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Nathan in a few words
Freelance product owner and IT enthusiast with 5 years of experience in product management and UX/UI design in one of Europe's fastest growing tech companies.
Looking forward to contributing to exciting projects, and taking on new challenges while bringing meaningful impact.
As a product owner, I:
- Coordinated the design, development, testing, and deployment of 1700+ features and improvements across different apps/scopes.
- Designed the product roadmap while acting as the liaison between the product, its end users, the management committee, and the consultant, support, and marketing teams
- Studied the market/customers’ needs and collected feedback to translate to actionable tasks
- Conducted user tests to identify pain points and improve user experience and onboarding
- Designed entire apps and features through wireframes, mockups, and iterative prototypes
- Led 60+ developers across 6 different teams, in-house, remotely, and offshore
- Manifested significant technical expertise to foster collaboration and efficiency working with both front- and back-end developers
- Collaborated with and coached other product owners and departments on a regular basis as the framework expert
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Experience
- OdooProduct OwnerDIGITAL & ITSeptember 2018 - November 2022 (4 years and 2 months)Namur, Belgium- Coordinated the design, development, testing, and deployment of 1700+ features and improvements across different apps/scopes- Designed the product roadmap while acting as the liaison between the product, its end users, the management committee, and the consultant, support, and marketing teams- Studied the market/customers' needs and collected feedback to translate to actionable tasks- Conducted user tests to identify pain points and improve user experience and onboarding- Designed entire apps and features through wireframes, mockups, and iterative prototypes- Led 60+ developers across 6 different teams, in-house, remotely, and offshore- Manifested significant technical expertise to foster collaboration and efficiency working with both front- and back-end developers- Collaborated with and coached other product owners and departments on a regular basis as the framework expert
- OdooBusiness AnalystDIGITAL & ITOctober 2017 - August 2018 (10 months)Namur, Belgium- Assessed client needs and integrated the Odoo ERP into their business- Managed 15 different projects in various industries (healthcare, tech, retail, engineering, manufacturing, etc.)- Conducted presales ROI analyses for larger projects- Acquired crucial technical skills to customise the solution to the client needs, and coached other consultants on customisation
- Fujitsu Technology SolutionsBusiness Intelligence InternFebruary 2017 - May 2017 (3 months)1070 Anderlecht, Belgium"Account Business Intelligence @ Fujitsu" project Mission: To improve the sales account selection and targeting to add maximum value to the company's business. Responsibilities:- Optimize the sales, pre-sales, delivery and financial processes.- Develop a solution to promote Business Development through Business Intelligence.- Secure the processes are clearly and globally described and implemented. Achievements:- Developed a dynamic database (5000+ lines of VBA code) enabling the sales management to centralize and thoroughly analyze the available data on their leads (learnt VBA in this role).- Exceeded the expectations in terms of complexity and customization.- Implemented the tool in the sales department and promoted European implementation.
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Luc Nailis and 1 other person have recommended Nathan
22/11/2022
I've worked with Nathan during 5 years and spent most of that time exchanging ideas with him, I can thus say he's a great "jouster" and I had great fun coming up with creative solutions during our brainstorming sessions.
Nathan has a very rare profile in the tech world because he's an extremely sociable person.
As such, he's able to step up the general communication game of his environment as well as creating real social bonds with the team he works with.
But even better, that set of skills does not mean he's short on the tech side. On the opposite, he was one of the most technically-oriented Product Owner we had at Odoo, as he was for a while responsible of the technical framework.
All in all, Nathan is thus a very good fit if you're looking for a team player to reinforce a technical squad as he's able to get the best of developers while listening to what they have to say and understanding what it all means.
Nathan has a very rare profile in the tech world because he's an extremely sociable person.
As such, he's able to step up the general communication game of his environment as well as creating real social bonds with the team he works with.
But even better, that set of skills does not mean he's short on the tech side. On the opposite, he was one of the most technically-oriented Product Owner we had at Odoo, as he was for a while responsible of the technical framework.
All in all, Nathan is thus a very good fit if you're looking for a team player to reinforce a technical squad as he's able to get the best of developers while listening to what they have to say and understanding what it all means.
22/11/2022
Nathan is super knowledgeable, intelligent, creative, and fun. With such qualities, let me assure you it is a pleasure to work with him! As a Product Owner at Odoo, Nathan helped me incredibly grasp our products' technical and business aspects in a very uncomplicated fashion. If I were to build a new product or business, I'd be delighted to do it with Nathan!
Jonathan Castillo, Marketing Team Leader at Odoo and freelance musician
Jonathan Castillo, Marketing Team Leader at Odoo and freelance musician
Education
- Master of Science in Business Engineering - Supply Chain Management, Business/Managerial EconomicsLouvain School of Management2017Master of Science in Business Engineering - Supply Chain Management, Business/Managerial Economics
- Exchange Student - Business Engineering, Business/Management EconomicsUNSW Australia2016Exchange Student - Business Engineering, Business/Management Economics
- Bachelor of BusinessUniversité catholique de Louvain2015Bachelor's degree in Business Engineering, Business/Managerial Economics
- General Certificate of Secondary Educatio, Mathematics – Science – Linguistics (English/Dutch)Mater Dei High School2012General Certificate of Secondary Educatio, Mathematics – Science – Linguistics (English/Dutch)