John Flannery

Experience

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  Connections for the Homeless

  Dec 2010 - May 2012

  Development Intern: Corporate and Foundation Relations

  • Assisted in development and execution of corporate sponsorship advertising campaign focusing on creative marketing strategy, outreach communication and building potential donor database.• Drafted and submitted proposals, reports and letters of inquiry to businesses and foundations. • Routinely updated database to track communication status. • Researched businesses for lead generation communication and solicitation strategy.

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  Brandtrust

  May 2012 - Dec 2012

  Associate, Business Development

  • Provided integral Salesforce maintenance to improve reporting capacity and accuracy, communication tracking efforts and ability to identify areas of opportunity. • Developed highly organized guidebook for tailoring sales approach containing industry-specific overviews of related pain points and solutions, opening statements and marketing collateral.• Routinely generated lists of prospective buyers to maintain stability of new business pipeline.• Authored opening statements for target industries and positions, white paper content and copy for marketing collateral and letters.• Identified marketing opportunities by researching industry events to produce compilation of event overviews, speaker/sponsorship openings and attending competitor and buyer profiles. Show less

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  Connections for the Homeless

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2015

  Associate, Corporate Relations

  • Lead donor stewardship initiative to increase unrestricted giving, improve donor loyalty and strengthen emotional connection of supporters to agency by developing micro-campaigns for key donor groups.• Instituted communication activity log within CRM database (DPO) to systematize touch-point assignments and ensure all outreach is performed and recorded.• Executed large-scale re-coding of data fields to improve report functionality and data integrity.• Participated in merger process including re-branding and database consolidation. Show less

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  Alchemy & Co.

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Studio Assistant

  Apprenticed in metal fabrication

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  TempAlert

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

  Assembly/Engineering Technician

  • Created and led cross-departmental quality control program to prevent product defects from reaching large-scale deployment in the field.• Developed front-end GUI for an internal tool using Django web framework in Python.• Soldered and tested sensors, gateways, and other product lines.

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  SmartSense by Digi

  Jan 2018 - Nov 2019

  Automated firmware regression tests and calibration procedures through Python and shell scripting to control instruments, log and validate debug output, and perform HTTP requests.Identified and implementing bug fixes to product firmware (C language) of large-scale and in-development product lines.Designed and executed QA/regression tests for design/firmware changes to promote quality control during the development stage.Architected a post-manufacturing quality control initiative employing practices such as AQL inspection, batch analysis over time, and RMA root cause analysis testing. Show less

  • Hardware Engineer

    Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Engineering Technician

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
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  MIT AgeLab

  Nov 2019 - now

  Software/Instrumentation Engineer

  Solely responsible for the R&D of next generation hardware, extending to design, sourcing, planning, testing, and development of data acquisition systems to ensure sustainability of data collection and availability into the future.Performed a wide range of technical skills in hardware and software development including python and C++ programming, shell scripting, pcb design, systemd architecture transition, peripheral implementation, networking, power management, and soldering/assembly.Managed two MIT UROPs with separate projects aimed at enhancing our data acquisition unit through mechanical design and machine vision system development.Routinely instrumented, serviced, and monitored research vehicles in a 20 car fleet.Planed cross-team project timelines and tasks.Identified, decoded, and validated raw CAN signals for research through a cycle of DBC discovery and self-authored binary parsing scripts. Show less

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  Alarm.com

  Nov 2022 - now

  Leading the ideation, specification, and Agile development of Pro HVAC Monitoring, a subsidiary core business product, growing from about 1,000 to nearly 4,000 users in under a year and outpacing the annual acquisition goal.Implemented AB testing during program opt-in increasing attach rate by 25 percentage points (from 9% to 34%), resulting in $500,000 increased customer lifetime value within 6 months.Championing cross-functional collaboration across remote teams, fostering effective alignment between leadership, product, engineering, testing, marketing, UX, and creative.Have established a comprehensive user tracking framework, enabling data-driven decisions to improve user engagement, attach rate, product roadmap and resource allocation. Show less

  • Product Manager II

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Product Manager - Software

    Nov 2022 - Oct 2024