“Pouyan is a brilliant, dedicated PM and an extremely organized, skilled team leader. He came on board to Gigwalk at a crucial time when it had just lost key team players during a critical transition from a small crowd-sourcing platform to a much more powerful and complex enterprise business workforce-management software. Pouyan immediately jumped in and enabled the team to keep operating at top performance level to meet very critical requirements and deadlines for Gigwalk's first, huge, profitable client. His mental organization and ability to keep many moving parts on track at once is incredible and was absolutely key to Gigwalk's being able to get sign off on complex features that were developed under very tight timelines. I reported directly to Pouyan. He is a first-class leader. His ability to communicate genuinely, directly and efficiently with teams and individuals (on-site and remote) is a huge part of the reason Gigwalk was able to succeed despite very challenging circumstances. He also established an excellent rapport with the client, keeping business goals and priorities in clear view as well as the complex nitty gritty of engineering feature requirements. He quickly developed a short- and long-term future vision for the company that unified the team, kept priorities on track, and efficiently moved the company forward in a very strong, positive, profitable direction. Any team that has Pouyan has an extraordinary resource for accomplishing just about anything. ”
Pouyan Assadi
San Francisco, California, United States
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500+ connections
About
Strategically-focused Product Manager with rare balance of technical knowledge and broad…
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Hello world! After taking some much needed time to recharge and catch up on life, I'm ready to take on my next challenge in the SaaS space! For…
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OpenEnvoy is thrilled to announce the addition of Carl Rydbeck to our Advisory Board! Carl is an experienced Product Management leader and venture…
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Experience
Education
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Activities and Societies: President of Engineers in Medicine and Biology Society (2 years), Member of Biomedical, Engineering Society (4 years), Member of IEEE (3 years), Member of Persian Students Organization of Minnesota (4 years)
Carlson School of Business Entrepreneur Competition Winner
Volunteer Experience
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Head Coach - Track & Field
Piedmont Unified School District
- Present 4 years 5 months
Head Coach of the Piedmont HS Track & Field team. Building an inclusive and fun environment within my community where kids can set and achieve their goals in a safe and competitive environment.
The boys have won league championships in ‘22 and ‘23 after not having won a league title since at least 1978, and in ‘23 the girls had their best season in a decade.
Have sent 8 student athletes to college for Track & Field since ‘22, including 4 to D1 programs.
Honors & Awards
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Star of the Quarter
Demandforce Executive Team
Given to the most outstanding engineer or product resource for the most recent quarter. This was awarded to me for successfully managing and deploying the QuickBooks initiative, and was a key player in launching what is now the fastest growing vertical in the company's history.
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1st Place - Entrepreneur Cup
University of Minnesota Guest Entrepreneur Panel
Winner of the Carlson School of Business 2008 Entrepreneur Competition at the University of Minnesota. Over 100 teams applied, 20 teams were selected to provide more information, and 6 were selected to present in front of 8 guest entrepreneurs and a full crowd of over 500 students/guests/business people. I represented our team and we won by one of the largest margins in the competitions history.
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Farsi
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French
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