# Brett M.

> Product Manager @ Stride Soles

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brettm1

Product Manager with 4+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams in fintech and startup environments, building data-driven products in complex, regulated domains. Experienced in defining product strategy, shaping multi-step workflows, and delivering measurable outcomes in ambiguous problem spaces. Known for translating operational complexity into intuitive, scalable software solutions.

## Work Experience
### Product Manager @ Stride Soles
Jan 2026 – Present | New York, United States

### Product Manager @ Applied Visions, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
- Own a core product area end-to-end, including roadmap definition, backlog prioritization, delivery, and post-launch iteration.
- Partner closely with leadership to define product direction and align execution with broader company goals.
- Independently prioritize new features, technical debt, and maintenance work based on impact, risk, and business need.
- Conduct user interviews and targeted market research to validate problem spaces and inform solution design.
- Translate business and user needs into clear, actionable product requirements and specifications for engineering teams.
- Own release readiness by authoring release notes and customer-facing documentation to support adoption and support teams.
- Lead feature acceptance testing and quality assurance prior to release, ensuring requirements, edge cases, and user experience standards are met.

### Product Manager @ Kestra Financial
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas, United States
- Led cross-functional delivery of a new financial analytics platform built on Snowflake, .NET, and React, providing near real-time business metrics to internal and external stakeholders.
- Drove a platform-wide UI modernization initiative, delivering ahead of schedule through tight coordination and prioritization.
- Acted as the primary product owner between engineering, data, and business teams, translating analytical needs into scalable platform capabilities.
- Owned the relationship with a third-party product analytics vendor, evaluating tooling, managing integration, and using insights to inform roadmap and backlog decisions.

### Associate Product Manager @ Kronologic
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Owned delivery of AI-powered automated meeting reminders, increasing customer productivity by ~20%.
- Partnered with engineering and go-to-market teams to define success metrics and iterate on feature performance.
- Reduced new-customer churn by 8% through KPI tracking, hypothesis-driven experimentation, and targeted retention initiatives.

### Venture Associate @ Mentors Fund
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Led due diligence on a seed-stage Education-Technology company with a B2B sales model targeting secondary schools and universities, resulting in a successful $100,000 investment from the fund.
- Built comprehensive investment memos outlining company strategies, product-market fit, growth potential, financial models, investment thesis, and TAM analysis.
- Collected valuable insights through interviews with investors and customers/users, effectively disseminating information to the due diligence team.

### Product Specialist @ IBISWorld
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Advise Investment Banking Executives on growth strategies and work with them to develop a plan to
implement those strategies.
- Prepare company specific Pitch Decks for presentations by researching SEC filings and press releases to
understand company strategy and growth objectives.
- Member of a strategy team of senior consultants on how to approach large Fortune 500 projects, advising them
on expansion, market research, and how to navigate global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law
State University of New York at Old Westbury
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Malverne Senior High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brett-mcguinness

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Last updated: 2026-03-29