Skill set
Industry fields of expertise
Harrison in a few words
I am a hardtech product person. I develop industrial connected devices that make electrification possible. With me, strategy connects with execution, research and development is financially astute and everyone has a safe space to play.
- Led development of the world’s most data efficient smart meter, improving grid uptime from 50% to +98% at some of Africa’s most challenging sites.
- Founded and grew a venture backed grid automation business from day one to £100m AUM, £5m lifetime value, £0.3m ARR and 1% churn, serving 100,000+ consumers and 15 utilities in 12 countries.
- Raised and managed £10.1m in equity, venture debt and grants.
- Developed an industrial battery energy management system, exceeding requirements and saving 50% of the BOM cost.
Experience
- 0112Technical Product ManagerTECHApril 2024 - Today (9 months)Manchester, United KingdomI navigate the hard parts of early stage product development for energy technology startups.- IoT and cloud software development for an energy storage OEM.- Hardware buy / build for a sensor software startup.- Go-to-market strategy for an engineering consultancy.
- InstagridHead of SystemsENERGY & UTILITIESFebruary 2023 - February 2024 (1 year and 1 month)Manchester, England, United KingdomAs one of three product managers working across five engineering domains, UX and QA, I managed development of a 250kWh multi-level inverter battery system and its Energy Management System subassembly.
- Recruited and led a specialist connected devices team (UX, QA, developers).
- Instated a product decision stack, minimum viable tests, requirements management, Kanplan and other practices that drove collective decisions forward and created clarity across a deep tech stack.
- Exceeded demanding requirements (portable, rugged, cloud-connected) while saving 50% of the BOM cost.
- InstagridTechnical Program ManagerENERGY & UTILITIESApril 2022 - February 2023 (10 months)Manchester, England, United KingdomI defined the positioning and buy / build strategy for an industrial battery energy management system.
- Conducted discovery with target buyers and positioned the product for high compliance, enterprise-grade B2B2B adoption.
- Outsourced computer hardware (100% amortised NRE) and cloud infrastructure development (50% AWS funded).
- Developed the back end for prototypes and demos (Node-RED, SQLite, Svelte, MQTT, CAN bus).
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Education
- MS - Environmental ScienceYale University2012Spatial statistics, energy systems analysis and off-grid energy
- BA - Social Anthropology & EconomicsSOAS University of London2007Coffee pricing, anthropology of food and social theory
Certifications
- Virtual Personal Leadership ProgrammeThe Living Leader2020
- Finance for Non-Financial DirectorsInstitute of Directors2014