Michael P Amador

I'm Michael and I am passionate about developing products, running projects, and creating solutions that truly resonate with their users. I currently work as a consultant, providing product and brand expertise to a rapidly growing company in an emerging industry. I've honed my skills in product management, project management, business analytics, and brand marketing in order to deliver my own product to market and grow already established brands. I've had the pleasure of creating a unique career journey that has allowed me not only to build a variety of skills, but work with some amazing people and learn a lot about myself along the way.

My diligence and commitment have come from some failures, frequent successes, and exponential growth in my life and business. I have spent a lifetime honing my craft and am here to share those ideas and inspire others to live their lives with excellence, enthusiasm, and artistry.

My art is not paint on a canvas, rather it is an amalgamation of what I was naturally born with and what I have worked hard to achieve. I’ve come so far, but I believe that my passion is not fully realized until I am able to share it with as many people as possible. I have developed products, enabled high performing people, and know how to truly achieve progress.

I love connecting with new people! Reach out if you want to talk about exciting new projects, product management, or creating art.

What I Do

Product Management

I am experienced with the end to end delivery of products from conception to execution. This includes: market research, product market fit, user interviews and research, negotiating with suppliers, customer avatar creation, cost analysis, marketing, advertising, and copywriting.

Project Management

I have a relentless attention to detail, mind for organization, and focus on communication that drive my approach to project management. As a certified Scrum Master and practitioner of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, I make my focus delivering projects that truly provide value and enable my team members to flourish.

Business Intelligence

I have a lifetime of love and fascination with technology and a career's worth of building dashboards and relational database design. I am fairly experienced with various coding languages and can intelligently speak with dedicated coders and engineers. I actively turn data to insights and insights to action.

Artistry

I view each project that I involve myself in as a chance to do art and empower others to do the same. Each endeavor is an opportunity to express myself and deliver work that not only produces results but is uniquely my own. These projects are never merely a box to check off, but are an opportunity to bring my many years of experience and worldview together to create something meaningful.

Testimonials

Favorite Quotes

“Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.”

Seth Godin

"Data is only as valuable as the insights it generates.

Insights are only as valuable as the actions that they inform.

Actions are only as valuable as the outcomes they achieve."

 

Unknown

“The way to be great is to be consistently good. Day in and day out.” 

August Bradley

Resume

7 Years of Experience

Experience

2023 - 2024
Big Orange Lab

Project Manager

Led multiple website redesign projects, optimizing project delivery and client satisfaction by customizing and managing ClickUp to align with strategic needs.

2022 - 2023
Anime For Humanity

Product Manager

Led end-to-end product development, including: discovery, ideation, scoping, and execution to set the product vision that addressed user problems and business opportunities

2019 - 2022
AmaFox Solutions LLC.

Founder

End to end development of private label products from market research to sourcing. Provides best in class eCommerce and Digital Strategy management.

2018 - 2021
ProSearch Strategies Inc.

Product Manager

Product Owner and Project Manager. Worked cross functionally to deliver client facing solutions as well as operational improvements through systems design.

2017 - 2018
Nestlé USA

Business Analyst - Enable HUB

Led the development and commercialization of the analytical dashboard for Nestle’s Category Action Plan. Provided 'white glove' approach to stakeholders during development of software. 

2015 - 2017
Nestlé USA

Business Analyst - Growth Services

Created and developed long term reporting and analytics strategy to drive growth in a strategic opportunity market. Designed and implemented a standardized reporting suite that supported over 100 account managers across 7 different teams.

2014 - 2015
Nestlé USA

Business Analyst - DSD Beverage

Evaluate and enhance current suite of operating and sales reports to increase actionable insights and drive business growth. 

2012 - 2014
Nestlé USA

Retail Sales Representative

Managed a  37 store territory to ensure consistent delivery of company KPIs, including: Sales Volume, Inventory Levels, Promotional Compliance, Promo ROI, and New Product Delivery.

2011 - 2012
Pygmalion Inc.

Marketing Intern

Pygmalion, Inc is an innovative communications skills training company that serves CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, professional speakers, politicians, athletes, coaches, beauty pageant contestants and others who want to place a premium on the ability to persuade.

2012
University of Southern California

Education

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, Marketing & Communications

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®)

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®)

Industry Skills

  • Product Management
  • Project Management
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Leadership
  • Product Strategy
  • Market & User Research
  • Product Road Mapping
  • Design Thinking

Tools & Technologies

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Figma
  • MS Office Suite
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • Visual Basic (VBA)
  • Mural
  • Database Management

Guiding Principles

  • Initiative
  • Flexibility
  • Adaptability
  • Empathy
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem-solving

Portfolio

My Work
WeShape Analysis & Product Strategy

WeShape Analysis & Product Strategy

Product Strategy
National University Program Proposal

National University Program Proposal

Product Strategy
Anthem Magnetics

Anthem Magnetics

Product Strategy

Contact

Get in Touch

Let's connect!

714-200-8225

LA / Orange County

amador331@gmail.com

LA & Orange County

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