Austin Teames

About

Product leader with 20 years of experience building innovative products across emerging technologies, with a current focus on AI-powered product development and intelligent user experiences. Combines deep product judgment with hands-on AI fluency to accelerate strategy, prototyping, and execution, including leading AI product initiatives (e.g., RAG-based and natural-language compliance assistants) and applying AI directly to build applications, evaluate opportunities, and translate emerging capabilities into high-value products.

Experience

• Senior Lead Product Manager · Workday06-01-2023

  ● Led VNDLY’s first AI product initiative, identifying and prioritizing enterprise AI use cases based on customer value, technical feasibility, product maturity, and risk. ● Defined a multi-year AI roadmap across 6 phased themes, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term innovation in a sensitive HR, compliance, and budget data environment. ● Delivered 2 AI prototypes adopted internally and presented to executives and customers: a RAG-based reporting agent and a natural-language document assistant for compliance and operational information retrieval. ● Served as the bridge between product and engineering for AI, guiding teams on LLM capabilities, grounding, guardrails, and responsible implementation. ● Owned interoperability and integration strategy across VNDLY, Workday, and third-party systems, including a production Procure-to-Pay integration with 1 live customer, 4 active implementations, and 4–5 additional customers in the pipeline. ● Built business cases and presented roadmap recommendations to SVP and GM leadership, driving the Procure-to-Pay initiative and 8 additional strategic initiatives.

• Senior Director of Product Management · Forte08-01-2018 – 05-01-2023

  ● Defined Forte’s early product strategy and vision, helping shape the company’s broader product direction during a high-growth period that culminated in $1B in funding. ● Launched Forte’s initial blockchain and fintech solutions for game developers, including payments, Web3 wallet, compliance, APIs, front-end, and back-office products; grew the user base to 15M+ across 40+ publishers. ● Built and led the initial product roadmap across Developer APIs, Wallet, Payments, Accounts, and Marketplace products, aligning product investments with emerging Web3 opportunities. ● Led cross-functional collaboration across 100+ engineering, QA, and product team members to launch 8 new Web3 products. ● Introduced Agile operating practices that increased delivery frequency by 20% and improved team engagement.

• Head of Product Management · LISNR11-01-2015 – 08-01-2018

  ● Led product strategy, execution, and cross-functional delivery for IoT and mobile technology products, growing installs from 20K to 25M+ and contributing to 40+ industry awards. ● Expanded the product organization from 0 to 4 Product Managers by aligning roadmap planning with growth opportunities and execution needs. ● Drove product vision and strategic focus areas that resulted in 2 new product lines, 5x growth in customer adoption, and 50+ patents. ● Represented the product organization in investor, enterprise customer, and industry settings, including engagements with Ticketmaster, Visa, and Jaguar Land Rover.

• Lead Product Manager - Smart TV · Yahoo!04-01-2010 – 03-01-2015

  ● Led large-scale Smart TV and set-top product initiatives across sports, media, streaming, games, and interactive advertising, reaching 20M+ TVs in 135 countries. ● Launched analytics and advertising products that increased ad engagement by 20% and opened a new business opportunity for Yahoo!. ● Built roadmap and partner strategy with major OEM and media partners, growing DAUs from 50K to 10M+. ● Applied qualitative, quantitative, and A/B testing insights to improve underperforming services, increasing user engagement by 25%. ● Helped scale the platform’s global reach by 10x through tier-1 OEM, media, and social partnerships.

• Senior Product Manager, Client Solutions · Vertigo Software2015

  Led client-facing product delivery for OTT and streaming media products with NBC Sports, Fox Sports, Disney, and other major accounts, managing priorities, schedules, budgets, and cross-functional execution from concept to launch.

• Product Marketing, Developer & Partner Communities · EMC2009 – 2010

  Built developer and partner community programs, increased engagement 3x, and aligned stakeholder requirements with product and community strategy.

• Product Manager · Trilibis Mobile (Match.com)2008 – 2009

  Managed Match.com Mobile across 32 international markets and 12 languages; launched new features and billing capabilities that increased revenue by 10% and user engagement by 15%.

• Product Manager · FunMobility2006 – 2008

  Managed a portfolio of 10 mobile social and content products representing $8M in annual revenue; helped grow users from 40K to 34M+ while reducing churn by 20%.

Education

• College of the SiskiyousComputer Science
• Caldwell CollegeBusiness Communications
• Appalachian State UniversityEmergency Medicine

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