Cory Goode

Product Manager

Aurora, Colorado, United States11 yrs 8 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 10x efficiency improvement through AI solutions.
  • Contributed $3M in ARR via pricing experiments.
  • Led cross-functional teams to secure $13M funding.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Manager with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions and cross-functional collaboration.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProject Management

Other Skills

AI-driven solutionsPricing and PackagingWorkflow EnhancementData AnalysisCustomer Feedback LoopProduct VisionR&D Team VisionAPI Product LaunchCross-functional CollaborationData InitiativesCross-functional AlignmentData SynthesisFeature DevelopmentGo-to-Market StrategyCollaboration

About

As a Senior Product Manager at Confluent, I bring over eight years of product management expertise, with a focus on strategic planning and project management. Currently, I lead initiatives to enhance workflows through AI-driven solutions, achieving a 10x improvement in efficiency and contributing to $3M in incremental Annual Recurring Revenue through pricing and packaging experiments. My mission is to empower teams to deliver innovative, customer-centric solutions through collaboration and data-driven strategies. Combining my MBA in Strategy and Technology Management with hands-on competencies in PL/SQL and technical presentations, I work to align cross-functional teams and deliver impactful outcomes that drive growth.

Experience

11 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr
Current Experience

Confluent

Senior Product Manager, Growth

Jun 2025Present · 1 yr · Denver, CO · Remote

  • Developed and implemented a product-led sales strategy aimed at increasing customer count by over 5% annually.
  • Executed numerous pricing and packaging experiments, resulting in an incremental ARR of $3M.
  • Spearheaded AI enhancements to product workflows, achieving a 10x improvement in efficiency through prototyping and code shipping.
AI-driven solutionsProject ManagementPricing and PackagingWorkflow EnhancementProduct Management

Cisco

2 roles

Sr. Product Manager, IAM

Mar 2022Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Established a customer feedback loop to enhance engineering velocity by 33% and feature Adoption by 20%
  • Analyzed customer calls, usage logs, and sales data to develop a compelling product vision
  • Defined and implemented the R&D team vision, driving a 15% increase in policy product adoption
  • Partnered with engineering and design teams to launch a new API product, resulting in a 15% year-over-year increase in competitive win rate
Customer Feedback LoopProduct VisionR&D Team VisionAPI Product LaunchProduct Management

Product Manager

Dec 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Spearheaded data initiatives, securing $13M in incremental funding from Cisco while fostering cross-functional alignment across product, engineering, sales, and design teams
Data InitiativesCross-functional AlignmentProduct Management

Duo security

2 roles

Product Manager

Dec 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Strategic Planning | Data | Developer Experience Product Manager

Product Manager, MBA Intern

May 2020Sep 2020 · 4 mos · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • Synthesized data from customer calls, usage logs, sales data, and cross-functional teams to drive problem prioritization and feature development for core $300M+ ARR product
  • Persuaded management from product, engineering, and design to implement an originally contentious auto push feature; streamlined Duo Push authentication experience for millions of end-users
  • Directed exploratory research with 10+ customers weekly; provided customer context to engineers and designers to directly empower 50+ feature enhancements over three months
  • Collaborated with product marketing to compose go-to-market strategy for international product release
Data SynthesisFeature DevelopmentGo-to-Market StrategyProduct Management

Northwestern university - kellogg school of management

MBA Candidate

Aug 2019Jun 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Evanston, IL

Yes energy

4 roles

Technical Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019May 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Technical Product Manager for DataSignals
  • Created product strategy for Oracle Database and REST API offerings; Implemented user onboarding training and data-driven resource allocation, reducing product maintenance costs by 30%
  • Conducted grooming meetings and daily standups as an agile scrum master leading a team of 8; used customer support data to prioritize product development, meeting product vision and roadmap goals on time
  • Delivered technical sales pitches and conducted workshops for Oracle Database and REST API products to prospective customers, generating $XXX,XXX in additional annual recurring revenue
  • Led technical consulting projects as client manager; solely responsible for proposing, developing, presenting, and deploying custom PL/SQL code for a $XXX,XXX contract
Product StrategyUser Onboarding TrainingAgile Scrum MasterProduct Management

Data Engineer

Jun 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Led a team of five engineers to deliver scalable data collection methodologies for 86 datasets containing data worth $XX,XXX,XXX of product-driven revenue under-budget and two months ahead of schedule
  • Persuaded senior executives to migrate from agile-Scrum to agile-Kanban; increased team throughput by 20% and improved processes, allowing for smarter prioritization during crises
  • Spearheaded internal training initiative for 25 new employees across multiple functions for an organization of 50; mentored 5 data analysts, facilitating an enthusiastic, healthy, and motivated workplace culture

Market Information Analyst

Jul 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Researched market and customer trends to drive data collection prioritization; spearheaded collection of 100 new datatypes, directly contributing to adding (10+) customers and $XXX,XXX of new revenue
  • Integrated automated testing for a real-time dashboard tool and a REST API data warehouse; improved product quality while reducing QA costs by 100 hours annually

Intern

Jul 2014May 2015 · 10 mos

  • Worked with locational data across multiple sources to map the energy grid, modeled the impact of weather events on pricing.

Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2019Jan 2021

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor's Degree — Economics

Jan 2012Jan 2015

Cory Goode - Product Manager | Stackforce