John Gjeldum

John Gjeldum

John Gjeldum

John Gjeldum

Multidisciplinary

product manager

with 13 years

of experience

Multidisciplinary

product manager

with 13 years

of experience

Multidisciplinary

product manager

with 13 years

of experience

Multidisciplinary

product manager

with 13 years

of experience

I connect the technical, design, and business worlds.

I connect the technical, design, and business worlds.

I connect the technical, design, and business worlds.

I connect the technical, design, and business worlds.

Product

Eight 0-1 products built as sole product manager.

Design

Four design systems created as sole designer.

Engineering

5,000+ Github commits. Three products built as sole front-end and back-end engineer.

Business

Two product partnerships with Alibaba and Sellers Funding. 12+ acquisitions completed as Deal Lead at Apple. $3B in M&A at Goldman Sachs.

Experience

Experience

Experience

Experience

Ive founded 3 companies, built 8 products from scratch, led product at a $50m ARR SaaS startup, and worked at some of the top technology and financial firms in the world.

Ive founded 3 companies, built 8 products from scratch, led product at a $50m ARR SaaS startup, and worked at some of the top technology and financial firms in the world.

Ive founded 3 companies, built 8 products from scratch, led product at a $50m ARR SaaS startup, and worked at some of the top technology and financial firms in the world.

Ive founded 3 companies, built 8 products from scratch, led product at a $50m ARR SaaS startup, and worked at some of the top technology and financial firms in the world.

Attributes

Attributes

Attributes

Attributes

Traits that I embody and
look for in high-performing teams.

Traits that I embody and
look for in high-performing teams.

Traits that I embody and
look for in high-performing teams.

Traits that I embody and
look for in high-performing teams.

2021—2022

Miror

2021—2022

Miror

2021—2022

Miror

2021—2022

Miror

Shop Amazon products from real people, like you.

Shop Amazon products from real people, like you.

Shop Amazon products from real people, like you.

Shop Amazon products from real people, like you.

Content

Company

Miror

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Miror was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Amazon products in their content.

Company

Miror

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Miror was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Amazon products in their content.

Company

Miror

Position

Founder

Miror was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Amazon products in their content.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Designer

Front-End Engineer

Back-End Engineer

Industries / Categories

Social

Commerce

Consumer

Mobile

Integrations / APIs

Amazon

Instagram Stories API

Algolia

Profiles

Tagging

Shopping

2022—2024

Varzea

2022—2024

Varzea

2022—2024

Varzea

2022—2024

Varzea

24/7 monitoring of your storefront and products
via mobile alerts.

24/7 monitoring of your storefront and products
via mobile alerts.

24/7 monitoring of your
storefront and products
via mobile alerts.

24/7 monitoring of your storefront and products
via mobile alerts.

Mobile Notifications

Company

Varzea

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Varzea is an mobile SaaS app that offers 24/7 monitoring of Amazon products and storefronts. Enterprise Amazon sellers use it to track their own products or competitors. It informs Amazon businesses of hijackers, listing suppression, pricing changes, and 20+ alerts.

Company

Varzea

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Varzea is an mobile SaaS app that offers 24/7 monitoring of Amazon products and storefronts. Enterprise Amazon sellers use it to track their own products or competitors. It informs Amazon businesses of hijackers, listing suppression, pricing changes, and 20+ alerts.

Company

Varzea

Position

Founder

Varzea is an mobile SaaS app that offers 24/7 monitoring of Amazon products and storefronts. Enterprise Amazon sellers use it to track their own products or competitors. It informs Amazon businesses of hijackers, listing suppression, pricing changes, and 20+ alerts.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Designer

Front-End Engineer

Back-End Engineer

Industries

Enterprise

SaaS

Commerce

Mobile

Payments

Integrations / APIs

Stripe Checkout

Stripe Webhooks

Amazon

Alerts

Filtering

Alert Types

2020

Market Tracker

2020

Market Tracker

2020

Market Tracker

2020

Market Tracker

Digital shelf analytics and competitor insights.

Digital shelf analytics and competitor insights.

Digital shelf analytics and competitor insights.

Digital shelf analytics and competitor insights.

Analytics Dashboard

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Market Tracker is a 'digital shelf analytics' tool by Helium 10. Amazon's marketplace is constantly evolving with many sub-markets of demand. Market Tracker gives ecommerce sellers market intelligence and competitor insights for the 'markets' in which they sell.

