Jake Cadle

Experience

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  SampleServe

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2021

  • Lead teams of 8+ development, engineering, product, and design in all phases of custom product solutions delivery (from requirements gathering through build, test phases, QA, launch, and support) for environmental consultants.• Led development from idea to launch of a mobile app providing environmental consulting customers with the ability to collect data efficiently. • Ensured products met or exceeded client expectations. Excelled at gathering feedback and requirements; communicating needed changes to the development team; and overseeing roll outs to on-time and on-budget conclusions.• Manage the product backlog, create an effective vision and provide timely stakeholder feedback on development iterations• Leverage technical knowledge to understand and manage trade-offs, ensuring Product Managers and business owners are clear to make informed decisions• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs• Perform project management activities, which include active mitigation of any risks to the project scope and schedule, and provide status updates• Work as a team member in an Agile development methodology (Scrum) with daily interactions with designers, developers, and stakeholders Exibir menos • Implement, run and manage successful customer pilots working with the Sales team to analyze pilot results and provide input.• Investigating and solving customers' problems, which may be complex or long-standing problems that have been passed on by a local support team• Promoting opportunities for two-way communication• Establishing a trusted adviser relationship that works to ensure customer’s overall satisfaction with our products• Keeping customers informed of the process and procedural changes Exibir menos • Specializing in groundwater, surface water, soil, and soil vapor sampling.• Perform marketing/sales presentations to environmental engineering and consulting companies, landfills, manufacturing firms and petroleum companies.• Communicate effectively with site managers and internal project team to coordinate site monitoring and when applicable, site closure• Conduct quarterly sampling of groundwater monitoring wells using bailers, peristaltic and submersible pumps• Remove free product using bailers and peristaltic pumps• Collect air samples and conduct maintenance on remediation systems• Maintain field equipment and vehicles. Exibir menos

  • Product Manager

    Mar 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Customer Success Manager

    Mar 2017 - Jan 2021

  • Geologist

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2021
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  Western Michigan University

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2013

  Applied Hydrogeology Field Camp

  • Environmental surface geophysics - Introduced/Operated geophysical techniques (EM-31, GEM2, G-858 MAG, GPR)• Hazwoper training (40 hours) - Certification for 40-hour HAZWOPER • Aquifer testing (48-hour pump test) – 48-hour pump test/recovery demonstration, pneumatic and physical slug test, AQTESOLV• Groundwater sampling and monitoring - Sampled multiple monitoring wells, pumping techniques (low-flow), AquaChem • Well drilling and installation - Drilling techniques, soil sampling and classification, monitoring well design and development • Remediation - Learned bioremediation techniques, wrote phase I & II reports, wrote a remedial investigation & feasibility study Exibir menos

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  H2O Investigation

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2021

  Field Operations Manager

  • Lead teams of 10+ environmental field technicians with projects, sampling, client management, and consulting management.• Environmental sampling and field services company. Specializing in groundwater, surface water, and soil vapor sampling.•Responsible for all marketing, sales, and business development.•Perform marketing/sales presentations to environmental engineering and consulting companies, landfills, manufacturing firms, and petroleum companies.•Communicate effectively with site managers and internal project team to coordinate site monitoring and when applicable, site closure•Conduct quarterly sampling of groundwater monitoring wells using bailers, peristaltic and submersible pumps•Remove free product using bailers and peristaltic pumps•Collect air samples and conduct maintenance on remediation systems•Maintain field equipment and vehicles Exibir menos

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  Mini Mesa

  Mar 2020 - now

  Founder and CEO

  • Overall Product Management Consulting for small startup companies• Manage mobile product development in a fast-paced, Agile environment, working closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure successful product and feature launches• Prioritize backlog with ready-to-go feature requirements so that developers are never blocked• Guide product priorities, product plans, and overall product strategy• Works with sales and marketing to understand the market potential and competitive landscape• Capture customer needs, product scenarios, user stories, and stakeholder feedback to create new and improve existing products• Create and work with design resources to make wireframes and design comps in order to guide engineering efforts Exibir menos

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  Michigan Consulting & Environmental

  Jan 2021 - now

  • Regional Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Staff Geologist

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2023