Mario Guerrero

About Mario Guerrero

Accomplished Senior Data Product Owner with expertise in leading data-driven product strategies and managing cross-functional teams. Skilled in defining product vision, ensuring data quality, enabling data governance and delivering actionable insights. Committed to driving innovation and achieving strategic business objectives.

Experience

1. Technical Product Owner Data De-identification & Governance

   Northwestern Mutual

   Aug 2025 — Present

   Technical Product Owner leading an $8M+ enterprise Data De-Identification and Data Governance program focused on sensitive data protection, audit remediation, and AI-ready data foundations across non-production environments.Own product strategy, roadmap, and backlog delivery for data discovery, data profiling, unstructured data processing, data masking, and remediation workflows supporting 100+ applications. Partner closely with Security, Privacy, Architecture, Engineering, and Risk teams to deliver scalable, policy-driven data products aligned to NIST controls and regulatory requirements.Key focus areas and results:Product ownership: user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization, PI planning, and stakeholder demonstrationsData governance & data quality: asset inventory, data classification, metadata, lineage, retention, and lifecycle controlsSensitive data protection: PII discovery, production data leakage detection, and non-production risk reductionCloud data platforms: AWS, Aurora, SQL Server, DB2, mainframe; analytics-ready datasetsOrchestration & automation: policy-driven workflows, event-based routing, Gold Copy dataset creationAI-ready data architecture: governed datasets supporting downstream analytics and data insightsDelivery impact: scaled enterprise scanning throughput from 60 to 180 scans per quarter, materially reducing audit and compliance riskExecutive communication: value tracking, dependency management, and board-level reporting

Education

• University of Connecticut

  Business Management, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  Executive Master of Business Administration, Global Management

Skills

• Sql
• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Analysis
• Marketing Strategy
• Toad Data Modeler
• Tableau
• Sap
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Problem Solving
• Digital Strategy
• Customer Service
• Data Analysis
• Business Strategy
• Microsoft Excel
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Strategic Planning
• Product Marketing
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Business Innovation
• E-Commerce SEO
• Competitive Analysis
• Ebay Sales
• Digital Marketing
• Marketing Research