For Market Tracker, I served as the Product Lead working directly with 3 engineers. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for H10 Mobile during this time. Out of a suite of 25+ tools Market Tracker became a top-5 product by MAUs and the basis for Helium 10's Enterprise offering.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Market Tracker is a 'digital shelf analytics' tool by Helium 10. Amazon's marketplace is constantly evolving with many sub-markets of demand. Market Tracker gives ecommerce sellers market intelligence and competitor insights for the 'markets' in which they sell.

For Market Tracker, I served as the Product Lead working directly with 3 engineers. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for H10 Mobile during this time. Out of a suite of 25+ tools Market Tracker became a top-5 product by MAUs and the basis for Helium 10's Enterprise offering.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Market Tracker is a 'digital shelf analytics' tool by Helium 10. Amazon's marketplace is constantly evolving with many sub-markets of demand. Market Tracker gives ecommerce sellers market intelligence and competitor insights for the 'markets' in which they sell.

For Market Tracker, I served as the Product Lead working directly with 3 engineers. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for H10 Mobile during this time. Out of a suite of 25+ tools Market Tracker became a top-5 product by MAUs and the basis for Helium 10's Enterprise offering.

My Role

Product Manager

Industries

Enterprise

SaaS

Commerce

Web

Data Analytics

2020

Inventory Management

2020

Inventory Management

2020

Inventory Management

2020

Inventory Management

Inventory tracking, forecasting, and management.

Inventory tracking, forecasting, and management.

Inventory tracking, forecasting, and management.

Inventory tracking, forecasting, and management.

Restock Suggestions

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Inventory Management is an enterprise grade, end-to-end inventory management solution by Helium 10. It monitors your live inventory levels with Amazon, uses machine learning to forecast demand, allows you to create purchase orders, and send inventory into Amazon FBA.

For Inventory Management, I was the Product Lead and Product Designer simultaneously while managing a team of 4 engineers. The product became a core upsell surface for enterprise sellers to purchase our higher tier 'Diamond' subscription plan and increased NRR.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Inventory Management is an enterprise grade, end-to-end inventory management solution by Helium 10. It monitors your live inventory levels with Amazon, uses machine learning to forecast demand, allows you to create purchase orders, and send inventory into Amazon FBA.

For Inventory Management, I was the Product Lead and Product Designer simultaneously while managing a team of 4 engineers. The product became a core upsell surface for enterprise sellers to purchase our higher tier 'Diamond' subscription plan and increased NRR.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Inventory Management is an enterprise grade, end-to-end inventory management solution by Helium 10. It monitors your live inventory levels with Amazon, uses machine learning to forecast demand, allows you to create purchase orders, and send inventory into Amazon FBA.

For Inventory Management, I was the Product Lead and Product Designer simultaneously while managing a team of 4 engineers. The product became a core upsell surface for enterprise sellers to purchase our higher tier 'Diamond' subscription plan and increased NRR.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Designer

Industries

Enterprise

SaaS

Commerce

Web

Data Analytics

Integrations / APIs

Amazon MWS API

2020

H10 Mobile

2020

H10 Mobile

2020

H10 Mobile

2020

H10 Mobile

Your Amazon business performance on-the-go.

Your Amazon business performance on-the-go.

Your Amazon business performance on-the-go.

Your Amazon business performance on-the-go.

Profits Tab

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

The Helium 10 Mobile app allowed Sellers to track their business performance on the go. It incorporated mobile access to their sales performance, order data, and alert notifications.

For the Helium 10 Mobile app, I served as the Product Lead working directly with the CTO and 1 designer. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for Market Tracker during this time. The app was downloaded over 200k times, had 6x the daily open rate vs. web, and was a core data acquisition & retention tool.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

The Helium 10 Mobile app allowed Sellers to track their business performance on the go. It incorporated mobile access to their sales performance, order data, and alert notifications.

For the Helium 10 Mobile app, I served as the Product Lead working directly with the CTO and 1 designer. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for Market Tracker during this time. The app was downloaded over 200k times, had 6x the daily open rate vs. web, and was a core data acquisition & retention tool.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

The Helium 10 Mobile app allowed Sellers to track their business performance on the go. It incorporated mobile access to their sales performance, order data, and alert notifications.

For the Helium 10 Mobile app, I served as the Product Lead working directly with the CTO and 1 designer. We launched the product within 2 months of me joining Helium 10. I was simultaneously serving as Product Lead for Market Tracker during this time. The app was downloaded over 200k times, had 6x the daily open rate vs. web, and was a core data acquisition & retention tool.

