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Steve Black
Principal Product Manager specializing in consumer engagement, AI, and connected fitness
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Product leader with experience across Nike, Adidas, Bowflex, and startups, including serving as the first digital product hire at FluidLogic. Stands out for launching a connected hardware-plus-software product from zero to one in just 90 days, while also building AI-powered consumer features and aligning the entire company around digital strategy.
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Key Strengths
- Led a 0-to-1 digital product launch in 90 days tied to a hardware go-to-market deadline
- Strong hardware-software product integration judgment
- Clear MVP scoping under extreme time constraints
- AI product experience spanning internal tooling and consumer-facing features
- User-centered UX iteration based on direct customer interviews
- Cross-functional alignment across CEO, engineering, design, marketing, sales, support, and shipping
- Built digital strategy as the first product hire in startup environments
- Managed teams up to 15 people including 3 product managers
- Mentors and develops junior talent
- Experience across major brands and startups, including Nike, Adidas, Bowflex, and FluidLogic
Reference Highlights
- set strategic direction for software products
- vision across the product portfolio
- strong idea generation
- excellent customer empathy
- strong customer journey focus
- effective prioritization
- kept scope from creeping
- balanced quality with speed to launch
- deadline-focused execution
- instrumental in app direction and go-to-market
- excellent product design instincts
- strong UX judgment
- attention to detailed user interactions
- simplified language for users
- helpful in testing and product refinement
- great mentor
- great manager
- strong cross-functional collaboration
- strong communication across the company
- boosted team morale and motivation
- inspiring to work with
- made good decisions under resource constraints
- focused on outcomes
- helped the team ship effectively
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