Brandon Dement

    Brandon S. Dement

    Product Leader & Agile Coach

    Austin, TX 78728

    Areas of Expertise

    Product Roadmaps
    Project Management
    Scrum PO Certified
    Lean/Agile
    BCS Agile (VFQ)
    Certified Scrum Professional
    Certified Scrum Developer
    SaaS CRM Design (SFDC)
    Team Management
    Product Quality

    Education

    Bachelor of Business Administration

    National University, Costa Mesa, California

    About

    Experienced Product Management professional with expertise in digital products, design systems, and agile methodologies. Skilled in leading teams, driving process efficiency, and implementing agile transformations. Proven track record in developing and executing product roadmaps, improving time-to-market, and coaching teams in agile practices.

    Experience

    Sr. Manager, Digital Product Management & Operations

    Charles Schwab

    Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
    • Product Lead for the Schwab design system - a web and mobile platform design system
    • Operations lead of end to end workflow, driving process efficiency via agile transformation
    • Reduced idea-to-production time from 9 months to 6 weeks
    • Managed a team of Product Owners and Designers (UI and UX)
    • Established practices of creating strategic briefings to accelerate delivery
    • Implemented Cost Of Delay prioritization

    Product Owner and Agile Coach

    Safran Passenger Innovations

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
    • Product Owner for OEM engagement with Boeing and Airbus
    • Owned roadmap and backlog for OEM/Vanilla product
    • Core feature development (full stack HW – UI)
    • Coached and mentored three development teams, Product Owner team, and leadership
    • Developed Scrum and Business Agility training program
    • Developed and coached Cost Of Delay

    Sr. Manager, Product Owners & Development

    Western Digital Corporation

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2019
    • Managed a team of Scrum Product Owners for Marketing technology team
    • Oversaw Mar-tech Agile Center of Excellence
    • Served on Enterprise Business Agility team as a Lean-Agile coach
    • Developed learning pathways for agile teams
    • Created workshops for agile principles, leadership, scrum, Kanban, and scaling organizations

    Product Line Manager – My Cloud

    Western Digital Corporation

    June 2013 - Sept 2016
    • Organized product segments, target market, and product strategy for WD My Cloud consumer products
    • Engaged in business development to add third-party capabilities to the product line
    • Executed product development and release in both product definition and agile product owner roles
    • Conducted market research to create ROIs for products
    • Developed strategy for strategic OEM products

    Quality Product Manager

    Western Digital Corporation

    April 2010 - June 2013
    • Responsible for reporting, tracking, and driving software problems and fixes world-wide
    • Led level 3 / SQA level support team for WD Branded products
    • Managed quality reporting program including reporting to executive management
    • Implemented defect tracking system for Customer Support
    • Responsible for monitoring customer satisfaction and driving user experience

    Projects

    Schwab Design System

    Web and mobile platform design system with components, patterns, documentation, and templates.

    Design Systems
    UI/UX
    Product Management

    Agile Transformation

    Process improvement initiative that reduced idea-to-production time from 9 months to 6 weeks.

    Agile
    Scrum
    Process Improvement