprofit margins
- Developed extensive planning material around
marketing
,go-to-market strategy
, andoperational finances
HaveMyShift.com - Co-Founder, 2011-2013
- Led
business development, sales
and strategic partnerships
with clients like Starbucks, Best Buy, Accenture Technology Labs, Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants and Argo Tea Bootstrapped
business from MVP to 15,000+ users across the US.- Drove core product strategy and UX, working directly with CTO to launch major features and
rapidly iterate
based on direct feedback from users
##Management Consulting
AbbVie Pharmaceuticals - Freelance Mobile Strategy Consultant, June-August 2014
- Developed an org and process strategy for developing and shipping mobile apps classified by the FDA as medical devices
- Led team of 3 consultants to interview 20+ leaders in the organization and create a roadmap for improving the process and technical competency of the development teams
Diamond Consulting (Acquired by PwC) - PWC Technology Labs - Co-Founder and Product Director, 2008-2012
- Founded and directed an
internal technology incubation lab
. Primary role waslead product manager
. My team launched cutting edge web applications from the idea stage through UX and visual design. Outputs included visual search travel app for iPad, shopping cart for a healthcare reagent manufacturer, and a demographic BI tool. - Client work included Fortune 100 clients in the Energy, Healthcare, and Insurance sectors, worked on a wide array of projects including organizational redesign, IT Portfolio assessments, supply chain, finance operations, and IT Strategy work
##Technology
- iOS - Freelance iOS developer for PrettyQuick.com, location based iOS with over 10,000 active users. Objective-C and iOS SDKs. Aquired by Groupon in 2015. Continuing student of Swift and iOS.
- Mobile - Managed Design and Development of 5 native iOS apps (
Objective-C
) and games (Corona SDK
) withPython
API backends. Design and built responsive mobile sites using Twitter Boostrap framework. - UX - Mockups and information architecture with
Sketch
,Invision App
,Principal App
andXcode
- Ruby on Rails - Built and launched 5 separate full-stack projects of varying size and complexity. Technologies leveraged include Heroku, MongoDB, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, and Puppet.
##Education
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
- MS Information Systems, 2008
- BS Information Systems, 2006
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Intensive Spanish Language Semester Program, 2005
- Resulting level of ability: conversational spoken, intermediate written
##Interests
- Enjoys cooking, kiteboarding, scuba diving, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hacking with cool prototyping tools and whiteboards