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SAMMY MATI

Product Manager
Kenya

Summary

Sammy is a skilled technologist, product manager, and innovator with over 9 years of experience. He has a strong track record of designing, building, and iterating on high-quality software products that meet the needs of users.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Manager

GitHub
9 2023 - Current
  • Led the redesign initiative for ACE (Accreditation, Certification, and Enablement) platforms, aligning them with the GitHub design system, which led to a 30% reduction in support tickets and an increase in user satisfaction.
  • Translating the GitHub certification program vision and OKRs into actionable tasks, I created detailed user stories and specifications, which improved development efficiency by 25%. This effort culminated in the successful public launch of the certification program in January 2024, resulting in over 15,000 certifications issued to date.
  • Identified and engaged partners for the certification program, including proctor services, badge and credential management, and was instrumental in procuring and closing contracts worth over $1M USD.
  • Conducted competitor research to identify opportunities for innovation, leading to a 25% increase in user engagement.

Product Manager

Wowzi
10.2022 - 09.2023
  • Developed a long-term product roadmap that balanced customer needs, business objectives, and technical capabilities.
  • Collaborated with data teams to create an ML model, driving improvements in creator monetization, optimizing advertising placements, and enhancing audience engagement. This has resulted in a 5% Q2 revenue increase.
  • Upgraded the creator app on iOS and Android platforms with AI-powered KYC flow, achieving a significant 8% improvement in creator acquisition and retention.
  • Implemented an in-app creator wallet system to solve payment challenges and enhance the user experience, resulting in a 15% decrease in payment-related support tickets.
  • Collaborated with the CTO and engineering team to transform the engineering back-end from a monolith to an event-driven server-less micro-services architecture.

Product Manager

WPP (Squad Africa)
01.2022 - 10.2022
  • Led product management for a B2B marketing automation software (Optimus) which has over 4000 active enterprise users and has helped our clients generate revenue of over $50 million in the last 4 years.
  • Led all of the product management including oversight of UX, product roadmap, market research, usability testing, and data analytics.
  • Owned UX decisions for the software platform, using flowchart diagrams, storyboards, wireframes, and rapid prototypes when sharing concepts with other stakeholders.

Software QA Lead

WPP(Squad Africa)
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Led a 4-person product-quality team and coordinated/directed QA Testing Efforts in an agile sprint-based methodology, increasing productivity by 40%.
  • Conducted value stream mapping workshops for the projects' engineering teams that helped the organization reduce lead and cycle time by 30% in the last 6 months.

Software QA Engineer

WPP (Ogilvy Africa)
11.2018 - 12.2020
  • Developed and implemented QA Testing plans for multiple departments across the company.
  • Worked with Product Managers and Development to define workflow procedures and manage agile boards as well as process improvements.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science, Technology And Innovation

University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Kenya
04.2001 -

Skills

    Leadership

    Collaboration & Teamwork

    Analytical Thinker

    Agile Methodologies

    Design Thinking

    Product Strategy

    Software QA

References

References available upon request

Timeline

Product Manager

Wowzi
10.2022 - 09.2023

Product Manager

WPP (Squad Africa)
01.2022 - 10.2022

Software QA Lead

WPP(Squad Africa)
01.2021 - 12.2021

Software QA Engineer

WPP (Ogilvy Africa)
11.2018 - 12.2020

Master of Science - Data Science, Technology And Innovation

University of Edinburgh
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
04.2001 -

Program Manager

GitHub
9 2023 - Current

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