SharkNinjaSenior Product Developer
Jan. 2018 - May. 2018Needham, MA• Corded category leader of the Shark brand, defined product requirements of 8 corded vacuums at once, all projects maintain a 4.3 star rating or higher currently in the market (corded category makes up more than 25% of sales at Shark)
• Reconstructed life testing requirements and gained 50% more accuracy to consumer usage and decreased testing time by 50% and reduced out of scope failures by 100% (saved business 107.6k in testing costs per month)
• Led first Japanese product to launch in Japan from Shark by evaluating Japanese consumers cleaning habits over 5 months
• Reduced hand vac leakage through RCA (Root Cause Analysis) to create an air tight seal, creating 99.95% filtration claim and increased product value in Japan by 15%
• Created protocols, tested and validated competitive claims for on-box and infomercial claims which created higher brand awareness, increasing product value by 50% (majority of Sharks brand value)
• Managed a team of 2 human factors engineers, guiding and mentoring through research projects and product development phases
• Updated CEO, President, and VPs of all cross functions on all user studies, research plans, testing plans, results, hypothesis and conclusions on a weekly basis – reduced my managers face time requirements with executive by 20% per week