Ji-Won Park
Technical Product Managerpy.jiwon@gmail.com · 226-978-0376
jiwonpy.com · linkedin.com/in/py-jiwon
Technical product manager with eight years bridging engineering and customer-centric product strategy. I secure funding, turn user friction into roadmaps, and run go-to-market for robotics and hardware. Comfortable using AI and data to speed up cross-functional decisions.
Experience
Voltera Waterloo, Ontario
Mar 2025 to presentProduct Manager
Mar 2025 to present- Leading an upcoming product built to help engineers reach working solutions faster, extending Voltera beyond its research and education base into larger commercial markets.
- Secured a $400,000 IRAP grant for core product initiatives through a cross-functional proposal with Engineering, Finance, and ITAs.
- Synthesised 83 Voice of Customer interviews in two months, translating market pain points into strict engineering requirements.
- Championed UI and UX improvements through targeted VoC probing during User Acceptance Testing, removing critical friction points.
- Accelerated cross-team decisions by using AI-assisted tools to turn dense spreadsheets into visual dashboards.
- Managed product execution end to end, from drafting PRDs to acting as primary market evangelist at global trade shows.
Deep Trekker Kitchener, Ontario
2018 to Mar 2025Product Manager
2021 to Mar 2025- Owned the portable pipe inspection line, about 25% of company revenue, with roadmaps that matched engineering capacity to market demand.
- Launched the A-200 in 2022 and the A-150 in 2023, the first genuinely portable pipe inspection systems on the market. Competitors followed with portable equivalents of their own.
- Accelerated prototyping cycles by establishing global sourcing channels across Europe and North America, cutting component lead times.
- Improved UX and refined core product specifications by leading on-the-ground client training and VoC discovery at international trade events.
Project Manager
2020 to 2021- Ran project execution end to end for pipe inspection robots, consistently delivering under tight budget constraints.
- Tightened cross-functional workflows across Engineering, QA, and Design by instituting Agile sprint methodologies.
Project Lead and Embedded Engineer
2018 to 2020- Directed firmware development for wheeled robotics systems, setting code-quality standards that cut technical debt.
- Engineered core hardware functions using STM32 F-series firmware and motion control algorithms, including PID, sliding mode, and Kalman filters.
Education
University of Waterloo Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechatronics Engineering
2013 to 2018Technical skills
- Product
- Agile, Voice of Customer, functional prototyping, UI and UX optimisation, UAT, risk management, go-to-market
- Systems
- Motion controls, driver development, firmware optimisation, hardware prototyping
- Tools
- Python, Embedded C, Docker, AWS, STM32, CRM platforms