About me

Hello, I'm Charlie Brewer.

Director of Product Management and UX Design

I am a people-first product & UX leader for an AI World.

I help software and SaaS companies determine the most important problems to solve to:

Gain customers
Earn revenue
Increase efficiency

Then I help them launch products and platforms that are easy to :

Show
Sell
Learn
Use
Support

I specialize in complicated workflows and information- and transaction-intensive software platforms and marketplaces.

Achievements

Launched world's 1st online marketplace for broadcast TV ads, with 120+ buyers & $120M+ ARR with my design for the Malibu Media Platform, the 1st SSP programmatic & real time bidding ad server & marketplace for broadcast/cable television. For Spot Runner. Role: PM, Dir. UX
Co-founded innovative fantasy sports stock market game, securing $1+ million seed venture round, 5,000+ active players & Wall Street Journal launch coverage for Sportsgunner. Role: Founder, Head of Product & UX
Secured $13M+ venture round by delivering MVP of social influencer video & community platform for Victorious. Role: PM
Achieved 200%–600% speed increase in ad buyer task completion by redesigning core ad campaign and placement manager for TubeMogul (now Adobe). Role: Dir. UX
Enabled new revenue stream ($500M potential) and increased TAM by designing 1st paid parking reservations system for ParkMe. Role: PM
Launched 1st AI/ML-powered 3D architecture design platform, with diagram awareness, smart layout rules, and dynamic resizing for Aditazz Synthetic Design System. Role: PM, Dir. UX
Increased new user registrations by 13% on base of 35M UU/mo. & in face of 5% month over month traffic declines for Myspace. Role: Principal PM, Home Page
Produced four independent films, one music album
Author, Designing Interfaces, Patterns for Effective Interaction Design, 3rd edition. O'Reilly Media, 2020.

How I Work

I inspire with a results-oriented strategic vision for your product.

I deliver results by using design for ambitious problem solving based on observant insights into our customer's world.

My Superpowers

I am a Product Builder. This means two things.
- I focus on relentless discovery for strategic insights. I start with Why. I am AI & tech savvy. I am a systems thinker.
- I deliver with product management and UX design leadership. From my startup founder and film producer experience, I know what relentless delivery is and when it’s necessary.
I align with C-suite priorities, using vision & execution to deliver more revenue, customers & efficiency
Leadership and mentoring for product and design teams
Collaborating with peers and executives for bigger product & company wins

Previous:
MySpace (News Corp.)
YP (AT&T)
SpaceIQ (WeWork)
TubeMogul (Adobe)
Pubmatic
Spot Runner
Victorious
ParkMe
Aditazz
Sportsgunner (my own startup)

Independent film & music
Fortune 500 client management and consultant