Brian Sowards

Supersync.ai

Building scalable, AI-native internal solutions in highly regulated industries, serving defense, health, education, energy, and G2000.

Founder

Startup Patterns

Working with clients such as Microsoft Azure, PG & E, and Credit Sesame, we enable technology organizations to infuse their teams with a product mindset. We design and deliver coaching programs where engineers develop the skills they need to perform in cross-functional teams, including how to self-organize around the most impactful customer problems and deliver solutions using modern coding methods (TDD, pair programming, CI/CD).

Our clients gain measurable acceleration in creating startup-grade culture and processes within their IT operations, building capacity to rapidly adapt to market-moving opportunities and challenges.

In this role, I provide consulting services that include:

• How to build cross functional teams to solve business challenges through technology
• Analyzing business opportunities through a product lens 
• Empower engineers, product managers, and designers to effectively manage up

Product Specialist

Strawberry Finch Games

Had some fun over COVID pursuing my childhood passion of creating board games.

We launched our first successful game on Kickstarter "Can You Survive 2020?"

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strawberryfinchgames/can-you-survive-2020

Product Designer

Ph.Creative

I lead our US team and partnerships with HR tech companies - particularly in delivering fresh insight to the HR community via webinars, podcasts, and other digital content.

We built successful employer brands for the Global 1000, including Apple, Thermo Fischer, and Mass Mutual.

Employer Branding Specialist

LinkedIn

Served as a mentor and coach to our customer success teams. We:

* Built a Challenger Sales model
* Launched a customer education series
* Improved insights on the buyer's journey, combining customer development and multiple data sources
* Maximized customer's programmatic advertising
* Boost the performance of our client's recruiting teams by 40%+

Strategist, Programmatic Advertising

TheMuse.com

Part of building a new team focused on reaching the Global 1000 by:

• Engaging and working with renowned HR thought-leaders
• Leading governance and compliance in procurement
• Informing go-to-market and product strategy
• Guiding clients on digital transformation 
• Teaching clients how to tell their employees’ stories to source top talent
• Providing market insight so clients could build and engage with an organic audience

Talent Acquisition Specialist

MyloWrites

Delivered Google NLP chatbot inside Google Docs to provide students with dramatically more intuitive guidance in writing school papers.

Built the front-end, designed the learning pathways, lead business strategy, conducted customer discovery, ran & supported pilots, and worked closely with our back-end development team.

Some notables include:

• Built lead funnel with a 96% response rate
• Reduced time to revenue by four months
• Delivered new products MVP (Minimally Viable Products) that doubled user engagement by combining Google Classroom with a chatbot AI

Head of Product, AI

Funderbolt (Acq. by CampusLogic)

Founded a certified B-Corp delivering an enterprise SaaS solution that created a new line of fundraising revenue for universities while teaching students entrepreneurial skills.

I built our first MVP and served as our product, marketing, and sales leader:

• Designed peer-to-peer education campaigns that taught students to raise $5 million in gifts
• Created a new regulatory framework to enable crowdfunding in a highly regulated industry
• Empowered college students to launch satellite experiments, produce documentaries, and build water purification systems in developing nations

Consulted with universities executives and their teams to win unengaged alumni, discover major gift prospects, and educate their students on the importance of philanthropy.

Delaware Film Company

One of the first companies to bring high-quality digital film (and the RED camera) to Internet video production. We:

* Launched a viral video seen in 127 countries
* Produced award-winning independent films & tv-series
* Pioneered a new film-finance mechanism
* Wrote the bill for bringing top studio productions to Delaware

Executive Producer

Envision

Bay area consultant serving SMBs, Fortune 500s, national non-profits, and 25 market leaders launching digital marketing campaigns and products.

Digital Transformation Consultant

I'm passionate about building and leading teams to:

* Achieve creative leaps through collaboration
* Remove friction from workflows & communications
* Deepen a shared commitment to the mission & each other

As a remote leader I've built startups, ventures in the Fortune 100, global consulting firms & agencies, and international education programs - delivering break-through achievements in new or emerging categories.

My superpowers are structuring chaos, creating the context for collaboration, and uncovering new possibilities. 

Kolbe: 6-3-8-3

Curiosity and appreciation are my primary tools.

Here on LinkedIn I share what I and others have learned including:

1. Insight, research, and guidance on how to build and engage teams.

2. Road-tested tools & processes for inclusive, supportive, and effective execution.

3. The journey of discovery that deliver creative leaps.

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