Nate Q.
Senior Product Manager at Ecosense, a Korrus Company- Claim this Profile
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Chinese Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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The Business of Product Management I
Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT)May, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Hello Design Thinking
IDEO UJul, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Ecosense, a Korrus Company
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Dec 2015 - Present
• Achieved 22% sales growth YoY in Q1 of pandemic recovery, while helming the strategy & end-to-end product management across a large product portfolio in a main line product category with a TAM in the $billions.• Launched the first major product update cycle post acquisition, installing quality, delivery, & cost improvements affecting 60% of the category portfolio revenue in 2021.• Identified and installed 7 improvements over last 2 quarters, translating customer insights into requirements and ultimately into rapidly deployed solutions that boosted customer confidence & reduced customer effort.• Redeveloped technical marketing & documentation assets, improving content and design to generate growth in customer satisfaction affecting 100% of customer transactions.• Resolved a time to market blocker for a significant product launch by rapidly planning & successfully executing a sample strategy pivot, that saved critical weeks and deployed a higher performing sample product at launch, while also saving 65% over alternative remedies. • Directly increased audience awareness as an EcoSense live presenter at the global LFI 2018 & LFI 2019 conferences; created presentation material informing, inspiring and exciting audiences for a new product debut, resulting in winning the LFI Most Innovative Product of the Year Award in 2019.• Consistently recognized for exceptional cross functional team leadership by peers & colleagues, resulting in multiple individual award nominations (5) for the EcoSense “LEGIT” award for 'Leadership, Effectiveness, Growth, Intelligence & Teamwork.'• Trained, educated, and informed internal staff and external partners of narrative and key points for new product launch, resulting in high product comprehension for recipients. Able to successfully reach audiences across varying levels of technical fluency.
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General Management/Product Development
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May 2006 - Dec 2015
• As founding employee of a bootstrap manufacturing start-up, strategically managed & co-developed 5 new product families including the debut of the world’s first LED track light resulting in a DDI Top 20 Best New Products award & the eventual acquisition of one of our products by a Fortune 20 company.• Utilized historical expertise to establish and monitor all operational systems and procedures including JIT production processes, customer service, ODM/OEM supply chain management and order entry and fulfillment, maintaining high operational efficiency throughout tenure. • To maintain high customer satisfaction, fostered strong relationships with all vendors to ensure high quality of products and on-time delivery. • Demonstrated a strong sales approach, establishing a network built from zero to all of North America, leading to sales representation in all major territories. • Oversaw all new compliance and existing compliance administration, consistently promoting industry best practices leading to 100% up time from compliance. • Identified opportunities for improvement, directing and administering shipping and logistics cost reviews in order to reduce cargo, courier, and freight costs. • Standardized document control and implemented product lifecycle management systems to ensure consistent quality.
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McMaster-Carr
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Sales, Operations
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2002 - 2006
• Owned product knowledge expertise in multiple categories. • Consistent leader in response time and total responses for custom quotes and technical sales inquiries delivering on avg 1.25x over typical velocity. • Supervised a team of 20, in an operations special project tasked with transferring inventory in an active operation with over half million items and thousands of transactions per day. Completed on time and at quality level expectation. • Owned product knowledge expertise in multiple categories. • Consistent leader in response time and total responses for custom quotes and technical sales inquiries delivering on avg 1.25x over typical velocity. • Supervised a team of 20, in an operations special project tasked with transferring inventory in an active operation with over half million items and thousands of transactions per day. Completed on time and at quality level expectation.
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Paradigm Talent Agency
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Television Agent
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1997 - 2002
• Co-lead the establishment of the focused Comedy Talent department• Established an agency presence in stand-up comedy, contributing to a track record of successful new client deals and agency signings not previously accessible. • Co-lead the establishment of the focused Comedy Talent department• Established an agency presence in stand-up comedy, contributing to a track record of successful new client deals and agency signings not previously accessible.
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Education
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1995 - 1998
California Institute of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Production Management -
1993 - 1995
DePaul University
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
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