Expansion Journey

Professional Journey

Over the last decade, my role evolved from designing digital products to defining product strategy and driving measurable business outcomes.

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Customer Lifecycle Impact

I owned Polaris end-to-end while influencing multiple customer-facing products, using customer insights to shape strategy, prioritization, and lifecycle improvements.

Company-wideEnd-to-End Ownership
Increased adoption10 → 500 users
·Self-service decisions500+ insights
·Better product decisions34 touchpoints
Customer-FacingStrategic Partner
Increased satisfactionCSAT 3.4 → 4.7
·Increased adoption1,500+ daily users
·Reduced time to valueSimplified deployment
AutomationneedTriggerTransformOnboardDeployPlayGuidanceAdvocacyCustomer-facingimpactCompany-wideimpact
Automation need

State of Industrial Automation Report

European industry research & thought leadership

Sales & Marketing
Role
  • Research framework & survey strategyDrove
  • International B2B data collectionDrove
  • Quantitative analysis & insight synthesisDrove
  • Marketing & thought leadership storytellingPartnered
Impact
  • •2,174 respondents across 8 European countries
  • •Board-level thought leadership asset
  • •Grounded market positioning in real demand signals

Customer insights were everywhere...

but nowhere together.

Survey Results
Interview Notes
Usability Findings
Analytics
Spreadsheet Data
CRM
The Challenge
Challenge

Customer knowledge was fragmented across teams and systems, leaving decisions without a shared, evidence-based view of the customer.

Polaris

Cross company
Evidence-Based Product Management Platform
Vision

A self-service platform that turns fragmented customer knowledge into confident, customer-centric decisions.

Product Description

Self-service customer insights platform for evidence-based product decisions.

Customer & Business Value
3×faster time-to-insight
ROIimproved via highest-impact focus
10,000+customer data points connected
500+actionable insights
Evidence-basedprioritization across teams
My Role Across the Product LifecycleEnd-to-End Product OwnershipCross company
Discover
Drove
  • •Identified opportunity
  • •Stakeholder needs
  • •Customer pain points
Define
Drove
  • •Product vision
  • •Roadmap
  • •Success metrics
Build
Drove
  • •Platform design
  • •Cross-functional delivery
  • •Governance model
Launch
Drove
  • •Rollout
  • •Stakeholder onboarding
  • •Adoption strategy
Scale
Drove
  • •Expanded capabilities
  • •Connected data sources
Optimize
Drove
  • •Measured adoption
  • •Business impact
  • •Continuous improvement
Challenge

Customers, partners and support teams worked across fragmented systems, creating slow and inconsistent service experiences.

myUR

Service
Customer Portal
My Contribution
DroveDiscovery, Concept
PartneredStrategy, Delivery, Growth
InfluencedLaunch & Adoption
Vision

Build a unified digital platform that serves as the central hub for Universal Robots customers.

Customer & Business Value
Unified Digital Experience
3.4 → 4.7CSAT
Digital Self-Service
Operational Efficiency
My Role Across the Product LifecycleInitial Strategy Lead | Growth ContributorService

Drove product discovery and concept development, then partnered with Product Management on delivery, launch, and continuous product growth.

Strategy
Partnered
  • •Identified the opportunity
  • •Defined product vision and strategy
  • •Aligned business goals and customer needs
Discovery
Drove
  • •Conducted customer research
  • •Identified customer & business opportunities
  • •Aligned stakeholders
Concept
Drove
  • •Validated assumptions
  • •Defined product concept
  • •Established success criteria
Product Delivery
Partnered
  • •Partnered with Product Manager and engineering
  • •Supported implementation
Launch & Adoption
Influenced
  • •Measured adoption
  • •Gathered customer feedback
  • •Identified growth opportunities
Growth
Partnered
  • •Validated new ideas
  • •Enabled self-service access to insights
  • •Evolved the product within the digital customer journey

Platform Consolidation Strategy

Combining two mature products into one seamless customer experience.
Vision

Create a unified customer platform by combining the strongest capabilities of both products while preserving customer value and minimizing disruption.

Challenge

Following the merger of Universal Robots and MiR, I helped define the future customer platform while protecting customer value during migration.

My Contribution
DroveDiscover, Customer Research, Product Assessment
PartneredPrioritization, Migration Strategy
InfluencedGrowth
Customer & Business Value
Unified Customer Experience
Customer Continuity
Product Simplification
My Role Across the Product LifecycleStrategy & Analysis Lead

Led product discovery to identify the strongest capabilities of both platforms, partnered to create a migration strategy and roadmap that protected customer adoption.

Discover
Drove
  • •Identified the consolidation opportunity
  • •Engaged stakeholders across both organizations
Customer Research
Drove
  • •Understood customer needs and workflows
  • •Analyzed platform usage across both products
  • •Identified pain points and opportunities
Product Assessment
Drove
  • •Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of each platform
  • •Mapped customer value delivered by each product
  • •Identified capability gaps and overlaps
Prioritization
Partnered
  • •Selected capabilities with greatest customer and business value
  • •Defined the future platform direction
Migration Strategy
Partnered
  • •Designed a migration path protecting adoption
  • •Built the consolidation roadmap
  • •Aligned business and technical stakeholders
Growth
Influenced
  • •Identified future platform opportunities
  • •Evolved the unified platform
Takeaway

Balanced customer needs, business priorities, and technical constraints to define the future product direction.

Challenge

Customers spent significant time validating automation solutions before deployment, slowing adoption and increasing costs.

UR Studio / Simulation

Product
Browser-based robot simulation
Vision

Enable faster validation through browser-based simulation.

Product Description

Browser-based simulation that validates automation solutions before deployment.

Business Impact
-30%
Deployment Time
1,500+
Monthly Users
My Contribution in the ProcessInitial Strategy LeadProduct

Identified the need, shaped the initial concept, validated assumptions, and defined success criteria. Handed over to Product Manager, influenced the launch, and partnered on growth opportunities.

Discover
Drove
  • •Identified customer need/pain points
  • •Reviewed market/competitor landscape
  • •Engaged stakeholders across teams
Define
Drove
  • •Defined product vision and strategy
  • •Created initial roadmap
  • •Defined success metrics and KPIs
Concept
Drove
  • •Developed initial concept
  • •Validated assumptions with customers
  • •Refined scope/prioritized features
Product Delivery
Partnered
  • •Handed over to PM
  • •Provided input to refine requirements/approach
  • •Supported planning/execution
Launch
Influenced
  • •Influenced launch strategy/messaging
  • •Supported GTM activities
  • •Monitored early adoption/feedback
Growth
Partnered
  • •Identified growth opportunities