Why do I coach?

I come from a non-traditional background. First gen college student, non-traditional major, lower than average high school and college GPA to name a few. At countless intersections of my life when I was at a moment of forward or backward motion, a mentor stepped up, coached me, and bet on me. I had to figure out how to stand out because of my background, I know what it takes to get the first product role, and how to become undeniably the right choice for a new role or promotion.

Work Experience

VP of Product & Technology | Analyst

SageCreek Partners

June 2024 - Present

Hiring Manager

Sagecreek is an operator-led family office with a track record of building and scaling market-leading companies. We have founded, led, and coached nine companies to $1B+ exits and 50+ to $150m exits, bringing deep operational expertise to every engagement. What sets us apart is our hands-on approach: we're not traditional investors, but rather seasoned operators who actively partner with companies to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and create transformative opportunities through M&A and strategic partnerships. Our team's philosophy is simple: we create outsized value by doing the work alongside our portfolio companies, bringing decades of operational experience and our extensive network to bear on their most critical challenges. Specializing in executive coaching, hiring top talent, growth strategy, M&A, product/technology, and partnerships.

VP of Product Management | General Manager

Nerd United

February 2022 - June 2024

Hiring Manager

Responsible for P&L of 4 startups to $25m+ in node sales, and $1.5m in ARR, bringing tens of thousands of first-time crypto users to blockchain-enabled software products. Led a team of 50+, including, Technology & Product, Design, Data Science, GTM, and Sales Lead the growth, and technology strategy for our Rewards Blockchain as a Service, launching 15 rewards chains, creating a new revenue stream. Partnered closely with compliance, product, engineering, support, design, finance, and marketing. CEO of Perspect (studio startup) from ideation/validation to GTM phase on an AI-powered, blockchain rewards, productivity platform for software developers. Grew to 450 MAU (~90% developers) in 4 months. (ask me about the Hyper Energy Drink) Go-to-Market Strategy, LLMs and +4 skills

Product Manager AI/ML

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

April 2021 - March 2022

Admissions Committee

Lead the creation of the Personalization platform, enabling JPMC-wide use of client intelligence and implementation of personalization features. (25+ tech teams utilizing the platform, delivering software to hundreds of thousands of users in Mar 2022) Enabled the rapid shift from low-tech experiences to personalized client and employee experiences increasing CSAT and attributed revenue for multiple asset class desks. Cross-functional collaboration between bankers, legal, data science, sales, customer success, traders, engineering, and product. Recommendation Systems, Executive Presentations and +4 skills

Product Lead

Branded Pictures Ent

February 2021 - April 2021

Interim Growth Product Lead - shipped a few major growth projects leading to 12%+ increase in ARR. Defined product strategy focused on creators and the creator economy resulting in $Xm+ investment to fund engineering, sales, marketing, and product/design. Purchased and drove the implementation of core product analytics/growth technologies (Amplitude, Braze, and SalesForce) leading to the first quantitative product understanding of product engagement/interaction and +10% MAU. Lead transition to Agile Scrum for product/engineering team resulting in increased engineering efficiency. Growth Product Management, A/B Testing and +3 skills

Technical Product Manager

Ancestry

June 2018 - February 2021

Led 3 cross-company growth initiatives, worked directly with senior & c-suite executives in engineering, data, content, product, DNA science, and compliance (Impacting 18m+ customers & generating $XYZ net-new ARR) Took point on end-to-end recommendation systems and search algorithm improvements resulting in 3%+ in sign-ups, 5%+ in site-wide key engagement metrics (Impacting 2M+ customers), 10%+ in Thrulines DAU, 21%+ in Thrulines CSAT (Impacting 100k+ customers) Led development and launch of a cross-company recommendations (“hints”) strategy, enabling tech, data science, marketing, and advertising teams across the company to build 10s of new recommendation-driven user experiences. Cross-functional Team Leadership, Recommender Systems and +4 skills

Co-founder

Portal Entryways

2017 - 2019

YC W19. I helped prepare multiple YC applications and made the connections to local admissions board members of YC. I left for Ancestry prior to going out to the bay area and stayed on as an advisor. Hardware startup.

Connor was also given offers to work at

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  Microsoft

Education

Brigham Young University

Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems

Relevant Coursework: Enterprise Software Development, User-Centered Design, Machine Learning, Security, Software Systems Design and Analysis, Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Practicum in Technology.