Danny Walsh: in Boulder, CO

• Managed the product lifecycle and line plan for all climbing products including TRUBLUE line, the #1 selling rock climbing auto belay in the world • Implemented ethnography, surveys, and data-driven VOC approaches to build a product road map and briefs for two new commercially viable and customer-validated product concepts for the innovation pipeline • Led weekly Product Team meetings to create new collateral, train sales, and achieve category objectives • Orchestrated product launches through preparation of launch kits and drove commercialization material • Planned, executed, presented at, and attended industry tradeshows • Initiated and led partnership & sponsorships • Led content production for educational, informational, and promotional videos, whitepapers, and blog posts • Owned competitive research and positioning and presented strategic opportunity for superior servicing

• Managed service products, staff, interns, and educators to expand offerings and grow education sales by 60% • Curated and led entrepreneurial skills workshops including customer validation and email communication

January 2012-June 2014 • External Operations Planning (Supply Chain and Operations Co-op) o Automated routine reports and developed templates to reduce 15 man hours per week o Designed and implemented system of deriving KPIs for sales and operation planning • Mitek Sport Medicine (R&D Engineering Co-op, New Product Development) o Co-invented Directional Surgical Suture to ease soft tissue surgeries (U.S. Pat. No. 9314244B2) o Orchestrated DFMEA tests to identify prototype failure modes and advance concepts to launch • Codman Neuro (Neurosurgical Device Manufacturing Engineering Coop) o Developed program to automatically transfer inspection data saving $100,000 annually o Designed 3D assembly on surgical pad production line to mitigate risk and operator error