Summary
Dan Jones is a seasoned product leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling B2B enterprise software across startups and large public companies, now serving as Director of Product Management at Kyndryl while consulting independently. He has a strong track record leading cross-functional teams—product, engineering, UX, data science and devops—to deliver cloud-native, SaaS/IaaS platforms for analytics, real-time timeseries, and GenAI/vector database use cases. Dan combines technical depth (cloud, microservices, architecture) with commercial acumen in pricing, packaging, and go-to-market execution, having driven multi-region IaaS launches and >100% ARR growth at Skytap. He’s led large restructurings and M&A integrations, producing millions in savings and unifying engineering toolchains and SDLCs. A former Microsoft program manager with patents in database manageability, he pairs enterprise engineering experience with a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to continuous discovery and delivery. Based in Kirkland, WA, Dan blends hands-on product strategy with operational rigor and a knack for turning legacy on-prem systems into modern cloud offerings.
10 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
MBA, MBA at Santa Clara University