Industry API Platforms

CDK Global: Fortellis

Fortellis is a technology platform that allows the automotive industry to leverage, build, innovate and integrate apps and workflows to transform business. it contains a Developer Network, 3rd party and CDK App marketplace, API repository which supports third party publishing.

Fortellis was initiated while I was still the Director of Product with ELEAD (prior to the CDK acquisition). It was an idea brought forth in a conversation between myself and the then CTO for CDK in a brain storming session. After the acquisition, I transferred into Fortellis where my role was to provide vision, strategy, and roadmap to enable the platform to successfully launch.

Skills Applied:

  • Requirements gathering

  • Research and Analysis

  • Backlog Management

  • Sprint / Quarter / Annual Planning

  • 3rd Party Stakeholder Management

Karmak: Unity Pro portal

Karmak Unity is a platform that is a first of it's industry initiative to create an easy to use API integration interface for the Heavy Duty trucking space that executed more than 10 million transactions per month in it's first year of operation.

My role was to provide vision, strategy, roadmap, stakeholder management, 3rd party integration liason and (sometimes css/html coder)

Skills Applied:

  • Requirements gathering

  • Research and Analysis

  • Backlog Management

  • Sprint / Quarter / Annual Planning

  • 3rd Party Stakeholder Management

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