Heather Connery

Background

About Heather Connery

Experience leading product teams on more than 15 products all with unique user needs, product lifecycle stages and industries. Including - New product launches, rebuilds, and migrations - Strategic product direction, prototyping, user testing, and validating emerging technologies - Industries: music services, finance, social media, sports, retail, automotive, and consumer hardware - Large scale 0-1 delivery projects (teams of 30+ people) Advisory & leadership experience - Advised c-suite clients on product strategy and how to execute it - Advised client teams on delivery best practices - Over 20 years of leadership experience in the Canadian Naval Reserves - Executive Officer (Second in Command) for cadet corp of over 50 people - Led groups of over 100+ cadets through multiple year training programs Advocate for growth and learning - Spearheaded an internal program to grow and capitalize on an emerging client need for machine learning / AI - Coached and provided oversight to practitioners on an additional 11 projects to ensure quality outcomes - Created curriculum, workshops and training programs - University physics courses (Geophysics and Physics for non-science majors)- University workshops (pedagogy and applying pedagogy to university science courses)- Youth leadership program - K-8 science workshops - Military training exercises (teaching bushcraft and leadership skills) Notable skills - Ability to take complex, technical ideas and translate them into actionable insights - Fostering teamwork and a sense of ownership with practitioners across departments - Teaching, coaching, and creating training programs