David Arrington

David Arrington

Co-Founder | CEO

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Management Leader | 10+ Years of Product Growth, Optimization, and Innovation Experience | Digital Marketer | Entrepreneurial Background

  • Education

    • University of Washington

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA Philosophy

      Activities and Societies: • Elected President of the Washington Scholars Fellowship Program • Interned with the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Technology Administration

  • Experience

    • Blue Fusion Marketing

      Mar 2007 - Apr 2010
      Co-Founder | CEO

      Aggregated multiple shopping API feeds into an intuitive user experience.• Profitably grew price comparison ecommerce business to over 1,000,000 visitors/month from targeted keyword buys

    • Blue Dragon

      Aug 2010 - Jun 2015
      Founder

      Market research lead generation company• Profitably grew business through strategic partnerships, SEM, and media buys• Led a team of developers to create a platform to manage users, conversions, and revenue across multiple channels

    • All Star Directories

      Jun 2015 - Feb 2022

      All Star connects prospective students with postsecondary education providers.• Created a new product producing 2.7x the revenue/conversion of our traditional offering after conducting market research, competitive analysis, and customer interviews• Led a nine-person cross-functional innovation team to an on-time launch of an MVP website to validate a business model• Hired, managed, and developed three PMs over the past two years• Gained stakeholder buy-in and team alignment to create a new product discovery process, including user interviews and a company-wide idea portal, improving the validation of roadmap initiatives• Directed strategy, roadmap creation, and c-suite communication for the product department, including Grow, Internal, and Innovation Teams Show less • Achieved first winning A/B test within two months of starting the role, by creating a new growth strategy and conversion optimization approach• Increased acquisition funnel conversion rate by 40% across 16 winning tests leading data analysis, ideation, prioritization, and story writing while collaborating with designers, engineers, business intelligence, and cross-functional stakeholders• Generated a 13% conversion rate increase by reigniting an abandoned machine learning initiative to improve our recommendation engine• Produced a 28% conversion rate increase for a key affiliate conversion funnel by leading a site redesign• Led effort with business intelligence to create 5 new product-focused reports, increasing the efficiency of gaining insights from our instrumentation• Co-Led an innovation initiative that resulted in the first revenue outside of the core business in company history Show less

      • Group Product Manager

        Jul 2020 - Feb 2022
      • Product Manager -> Senior Product Manager

        Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
      • Senior Partner Marketing Manager

        Jun 2015 - Jun 2018
    • DocuSign

      Mar 2022 - now
      Senior Product Manager, Commerce Experiences
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • VPs and Directors of Product Management: Finding Excellence

      Udemy
      Jul 2021
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    • Pragmatic Marketing Certification (PMC-III)

      Pragmatic Marketing
      Jan 2018
    • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

      Effective Agile Development LLC
      Mar 2019
    • Promega Leadership Training

      Promega LLC
      Apr 2017