Thomas Jorda

About Thomas Jorda

Accomplished product manager with a proven track record leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, customer-centric software and firmware solutions for next-generation mobility and connected vehicle platforms. Adept at product strategy, roadmap creation and alignment, agile feature development, and qual/quant research.

Experience

1. Product Manager

   Zoox

   Jun 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Consistently delivered new rider experience features (enabled by an Android app and other software and firmware platforms) every 3 - 6 month development cycle• Created cross-functionally aligned prioritization framework that takes into account rider feedback, safety/homologation requirements, corporate and team-level strategy, competitive benchmarking, and cross-functional requests• Used prioritization framework to build and refine a multi-year, software- and firmware-enabled feature roadmap• Led the creation of a rider experience product strategy that emphasizes building desirable features that Zoox is uniquely equipped to do better than the competition• Reduced feedback loop between design and engineering by ~2 months, preventing large and small bugs from making it into the field and fostering a more agile development culture

Education

• Northwestern University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Solidworks
• Sustainability
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Sustainable Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Cad
• Teamwork
• Sustainability Consulting
• Engineering
• Design for Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office
• Sustainable Gardening
• Autocad
• Microsoft Word
• Hydrogeology
• Lean Six Sigma
• Matlab
• Solar Energy
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed)
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Manufacturing
• Sustainable Architecture
• Lean Manufacturing
• Problem Solving
• Environmental Science
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Public Speaking