As Vice President of Product Management, Kris is responsible for leading the Product Management and User Experience (UX) Design functions to ensure that Kinaxis is building the right product innovations to meet customer, industry and market needs.
The Product Management team is responsible for collecting inputs from all internal and external channels; defining the priority, business requirements and value outcomes for features; and working closely with the Design and Development teams to deliver those capabilities to our users, field staff and partner ecosystem.
The User Experience (UX) Design team works side by side with the Product Management and Development teams to combine business requirements and technology into elegant, modern and intuitive user experiences. They bring to the table best practices and tools including Design Thinking, Rapid Prototyping, Visual Design, and Usability/Interaction Design principles to create the best possible experience for the user as they are using RapidResponse to deliver business value.
Kris joined Kinaxis in 1998 with the Professional Services organization as a consultant. He held various leadership roles including management of the Integration, Training, Project Management and Business Development groups over his 15 years in Professional Services, helping many customers drive value with their RapidResponse deployments. Putting to use his hands-on customer experiences, Kris established the Solution Development team at Kinaxis to build best-in-class business planning applications/products, which led him to his current role in Product Management.
Kris holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Operations Research from the University of Windsor.
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