My Role

Product Manager

Industries

Enterprise

SaaS

Commerce

Mobile

Data Analytics

Integrations / APIs

Amazon MWS API

Expo SDK

2021

Alibaba x Helium 10

2021

Alibaba x Helium 10

2021

Alibaba x Helium 10

2021

Alibaba x Helium 10

Connecting the largest global communities of
manufacturers and sellers. Instantly.

Connecting the largest global communities of
manufacturers and sellers. Instantly.

Connecting the largest
global communities of
manufacturers and sellers. Instantly.

Connecting the largest global communities of
manufacturers and sellers. Instantly.

Alibaba Extension

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Alibaba sought a comprehensive product and marketing partnership with Helium 10. Our first product added two novel features to H10's Chrome Extension to directly connect supply and demand in one tool: 1) Amazon sellers could validate demand and immediately source products from Alibaba 2) Alibaba customers could browse supply and immediately gauge demand on Amazon.

I led Helium 10's partnership discussions with Alibaba, negotiated the partnership agreement, oversaw the product/engineering team, and managed cross-company marketing efforts. We successfully launched the tool for over 500k H10 Chrome Extension users and 10m Alibaba users.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Alibaba sought a comprehensive product and marketing partnership with Helium 10. Our first product added two novel features to H10's Chrome Extension to directly connect supply and demand in one tool: 1) Amazon sellers could validate demand and immediately source products from Alibaba 2) Alibaba customers could browse supply and immediately gauge demand on Amazon.

I led Helium 10's partnership discussions with Alibaba, negotiated the partnership agreement, oversaw the product/engineering team, and managed cross-company marketing efforts. We successfully launched the tool for over 500k H10 Chrome Extension users and 10m Alibaba users.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Alibaba sought a comprehensive product and marketing partnership with Helium 10. Our first product added two novel features to H10's Chrome Extension to directly connect supply and demand in one tool: 1) Amazon sellers could validate demand and immediately source products from Alibaba 2) Alibaba customers could browse supply and immediately gauge demand on Amazon.

I led Helium 10's partnership discussions with Alibaba, negotiated the partnership agreement, oversaw the product/engineering team, and managed cross-company marketing efforts. We successfully launched the tool for over 500k H10 Chrome Extension users and 10m Alibaba users.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Partnerships

Industries

Web

B2B

Commerce

Enterprise

SaaS

Data Analytics

Integrations / APIs

Private Alibaba API

2020

Alta

2020

Alta

2020

Alta

2020

Alta

All-in-one capital and payments

platform for ecommerce sellers.

All-in-one capital and payments

platform for ecommerce sellers.

All-in-one capital and payments

platform for ecommerce sellers.

All-in-one capital and payments

platform for ecommerce sellers.

Daily Advance

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Alta by Helium 10 was an all-in-one capital and payments platform for ecommerce sellers. It was built in partnership with Sellers Funding. It combined 5 different products to help ecommerce sellers grow their businesses: a digital wallet, rapid approval credit lines, daily advances on Amazon payments, international direct payment and tax management.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Product Overview

Alta by Helium 10 was an all-in-one capital and payments platform for ecommerce sellers. It was built in partnership with Sellers Funding. It combined 5 different products to help ecommerce sellers grow their businesses: a digital wallet, rapid approval credit lines, daily advances on Amazon payments, international direct payment and tax management.

Company

Helium 10

Position

Vice President of Product

Alta by Helium 10 was an all-in-one capital and payments platform for ecommerce sellers. It was built in partnership with Sellers Funding. It combined 5 different products to help ecommerce sellers grow their businesses: a digital wallet, rapid approval credit lines, daily advances on Amazon payments, international direct payment and tax management.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Partnerships

Industries

Payments

Financial Technology

Enterprise

Commerce

Web

Integrations / APIs

Amazon MWS API

2017—2019

Gjenuine

2017—2019

Gjenuine

2017—2019

Gjenuine

2017—2019

Gjenuine

Authentic product discovery.

Authentic product discovery.

Authentic product discovery.

Authentic product discovery.

Apple Pay

Company

Gjenuine

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Gjenuine was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Shopify products in their content.

Company

Gjenuine

Position

Founder

Product Overview

Gjenuine was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Shopify products in their content.

Company

Gjenuine

Position

Founder

Gjenuine was a social network that allowed people to tag and monetize Shopify products in their content.

My Roles

Product Manager

Product Designer

Front-End Engineer

Back-End Engineer

Industries / Categories

Social

Commerce

Consumer

Mobile

Affiliate

Payments

Integrations / APIs

Shopify Sales Channel SDK

Shopify Billing API

Stripe Connect

Algolia

Affiliate Tracking

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