Summary
Robert Speer is a Technical Product Owner and consultant with over 13 years of hands-on experience blending web development, agile delivery, and product leadership. He has repeatedly accelerated delivery and cut costs—driving a vendor migration reduction from $7M to $3.5M, slashing production deployment windows from two weeks to two hours, and managing distributed teams across India, Eastern Europe, and the U.S. Currently building a sales enablement app that applies off-the-shelf computer vision and ML to save $1,300 per transaction in the $485B residential remodeling market, he pairs practical technical knowledge with business impact. Comfortable moving between code, architecture, ETL, OAuth/data integrations, and stakeholder-facing product strategy, he brings empathy for developers informed by an earlier career as a web developer. Known for resolving long-standing operational issues without code through visualization and process changes, he favors auditable, low-risk solutions that unlock immediate value. Based in Nowthen, Minnesota, he combines enterprise fintech and startup experience to shepherd complex cross-functional initiatives from inception to scale.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Computer Science, Associate's degree Computer Science at Kansas State University
Bachelor of Arts - BA Marketing, Bachelor of Arts - BA Marketing at Fort Hays State University