Hi I'm Adam Clarkson, a Product/UX leader and fifteen-year+ veteran of NYC-based SaaS startups.

My career has been an evolution in product management which I break down simply as strategy, leadership and effective communication.

Years ago as an individual contributor in UX and Research I designed data experiences that changed an industry. I achieved success by understanding and translating complex user problems into clear product opportunities and executed against them with lean design.

I’ve maintained the core aspects of that approach, honing it over the years, while also steadily building an effective management and coaching style to help new PMs grow and gain confidence in their craft.

Some examples and highlights:

As VP of Product at Yieldmo I was able to take neglected data to bring powerful insights to programmatic advertising. Our ad marketplace brought best-in-class creatives and unique ML-driven targeting methods to boost customers’ ROAS. During my time there we had 6 straight ‘best ever’ quarters by net revenue.

As Head of Cloud Products at YC-backed Mattermost I led the delivery of the company’s first cloud product. Our GTM planning ensured the whole org was aligned: marketing, CS, sales, support, etc. That tight x-functional focus brought success and we crushed sign up and new account targets in the first 3 months.

Most recently as Director of Product at Unqork I led a group of PMs and their teams in strategy, execution and GTM for our enterprise-grade administrative and productivity tools: IAM, APIs, integrations, CICD, observability and compliance. Each team’s roadmap was oriented around company OKRs, with aligned adoption and impact metrics. For the more than 60 engineers, product designers, QA and other staff their team’s objectives were clear and simple.

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