I'm a product & business strategist with 10+ years of experience
working for large and small tech companies on three continents. I
enjoy turning data into executable narrative - breaking down complex
problems into simple stories that drive a product towards
market-fit, user delight, and scalable commercial success.
I'm currently based in Cape Town, South Africa, building the future
of payments with
Yoco.
Places I've worked
Yoco
Group Product Manager
March 2021 - Present
Cape Town, South Africa
I am currently leading a team of product managers to develop and evolve exciting payments products to enable Yoco's merchant customers to thrive.
Prodigy Finance
Head Of Product
2019 - 2021
Cape Town, South Africa
I led the Product team at Prodigy, managing a team of product managers, designers, developers and marketers to solve Prodigy's internal and customer facing challenges, in the midst of a global pandemic.
Wrapp (acquired by Meniga)
Product Manager
2017 - 2019
Stockholm, Sweden
I managed a team of developers to expose Wrapp's campaign logic and transactional insights to our merchant customers through an innovative self-service tool.
Groupon
Analyst
2012 - 2017
Sydney, Australia & Cape Town, South Africa
This role was all about strategic product planning - using various data sources to understand regional demand, and plan supply accordingly.
Things I know
Education
B.Com Economics - UNISA
Things I know
Writing | Leadership | Communication | Roadmapping | Product | Strategy | Humour | Agile
Tools
Jira | Salesforce | PowerBI | Tableau | Periscope Data | Metabase | Firebase | Github | Gitlab | Heroku
Code
Node.js | Express | Vue | React | React Native | GraphQL | SQL
You can email me on bouwermichael@gmail.com.
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