Rose Karon

Senior Product Owner/Manager with multi domain expertise and global experience

Having amassed more than 15 years of international experience across multiple countries including the Philippines, Singapore, China, and Sweden, I have developed a deep understanding of gathering business requirements and translating them into innovative systems/solutions for intricate industries such as gaming, e-learning, social networking, and marketing automation.

Contact

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Work

Efficy

Product Owner

2022-06-01
  • Leading end-to-end delivery of multiple CRM integrations.
  • Developing impactful marketing automation features reaching millions of customers globally.

Kambi

Product Owner

2017-08-01 — 2022-05-01
  • Led a team of engineers who built and maintained APIs that support famous sportsbook brands, driving business growth.
  • Orchestrated a successful rollout of a redesigned landing page, enhancing user experience.
  • Designed and implemented back-office tools for regulatory compliance, ensuring compliance standards.

SchoolApply

Product Manager

2017-07-10 — 2018-05-01
  • Built a proof of concept for a platform for efficient management of school data, optimizing workflows.
  • Managed a remote team of engineers
  • Delivered business requirements for an agency system, facilitating smooth operations.

SWK Industries

Co-founder

2016-02-01
  • Directed a remote engineering team, driving product development in the event tech industry..
  • Authored business specifications for event tech solutions, enabling seamless platform functionality.

EF Kids and Teens

Technical Project Manager

2015-05-01 — 2015-12-01
  • Built a proof of concept for optimizing the use of AEM as a CMS platform, resulting in cost savings and improved content delivery.
  • Developed ELK-based monitoring tools, proactively resolving issues and ensuring optimal performance.
  • Implemented OKRs as a goal-setting tool, fostering organizational alignment and driving success.

EF Learning Labs (Shanghai, China)

Technical Project Manager / Head of PMO

2012-02-01 — 2015-04-30
  • Led a team of engineers in launching the latest version of EF's language learning software to millions of users all over the world, including 1 million staff and volunteers in the Rio 2016 olympics.
  • Launched EF's language learning software to millions globally, supporting language education initiatives.

MyCube

Product Manager

2009-05-01 — 2012-01-15
  • Conceptualized and delivered the initial design of the MyCube mobile platform, empowering users to manage their digital lives.
  • Documented and delivered the MyCube web platform, providing a seamless user experience for content exchange and sharing.
  • Designed the MVP version of the member services back office, optimizing operational efficiency for the digital content industry.

Laron Pte. Ltd.

Project Manager

2009-01-01 — 2009-05-30
  • Implemented documentation standards.
  • Headed cross-functional teams for an IT consulting company specialized in online gaming.

Strategem Technologies Pte. Ltd.

Business Systems Analyst

2006-04-01 — 2008-12-30
  • Authored business requirement specifications used for building a marketing back office tool, the MANSION Promoter Program, encompassing affiliate marketing and player loyalty programs.
  • Created the vision and business requirement specifications for implementing a prepaid card payment system.

Bayview Technologies Inc

Online Marketing Manager

2005-04-01 — 2006-03-01
  • Assisted and led the launch of casinos in the Philippines utilizing Playtech's casino software.
  • Acted as an account manager for Playtech licensees in Asia

Anxa

Executive Assistant to the CEO

2001-09-01 — 2005-03-01
  • Worked with the CEO and was deeply involved in the launching of Anxa in Australia, USA and China.
  • Heavily involved in the recruitment of 30+ staff for various positions ranging from web designers, marketing specialists, business development manager, IT managers and HRD manager.

Education

University of South Australia

2009-01-01
Busines Administration, Masters

University of the Philippines Los Banos

1997-01-01 — 2000-01-01
Communication Arts, Undergraduate

References

Rose is the best Technical Project Manager I have ever worked with. It was especially impressive when we were working on The New Content Rollout project. The project in my mind is the most complicated one I have ever done on EF Labs, the requirement were so complicated and so many uncertain points when we started. While Rose has got a very good insight of all the potential risks in the very beginning, She helped to clarify every grey areas with both product owners and technical leads, and made everything clear enough for development. Documents were well written, coordinates were well communicated, and issues were well tracked. And finally, under big pressure, we managed to delivered the project ahead of time. Rose is smart, and optimistic, she is a person that can influence every people around in a positive way to a positive direction, it is a lot of fun working with her, no matter how hard the things we are working on.

Tristan Guo, Technical Lead

Rose played a critical role in a major product roll out for EF. During this time she worked across teams, identified risks, solved a range of challenges to deliver a flawless release of a very complex project that had a direct impact on the business. Rose provided leadership and inspiration to the team, helping everyone to step up and deliver beyond expectations. I have only the highest praise for the work she has done as a project manager and leader.

Brian McKay, VP of Product Development