Brian Erickson

Senior Product Manager for Mailgun, Sinch's email platform.

Led product strategy and execution for StackHawk's application security platform, helping enterprise security teams integrate testing into CI/CD workflows.

• Drove the API Discovery launch, leveraging AI to improve existing customer adoption of the core product by 250% and contributing directly to $2.2M in pipeline expansion over two quarters.
• Launched gRPC API scanning, positioning StackHawk as the first application security provider with gRPC support and unlocking key enterprise accounts.
• Built the Oversight Dashboard to improve security posture visibility and support enterprise sales by aligning reporting capabilities with compliance requirements.

First product hire at SimpleTexting, scaling the product organization and helping align the messaging platform with Sinch's broader portfolio.

• Scaled the product organization from one person to five cross-functional teams to accelerate product delivery and support rapid growth.
• Increased MRR by $20K+ within the first year through targeted SMB-focused feature development.
• Established core product processes and adopted an empowered product team model to improve execution velocity and collaboration.

Owned product strategy and development of Perch from concept to a mobile-first SMB marketing platform with more than 150K users.

• Led Perch to recognition as the #1 Business App at SXSW with a 4.9 App Store rating.
• Led acquisition integration, aligning Perch with ThriveHive's SMB marketing suite under Gannett's LocalIQ brand.
• Improved user signups by 16%, activation by 60%, and retention by 30% through iterative A/B testing and user-centered design.

Led development and launch of VisionLink, Trimble's next-generation telematics application powering Caterpillar's Product Link.

• Managed an international product team across three continents.
• Implemented Agile methodologies and structured strategic planning to improve product delivery timelines and align user needs, business goals, and marketing initiatives.
• Facilitated user research and developed action plans for UX/UI improvements using wireframes and mockups for stakeholder communication.

Managed roadmap and requirements for a local-search web platform serving 4 million+ monthly unique visitors.

User Experience Engineer for new product development on interactive social sites and Facebook platform applications.

• Developed sites using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Java Server Pages.

Architect and primary developer for web-based products used by major power companies to communicate outage status, configure notifications, and ensure data quality.

• Responsible for product strategy, system architecture, user interface design, and development.

Senior Software Engineer at bConnected Software before its acquisition by Kaiser Permanente.

Software Engineer working on geospatial and utility software products.

MBA - Entrepreneurship, Marketing

BS, Computer Science