Corey Grone
Pittsburgh, US
corey@coreygrone.com
4123525140

With over 18 years of experience in product management, I am passionate about creating and delivering innovative solutions that address customer needs and market opportunities. I'm actively seeking my next product management role in a technology organization, I hope that's you! I hold a PMP, PMC-VI, and CSM certification, and have a strong background in cloud data protection, backup, and disaster recovery services.

Experience


Senior Product Manager
October 2020
 — 
July 2024
Pure Storage

Pure Storage, Inc. is an American publicly traded technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops all-flash data storage hardware and software products.

  • Led product design of FlashStack aaS - joint converged infrastructure as a service with Cisco.
  • Business unit rep on Equinix Metal w/ Pure Storage - joint bare metal as a service solution with Equinix Metal
  • Led cross-functional team to enable Pure as-a-Service transactions on ArrowSphere - first of it's kind STaaS product on digital distributor marketplace.
  • Led product design to production of STaaS SLA enhancements for internal and customer-facing tools.
  • Led pricing and packaging of Evergreen//One (Pure-as-a-Service), including three new company-wide technology launches.
  • Led the design and launch of a new add-on for Evergreen//One, generating sales pipeline over $10M.
Senior Product Manager - Cloud Data Protection
January 2019
 — 
October 2020
iland Cloud

iland Cloud (acquired by 11:11 Systems) was a managed infrastructure solutions provider that empowers customers to modernize, protect, and manage mission-critical applications and data, leveraging it’s resilient cloud platform.

  • Defined and expanded Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) portfolios.
  • Conducted qualitative and quantitative market research to prioritize requirements.
  • Analyzed market trends and competitive landscapes to balance business needs with product delivery.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to formulate product definitions, strategic plans, and optimal processes.
  • Served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on cloud backup and storage product lines.
  • Created product requirements, positioning, pricing, and enablement materials.
  • Worked closely with UX and Development teams to build new features.
Product Manager
November 2016
 — 
December 2018
Expedient

Expedient helps companies transform their IT operations through award-winning cloud solutions and managed services including disaster recovery, security and computing infrastructure.

  • Introduced formal product management tools and processes, including customer interviews, win-loss analysis, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Conducted market research and financial modeling for new products and services.
  • Led over 16 product and feature releases, including sales enablement tools and training.
  • Assisted in relaunching the company’s indirect sales program with local and national partners.
Product Manager
January 2012
 — 
November 2016
Management Science Associates, Inc.

For over five decades, we've used analytics and informatics to provide insights and solutions in CPG, Media, Metals and other industries.

  • Performed market research and financial modeling for new products and services.
  • Initiated a new SAN replication service for the Pittsburgh market based on Nimble Storage.
  • Earned Pragmatic Marketing certifications.
  • Led the next-generation corporate intranet project.
  • Migrated MSA.com to Amazon Web Services.
  • Represented IT in developing next-generation products built on MapR Apache Hadoop.
  • Conducted an annual user satisfaction survey.
  • Managed projects to migrate backup platforms to Commvault and consolidate monitoring systems to SevOne.
MIS Advisor
November 2009
 — 
October 2011
VSO

VSO is a charity that brings together local, national and international volunteers to work alongside the world's most marginalised and vulnerable.

  • Managed participatory impact measurement projects and an SMS e-governance project.
  • Migrated the organization to a new web hosting provider and set up Google Apps.
  • Implemented a Linux server and created standard data collection forms.
  • Developed databases using Django, Access, and Excel, and trained staff in MIS concepts.

Education


University of Pittsburgh
Present
 — 
Present
BS in Computer Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh
    Present
     — 
    Present
    MBA in Management Information Systems

      Certificates


      Leading Innovation: Creating a Dynamic Organization
      Present
       — 
      Present
      Carnegie Bosch Institute (CBI) - CMU
      Project Management Professional
      Present
       — 
      Present
      Project Management Institute
      Pragmatic Marketing Certified - Level Six (PMC-VI)
      Present
       — 
      Present
      Pragmatic Marketing
      Certified ScrumMaster
      Present
       — 
      Present
      Scrum Alliance
      AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
      Present
       — 
      Present
      Amazon Web Services

      Volunteer


      Board Member
      July 2019
       — 
      Present
      ProductCamp Pittsburgh

      ProductCamp Pittsburgh is the FREE premiere event for product managers and product marketing professionals.

        Volunteer
        July 2018
         — 
        Present
        Highmark Health

        I help an elderly person get their groceries every month.

          Mentor
          August 2018
           — 
          March 2020
          Literacy Pittsburgh

          I helped a non-native English speaker with various requests. Including English tutoring.

            Trauma Ward Waiting Room Host
            September 2013
             — 
            December 2014
            Allegheny General Hospital