Ladawn Kolton

Experience

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  Albertsons

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2004

  Senior Business Analyst

  Senior Business Analyst working on large-scale projects including Oracle Financials implementation and Item Master Data Management.

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  Tomax

  Apr 2004 - May 2005

  Product Director - Supermarket

  Director of Product Management responsible for definition and delivery of all grocery-centric products, features, and functionalityIntroduced and ran Grocery-customer council.

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  United Supermarkets

  May 2005 - May 2006

  Director Enterprise Architecture and Deputy CIO

  Developed three year IT roadmap, including application, data, and process architectures.Implemented first year of roadmap, including Point of Sale and Warehouse Management applications.Senior Member of IT Leadership Council.

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  Retail Pro

  Jun 2006 - Sept 2008

  Head of Product Management

  Responsible for the product strategy for worldwide customer base.Worked with network of resellers and customers to determine requirements and deliver market-leading retail software product suite.Member of the senior management team.

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  Djparkin, Inc.

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2016

  Product Management Consultant

  Independent strategic and tactical Product Management Consultant with recent contracts in e-commerce, retail, software, and biotech companies including:Walmart.com - Cart & Checkout/ConversionSpencer's Gifts - OmnichannelAstra Zeneca - Patient Access ServicesTomax - Retail SoftwareSamsclub.com - Brand RelaunchGenentech - Medical AffairsTBC Corp - M&A, Point of Sale

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  Overstock.com

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

  Director, Product Management - Customer Loyalty

  Responsible for Customer Loyalty through the attraction and retention of new members to the Club O loyalty program. Increased new membership sign up by over 80%, renewal rate by 22%, revenue by 62%, and profit by 69% YoY.

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  Raise

  Aug 2018 - now

  Responsible for what gets built at Raise from prioritization of potential projects through specification, build, test, and ultimate implementation. I work extremely closely with all other areas of the business to ensure that the engineering teams are always working on the right projects to deliver the maximum business benefit. Member of the Senior Leadership team. Multiple Product Management responsibilities ranging from conversion improvement to development of a new customer-facing finance product, leveraging our gift card platform to become a payment method.

  • Director of Product and Technology

    May 2020 - now

  • GM Coupons

    Aug 2018 - May 2020