Mike Mitchell

Establishing product strategy, modern product management practices, and product teams optimized for growth.

Working with pre-growth B2B SaaS startups who want to build a high-functioning product team.

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Available 30hrs/week

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

31 years experience

Product Coach

Product Coach
Mike has spent over 30 years in enterprise technology as an engineer, product leader, consultant and advisor. He holds a degree from M.I.T. in Computer Science and Engineering. 

He has been working as a Product Coach for the past 6 years through his firm, Trigr Innovation, and occasionally as a fractional CPO.

Mike also volunteers for organizations promoting entrepreneurship and STEM education throughout North Carolina.
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My Services

Over a 30+ year career, Mike has worked through many diverse scenarios at companies of many sizes and cultures, which brings confidence and a toolkit of potential approaches to each new client project.

Today, he's focused on helping early-stage companies with the foundational steps needed to establish a modern Product Management function.
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Setting initial product strategy
Once a product is in the market and gaining traction, deciding what to do next gets tricky. Often there is no structure or methodology for defining what should go on the roadmap, nor an owner of that process. Sometimes, even a dedicated product manager on the team won’t have experience thinking about the big picture. 
 
Here is where product strategy becomes essential. I can help you fine tune your product vision and develop strategic processes to guide your team in delivering the most value.
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Establishing essential product practices
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Optimizing existing teams for growth

Project Portfolio

Product Transformation

Client Company shifting from services to product

40 hour/week

Product transformation

Client Mid-market public data platform

40 hour/week

Fractional CPO

Client Satellite data provider

30 hour/week

AI Product Development

Client Hypergiant Industries

40 hour/week

Technology Entity Setup

Client Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac joint venture

40 hour/week

Business Transformation

Client Publicis Sapient

40 hour/week

Diversified Professional Experience

Some of the roles in which I've served throughout my career.
Trigr Innovation
Trigr Innovation

Founder and Chief Product Officer

2017-Present

Winston-Salem, NC

Founder and Chief Product Officer. Strategy advisor and interim/fractional CPO or VP of Product for diverse clients. Leads business and startup strategy, product strategy, product discovery, user research and prototyping, product development, pricing, organizational strategy, go-to-market planning and more. Special focus on product management and strategy for data and AI products, due to their unique process and strategy requirements. 
product strategy pricing discovery design delivery topology leadership agile development
Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient

Head of Transformation Office

2013-2017

Boston, MA

Following Sapient’s acquisition, led the program to form Publicis' digital solutions hub, Publicis Sapient, and co-led some of its key components including enterprise product strategy and setup of product development and innovation capability in the Data & AI practice.
MissionMode Solutions
MissionMode Solutions

COO and Head of Product

2003-2013

Winston-Salem, NC

MissionMode was a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration and communications software for the enterprise, acquired by Everbridge. Founding head of operations, leading product management, technical operations, alliances, and client services for MissionMode’s global customer base. 
product operations leadership

Open to

remote work

open to travel

expert calls

company advisor

monthly retainers

collaborations

project based

I generally only work on projects with budgets of at least $500.00 per week and at least a $5,000.00 overall project budget.

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