John Hibbard

Experience

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  Corillian

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Senior Product Manager

  Successfully built products and channel sales programs, resulting in $30MM+ in revenue, and managed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, NCR, Getronics, and other large companies.Developed the company’s Campaign Manager application utilized by 15 of the top 50 US banks. Developed the Corillian CRM Product Strategy by building relationships and working with leaders at large financial institutions such as Bank One, Chase, Huntington, Washington Mutual and Hibernia.Directed the development of the first .NET Online Banking Portal. Led team of 10 developers responsible for all areas of product management, including feasibility studies, marketing and technical requirement documents, project management, and product launch. Show less

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  Health Inspire

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Founder | CEO

  Designed and built online food and exercise journal which enabled trainers to monitor their clients.22 Health Clubs purchased our SaaS solution and used it to manage their members health.Used complex entitlements system to allow trainers to see client’s entries and allowed them to make changes that were audit logged.Sold company in 2007.

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  Infospace, Inc.

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

  Director of Product Management

  Recruited to provide executive leadership in driving traffic and growing revenue for innovative company specializing in reselling Google search feeds. Directly supervised 16-person team consisting of product managers and engineers by leveraging core principles of Scrum and Agile methodology.Expanded scope of role through promotion from overseeing development of products to focus on go-to-market strategies that achieved business-critical objectives.─ Designed fraud prevention and detection program to ensure integrity of advertisements.─ Drafted PPC and SEO marketing programs for Google, Yahoo, Bing, and second tier networks.─ Developed an automated keyword trading platform using AI to show full conversion tracking and algorithms to predict revenue on 3M keywords. ─ Coordinated efforts of India-based engineering team, resulting in revenue growth from $5M to $22M and $9M in profit. Show less

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  CollegeMapper Inc.

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  VP Product (Investor)

  Helped design, develop and launch Collegemapper.com. Site focuses on helping High School students through the College Admissions process.

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  FlightStats, Inc.

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Senior Vice President - GM Traveler Services

  Expanded responsibility through promotion to drive global expansion and build sales team to support partnerships with suppliers.─ Orchestrated end-to-end development of iOS application from drafting user stories to final product launch by implementing Scrum best practices, resulting in 5M downloads.─ Accountable for SaaS solution providing trip alerts and assist for TMC customers using Kanban to manage product updates and to onboard new customers.

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  FlightStats, Inc.

  May 2013 - May 2017

  PRODUCT EXECUTIVE & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

  Pioneered new products using predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and Tableau for data visualization. Managed all revenue streams including advertising, direct sales, and partnership deals to ensure accuracy of reporting and to drive high-impact decision-making for key growth initiatives. Orchestrated alliances with aviation companies that enabled customer access to real-time and historical flight data.─ Key contributor in doubling revenue from $6.5M to $14M, which enabled 12-person sales team to expand market reach and negotiate increases in contract renewals. ─ Developed strategic partnerships with enterprise-level organizations including ARC, IATA, Priceline, and Delta Airlines.─ Negotiated contracts with Fortune 100 companies to ensure retention for a seamless acquisition.─ Demonstrated thought leadership by developing a predictive delay API using AI for key customers including Microsoft, Google, and Expedia.─ Created online flight status program using AI and machine learning to increase adoption with airlines. ─ Successfully secured sale of company by identifying and pitching investors including venture capital, private equity, and travel companies.─ Established and executed new sales processes and tools including Salesforce to manage funnel and forecast revenue. Show less

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  Hibbard Consulting

  Sept 2017 - Jul 2019

  Product Management Consultant

  Establish plans and direction for all product initiatives. Strategically recommended best practices based on in-depth knowledge of end-to-end product management including core concepts and best practices.• Instrumental in defining and implementing a product plan for a fintech client, resulting in faster development and revenue growth.

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  Avinode Group

  Aug 2019 - Nov 2021

  Head of Product Flight Operations (Sr Product Manager)

  Responsible for all Flight Operations feature development with 22 person team in PDX.• Developed and launched new customer features including: Crew Scheduling, Flight Logging, Duty Logging, IOS Document Uploads and an industry first Duty Dashboard that enables Charter Sales to see, in real time, which pilots and aircraft are available for last minute flights.

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  Portside, Inc.

  Dec 2021 - Sept 2022

  VP Product

  Defined and began development of New Business Aviation Services Web and IOS applications• Designed and Developed IOS Crew Application used by pilots to see their upcoming flight schedule and any hotel or car bookings associated with their flights. • Designed Dispatcher Services Application that enabled dispatchers to book services through FBOs and hotels.

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  Canyon Light LLC

  Sept 2022 - Jul 2024

  Product Management Consultant

  Aviation Software consultant specializing in Flight Management Systems.

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  ForeFlight

  Jul 2024 - now

  Strategic Product Lead

  Responsible for building out a world class fuel planning system for Business Aviation.