IAN RAY

Product Manager

Creator of tvcharts.co
(30K MAU, 80% organic traffic)

My experience in product management is with startups and teams building SaaS, Apps, and Web-based products.

Human Swiss Army Knife

Data Driven Product Strategy | 15+ Years Driving Growth Through Customer-Centric Innovation

Senior Product Manager

Hearth [SaaS, Fintech, B2B2C]
May 2022 - Current

  • Strategy: advocated for CRM use-case expansion, launched Lead capture and Bulk Import which resulted in 20% increase in engagement YoY
  • Leadership: Managed cross-functional agile team (eng, devops, data, design, and marketing); increased release velocity by 15% within 2 quarters
  • Data: Led onboarding experiment, increased payments adoption by 17%
  • Discovery: Implemented CEP (Braze), increased frequency of customer feedback/surveys and reduced eng resources for launching experiments
Head of Product

Prox.io [Marketplace, Startup, Seed Funding]
Sept 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Implemented onboarding for marketplace supplier signups which doubled new user activation
  • Launched a marketplace (0-1); collected early-adopter feedback to develop roadmap and GTM strategy (co-founders ‘broke up’/ abandoned)
Product Manager, Growth

Canto [SaaS, B2B, Digital Asset Management]
2014 - 2020

  • Led roadmap for reducing website load times by 4x which increased SEO rank in highly competitive keywords resulting in 100K+ MAU
  • Key member of transition team to SaaS product driving  $10M+ ARR
  • Launched automated trials with lead nurturing, decreasing CAC by 10%
  • Product Owner of WordPress plugin, resulted in 90% retention rate
Co-Founder / Lead Web Developer

Comatica [Development and demand-gen agency]
2010 - 2014

  • Worked with clients to develop apps, websites, and demand-gen marketing solutions
  • Clients: Lexus, Lamborghini, Laguna Design Center, South Coast Plaza, and SMBs
  • Co-founded with my now wife Joy Loo, together we created Serata Italiana
My projects and side hustles
Product Manager, eCommerce

Lamborghini Club America [A "nights and weekends" project]
2012 - Current

  • Launched subscription product and app, resulted in 3x revenue in 2 years
  • Launched membership app which generated $1.5M in revenue for our sponsor
  • Developed a CRM of Lamborghini owners with lead nurturing that generated over $2M in 2021 for sponsors and brand partners
Creator and Cheerleader

tvcharts.co [My pandemic project and support of internet culture]
2020 - Current

  • 30k MAU with $0 of marketing; 80% traffic from organic search
  • Read more about my journey creating tvcharts.co

Examples my product management experience on recent projects

The places my wife and I have been digital nomads over the last decade

Life is short and the world is big
Eagle Scout

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