Ian Brand

About Ian Brand

My greatest satisfaction comes from growing a product, solving problems, and doing it with great people; for me this = FUN. In my 10+ years developing products, I have had the privilege to work on hits in $M’s and $B’s. I think in exponential terms, THINKING BIG on the long term possibilities, while staying relentless on the short-term progress: Grew a product to monthly active users and $100M in revenue by developing a rhythm of working between executive leaders and product teams that delivered rapid product iterations, feedback-loops, and growth.🦄 Led founding team of new business venture to develop insights, ideate solutions, test and learn, and develop a vision and go-to-market strategy that has resulted in $1B in revenue in just 3 years.🫶 Coached, developed, and mentored 20+ Product Managers and 3 PM groups to become collaborative leaders that deliver user value and business outcomes. where I get to identify and drive a strategy, build and leverage the product management discipline, work collaboratively across business functions to align and achieve outcomes, and develop and coach others: • Discovery and Validation Tactics• Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics• Strategy and Roadmapping• Building high-performing Balanced Teams/Product Trios/Cross-Functional Teams• Iterative Development Strategies: Agile, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, XP• Growth Tactics

Experience

1. Sr Product Strategy Manager - Gm Software & Services

   General Motors

   May 2025 — Present · Austin, US

   Lead strategy formulation and product operation efforts across GM\'s software organization and product teams.

Education

• University of Evansville

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Secondary Education, Human Kinetics, Sports Science

  1999 — 2003

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  Master of Science, Information Science/Studies

  2011 — 2013

• University of Southern Indiana

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Project Management
• Ms Project
• Visio
• Scrum
• Agile Methodologies
• Research
• IT Strategy
• Higher Education
• Analytics
• Data Analysis
• Access
• Requirements Gathering
• Talend
• Strategy
• Microsoft Office
• Public Speaking
• Staff Development
• Promodel
• Tableau
• Mysql
• Sap
• Bpd
• Governance
• Database Design
• Database Monitoring
• Uml
• Bpmn
• Risk Assessment
• Agile Project Management