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Sharon Praise-Akpunne

I'm a product-minded strategist and builder with 5+ years of experience shipping products, driving growth, and creating operational structure across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise technology. I help teams turn ambiguity into clear execution, from product launch through scale. I operate at the intersection of Product Management, Growth Strategy, Operations, and Technical Execution, turning ideas into shipped products, fragmented processes into repeatable systems, and early-stage chaos into structured momentum. This includes owning full product lifecycles, building go-to-market strategies, and bridging technical teams with business objectives. I can help with: * Building and launching products from 0 to 1, including roadmapping, GTM strategy, and stakeholder alignment. * Creating operational structure, documentation, and processes that help small teams move faster without breaking. * Defining growth strategies that drive adoption, engagement, and retention. * Strengthening partnerships and community programs to expand reach and build trust. * Bridging technical and non-technical teams so products actually ship on time. Career highlights: * Led a product launch that achieved 250%+ oversubscription against its target, validating product-market fit before day one. * Built transaction monitoring infrastructure from scratch using GraphQL, improving monitoring efficiency by 100%. * Executed growth strategies that delivered a 3X increase in platform adoption rate. * Established 40+ technology partnerships, growing platform reach and transaction volume. * Grew a user community from 0 to 80K+ members and generated 4M+ content impressions. * Delivered talks at 8+ tech events to audiences of 4,000+ attendees. * Managed and delivered enterprise operations projects at a Fortune 50 company (UPS), achieving 100% on-time delivery. I'm most valuable when you're launching something new and need a clear plan, your team is moving fast but lacking structure; or you need someone who can think strategically AND get their hands dirty with execution.

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