Mike Figueroa

Mike Figueroa has a strong background in product management, with experience in various industries. Mike most recently worked at CraftJack as a Senior Product Manager, where they managed a range of customer-facing lead generation products for home service professionals. Mike successfully launched background check and licensing products that generated $9 million in revenue and built homeowner review tools for iOS and Android mobile apps, leading to a 50% increase in the Net Promoter Score (NPS).

Prior to CraftJack, Mike worked as an Associate Technical Product Manager at BOLD, where they launched a cover letter content management system (CMS) to scale global content creation for a $1.1 million vertical. Mike also owned strategic planning and roadmapping for content creation and reporting products.

Before that, Mike served as a Product Manager at Gubagoo and UpCodes. At Gubagoo, they launched enterprise analytics and automotive eCommerce chat products, redesigned user settings to increase user investment and decrease company overhead, and implemented the company's first product updates newsletter. At UpCodes, as the first product manager at a construction AI startup, they guided the product roadmap, prioritized features based on user interviews and data analysis, and managed the engineering team's development sprints.

In addition to their product management roles, Mike has experience in sales and engineering. Mike worked as a Sales Development Representative at Lever, where they exceeded monthly quotas for creating qualified sales leads and led qualification meetings to identify customer pain points and present product solutions. Mike also served as a Product Specialist at Microdesk, providing on-site consulting and training for Autodesk and Google software, and as a Fire Engineer at Arup, analyzing the structural fire performance of major buildings and designing fire life safety simulations.

Mike began their career as a Research/Teaching Assistant at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where they mentored and taught university students and conducted research on fire risk assessment and fire modeling. Mike also worked as a Structural Engineering Intern at KE Gruppen AB, where they contributed to the design of notable projects such as the world's largest coat hanger statue for H&M and a pond that converts into a performance stage for a large mall. Additionally, they have experience as a STEM Teacher at Imagination Unbound, teaching technology classes and leading students in product design competitions.

Overall, Mike Figueroa has a diverse range of work experience in product management, sales, engineering, and education, with a track record of successfully launching products, driving revenue, and improving user satisfaction.

Mike Figueroa's education history is as follows:

From 2018 to 2018, Mike attended Product School and obtained a certificate in Software Product Management.

From 2014 to 2016, they pursued a Master's Degree in Structural Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Between 2010 and 2014, Mike completed their Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering at the University of New Hampshire.

In 2012, they also attended Budapest University of Technology and Economics for a period, but it doesn't specify whether they obtained a degree there.

In addition to their formal education, Mike has obtained several certifications. These include:

- Product Retention & Engagement from Reforge in November 2022.

- Becoming an AI-First Product Leader from LinkedIn in August 2020.

- Master the Fundamentals of AI and Machine Learning from LinkedIn in August 2020.

- Technology for Product Managers from LinkedIn in July 2020.

- Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap from LinkedIn in June 2019.

- Product Management Certificate from Product School in July 2018.

- JBarrows Sales Training from JBarrows Sales Training in June 2018.

- Grow With Google Challenge Scholarship from Udacity in January 2018.

- Agile Project Management Foundations from LinkedIn in September 2017.

- Introduction to the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam from LinkedIn in September 2017.

- Product Management Foundations from LinkedIn in September 2017.

- Engineer in Training from the New Hampshire State Board of Professional Engineers in December 2013.