Kenton Hansen


I make things. I make people make things. I make things with teams. If I had a superpower it would be breaking big problems into iterative solutions, and arranging these parts in an order that creates the most value.

I've spent my career building products, in both a consulting capacity as well as an integrated team member. I've managed cross functional teams, created processes, and built product organizations. I'm excited to learn from my coworkers while building a product that makes me proud.


Experience


Product Director
Roll20.net // May 2018 - Present

Roll20 is the only free, community-based tabletop gaming software dedicated to bringing players together regardless of distance, experience, game system or hardware. Roll20 has grown to more than 8,000,000 users worldwide.

  • Devised strategy to increase subscriber base over 400%, double top line revenue, and cut churn rate in half
  • Created and built the Product organization from non-existent to a team of three Product Managers, three UX Designers, and two Product Owners
  • Responsible for Product Strategy and Roadmap planning for the organization
  • Creating User Research practices and standards
  • Maintain and educate on Product Management standards in feature documentation, prioritizing user value, and roadmapping
  • Provided transitional management for the Development and Quality Assurance teams
  • Feature and Product Accomplishments include Updated Dynamic Lighting, Custom Token Markers, and the Jukebox.

Director
Ennovar Software @ Wichita State // November 2015 - May 2018

Ennovar is an institute of applied learning; giving those learning theory an opportunity to put it into practice. The Software Development team builds websites, applications for web and mobile devices, embedded software, hardware, and electrical engineering projects.

  • Lead product development, project scoping, and roadmap creation for external clients and internal projects
  • Increased customer base & lab revenue more than 350% in the first year
  • Augmented team expertise to include additional programming languages and software development practices
  • Recruited, trained, and managed a workforce of more than 50 developers across 12 teams
  • Built dynamic, cross functional teams to meet customer-specific needs
  • Product development highlights include products for time management, contracts & tracking, web based content management for native mobile applications, PeoplePixel, and Date Night Genius during Accelerate the Heartland

Director of Marketing & Product Management
BalancedComp.com // June 2014 - November 2015

BalancedComp.com is a software-as-a-service startup in the Financial Services industry, serving more than 200 financial institutions and 32,000 employees. While my title included the word "Marketing," my contributions were more robust and focused on new products, systems, growth, and internal tools.

  • Implemented and launched the Annual Salary Survey product with over $50,000 in sales the first year
  • Planned the survey tool we wished we'd had, named it Lewis & Clark, developed the roadmap to be built in 2016
  • Converted a laborious internal process to a revenue and lead generating tool at What Should I Pay My CEO
  • Leveraged the massive goodwill from clients with the "Why I Love" campaign from concept to launch
  • Increased email subscriber list, content marketing, and webinar engagement quality by over 300% with direct results in the sales funnel

Managing Partner
Go Banana // September 2009 - June 2014

Go Banana was a technology company providing consulting services and product development for web application projects and custom software products. Go Banana built several products that were offered directly to customers. The Company grew to serve more than 200 customers, and products were sold to various parties in 2014.

  • Built more than 40 products for clients
  • Consulted with clients on product creation, marketing, technology, electronic payments, and custom software
  • Managed a electronic payment portfolio of more than $10 Million processed per year
  • Created and produced Wichita's premier coworking space, the Labor Party

Contact

216 N. Mosley
Wichita, Kansas 67202
(316) 833-1036
himself@kentonhansen.com
@KentonH

Education

Bachelors of Business Administration
Entrepreneurship
Wichita State University

Wichita Code School Beta

PSPO 1 Certification

Awards

2016 Innovation Awards
Wichita Business Journal
2016 50 Kansans You Should Know
Ingram's Magazine
2015 Innovation Awards
Wichita Business Journal
2015 40 Under 40
Wichita Business Journal
2013 Newsmaker
Wichita Business Journal

Skills

Management
Strategic Leadership
Product Management
Agile Development in Kanban and Scrum
User Research
Google Analytics
FullStory
Chartio
Art Direction
JavaScript
Ruby on Rails