Finian Carey
Product Manager & Venture Builder
Experience
Co-Founder
hydesk.co
Building a social D2C & remote first company. Ideation and development of a fully foldable standing desk. Successfully funded on Kickstarter and fully bootstrapped venture crafting sustainable products for the remote workforce.
Outcome: 2x products with product market fit, +300 satisfied clients, 17x countries served, 1x patented filed, 5-digit ARR
Head of Product & Innovation Lab
Hospitality Digital GmbH
Building and leading a strong +8 FTE Product Team to develop SaaS solutions for restaurant owners. Overall Product Management responsibility for product discovery, roadmap delivery.
Outcome: Product suite growth to +50k users, double-digit increase of engagement rate and MRR as main outcome
Introduced and implemented the OKRs methodology as a company-wide goal setting framework.
Launch of the i.lab a companywide, structured innovation process to rapidly validate the potential of new ideas to build out new products and ventures.
Outcome: Innovation funnel 25x ideas in discovery, 12x evaluation, 5x reviews, 2x scaling
Introduction and market launch of Dish Seal, a smart & reusable To-Go Packaging-as-a-Service for gastronomy clients & consumers.
Guest Lecturer
IUBH University of Applied Sciences & IBA
Lecturing in hotel design, sustainability and hotel operations
Co-Founder
Slooom.com
Development & launch of a sustainable & modular pod hotel which re-utilizes empty spaces, targeting cautious travelers. Since 2019 ongoing development of the first location, a sports-hall, into the first Pod-Hotel location with 24 pods. Opened in February 2023
Outcome: 1x location opened, 55x Test nights in prototype, gained persistence after 6 years from idea to first location
Freelance & startup consultant
Own business
Executing European focused Hospitality Tech startup research and assessment initiatives in a +500 user pilot program. Technology and product market fit validation of early stage startups. Due diligence preparation of VC portfolio companies for investment committees.
Outcome: 26x startup partnerships 4x investments, gained market knowledge to start in-house product development
Project Manager
Hotelkompetenzzentrum GmbH
Developing viable business and construction cases of hotel mock-up rooms for international hotel operators. Project lead of health+care hotel room concept from initial project financing to realization.
Outcome: Realization of 7x mock-ups, 3x special projects, Increase business dev. MoM MRR by 7%