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Contact

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jamesandrewgrimaldo (LinkedIn)

Top Skills

Project Management

Team Leadership

Strategic Planning

Certifications

Tableau Essential Training

Business Analyst and Project

Manager Collaboration

Strategic Thinking

James Grimaldo, MBA

Program Manager - New Product Introduction at Apple

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Experience

Apple

Program Manager - New Product Introduction

February 2020 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Austin, Texas

• Developed and oversaw strategy and execution planning for New Product

Introduction across internal partners including market demand analysis,

supply-chain optimization, reseller demand, retail supply requirements, and

online customer experience 

• Prepared and presented regular updates to Apple executives on launch

strategy, execution status KPIs, risk insights and mitigation

• Expanded and revised the communications process for launch and execution

tracking, enabling on-demand presentation to all levels of New Product

Introduction Teams

• Defined requirements and partnered with engineering development team to

automate the launch scheduling process, enhancing new software logic, API

integration, and downstream reporting requirements

• Led launch programs for iPhone SE (2nd gen), first Mac line-up with M1

silicon, and multiple strategic accessories

Uber

Sr. Program Operations Manager – Product Launch

January 2019 - February 2020 (1 year 2 months)

Austin, Texas

• Oversaw efforts across product/engineering, supply chain, operations,

marketing, policy, and customer support teams to launch new city markets for

Uber New Mobilities division

• Ran analysis of launched markets including customer retention, promotion

effectiveness, and customer value to drive insights for product development

and market expansion 

• Developed special user accesses programs with product and engineering

teams including unique access accounts, promotional codes, payment

systems & member discount integrations

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• Led development of market sizing analysis built upon public and proprietary

data on urban mobility, leading to the market entry decisions for all Uber New

Mobilities programs (SQL analysis on Vertica Analytics Platform) 

• Coordinated Incubator product strategy programs for the Uber New Mobilities

Director of Product and Head of Tech Strategy

Cambridge Business School Consulting

MBA Student Consultant - Product Strategy

October 2017 - June 2018 (9 months)

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Completed competitive analysis and digital transformation strategy for

Fortune 100 energy company, analyzing data from global power and electrical

consumption (presentations and reports presented to the Global Strategy

Director)

• Directed competitive analysis for national grocery chain with focus on

response to Amazon’s entry into retail grocery (final presentation to company’s

Head of Digital Transformation)

• Designed 5-year product roll-out strategy for medical software company

through UK wide patient data collection, customer purchasing patterns, and

competitive pricing analysis

Hamon and Rocksol Consulting 

Project Manager

June 2014 - August 2017 (3 years 3 months)

Denver, CO

• Accelerated delivery of a 24-month project, 6 months ahead of schedule, on

budget, with ~60 employees under management 

• Mentored junior engineers for multiple projects, through onboarding,

professional development, and growth to promotion

• Appointed by company President to five-person Committee tasked with

optimizing internal company processes, policies and training programs across

firm – resulting in firm’s first ISO quality certification

• Planned, scheduled and budgeted vendor/subcontractor organizations as

project operations lead 

• Fastest promotion to manager role in firm’s 20-year history, responsible for

client relationship and delivery of complex and high-profile projects spanning

18 – 24 months

Anheuser-Busch

Operations Project Manager - Brewing Department

December 2011 - June 2014 (2 years 7 months)

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Houston, TX

• Selected and managed specialized teams to identify areas for operations

efficiency improvement and to exceed key performance indicators by utilizing

six sigma mythologies.

• Identified and led process improvements, resulting in 20% process waste

reduction across operations (~1% of total production), outperforming top KPI

target

Education

Cambridge Judge Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Product Strategy & Digital

Innovation · (2017 - 2018)

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering · (2007 - 2011)

Harvard Business School Online

Executive Education at Uber, Leadership and Culture · (2019 - 2020)

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