Jay Jovick

About

Seasoned technical product leader with high impact in three separate innovation ventures. Committed to tackling the pain points not the people - consensus builder mastery. Hands-on approach to engineering. Intuitive ownership and proven track record to deliver products not Vaporware. Best-fit for a culture that is genuine and down-to-earth.

Experience

• Senior Technical Product Manager · GBG Plc06-01-2021

  Talented ability to take 'fuzzy-vision' pitchdecks and build working products. Technical spec authoring. Evaluated machine learning models with a team of data scientists. Described model priorities in agile scrum. Go-to SME for innovation projects. Business transformation replacing legacy platforms. Identified multiple P&L opportunities, saving $800K in software and a >$10 million market opportunity.

• Co-Founder · Jitterbug Travel01-01-2016 – 03-01-2020

  Co-founder of Jitterbug Travel, a new startup in the ground transportation space! We designed a new way to make family travel easy. Increased sales by 183% year over year through effective relationship building and marketing campaigns. Won first customers and 1500+ followers. Marketed the innovative product with 75+ Google/Facebook Adsets/campaigns. High customer delight with an impressive product rating of 4.7/5. Brought a luxury recreational bus from an idea to a full-fledged product. Directly collaborated with a 2nd stage manufacture and various suppliers. Stayed within 10% of a bootstrap budget for the prototype. Established initial company operations: hiring, grassroots marketing, market due diligence, market research. Used Azure, SQL, and R to parse and analyze a database of over 22,532,890 records for travel & EMS activation's. Met with super angel seed investors and managed the company budget/finances. Numerous startup responsibilities: accustomed to wearing 7+ hats, making decisions, and pushing the business forward.

• Senior Business Systems Analyst · IHS03-01-2011 – 07-01-2016

  Drove the integration of cutting-edge technologies across data analytics, content delivery, and CMS platforms. Product evangelist and subject matter expert. Front End and Back End development experience.

• Financial Analyst · Digital River01-01-2009 – 05-01-2011

  Routinely provided critical decision support to executive staff on key projects.

• Marketing Support Specialist · Productive Corporation01-01-2008 – 01-01-2008

  As a Marketing Support Specialist, likely contributed to marketing campaigns, customer outreach, and support activities.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing, Information Systems
• St. Olaf CollegeBachelor of Arts in Economics, Area of Emphasis in Management

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