Henry Robinson
Independent Consultant at Various Startups
Mountain View, California
Overview
Work Experience
Head of Product
2025 - Current
Architecting an AI-powered platform that preserves personal digital legacies through intelligent content curation.
Product Secialist
2025 - 2025
AI Vehicle Diagnostics and Scheduling: Designed a system that translates everyday customer language into precise repair estimates, enhancing both service capacity and customer service scheduling experience.
Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars.
Raised $11,851,999,992.00 from Ayar Third Investment Company, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Ayar Third Investment Company, Ayar Third Investment Company, Ayar Third Investment Company, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Franklin Templeton.
Independent Product Strategy Consultant
2023 - 2025
Independent Product Strategy Consultant January 2023 - Present I collaborate with visionary companies to transform innovative ideas into market-ready products across my areas of technological obsession: AI Patent Evaluation: Created a solution that cuts patent research time by 50% while improving accuracy, using machine learning to identify relevant prior art Terminate Mate: Built a legal AI assistant that makes complex California employment law accessible through conversational AI (Stanford Law Hackathon)
Product Lead - Singularity Labs VR
2022 - 2022
EKG-Integrated VR Training: Led development of a revolutionary VR experience that measures genuine emotional responses through real-time EKG monitoring, bringing unprecedented authenticity to workplace training
Head of Product
2021 - 2022
Head of Product Management for SMB Health Insurance Marketplace. Responsible for hiring and mentoring Product Managers, implementing product discovery and analytics process and driving new business initiatives. • Enhanced core B2B product by adding new health-plan comparison toolkits along with integration capabilities and deeper reporting – leading to 50% YoY revenue growth to $40M. • Designed and built new B2C product, including UI/UX design and backend workflows, delivering 27% of total company revenues in the first year with 25% growth in year 2. • Launched remarketing campaign to convert lukewarm B2B leads into B2C customers, achieving a 2.5% conversion rate (with minimal effort) to new accounts estimated at ~$500,000 LTV. • Forged relationships and negotiated deals with Cigna, Aetna, Kaiser, Humana, as well as 8 smaller regional carriers to gain coverage in all 50 states.
SimplyInsured allows you to estimate your real Out-of-Pocket costs when purchasing health insurance.
Raised $8,400,000.00 from Polaris Partners, AltaIR Capital, Corazon Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Principal Product Manager
2014 - 2021
Led product management and product development for B2B mobile app suite driving the In-Dealership Automotive Service Experience, scaling customer base from zero to 25% of total market share. • Built, trained, and managed 2 Scrum teams of 18 resources, including product managers, engineers, QA analysts, and UI/UX designers responsible for features, functionality, and packaging. • Turned around struggling product (Xtime Engage) after taking the reins for research, product development, and relaunch, growing customer base from 150 to 2,500. • Orchestrated global rollout of innovative DTC payment tool, enabling consumers to approve and pay for vehicle repairs online for the first time. • Merged acquired competitor’s product line with Xtime Inspect. • Led COVID-19 response initiative to develop and rapidly deploy free product suite that proved crucial to keeping dealerships open while maintaining social distancing.
Xtime is a provider of hosted customer relationship management (CRM) for automotive service departments in North America.
Raised $59,348,000.00 from Saints Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lumia Capital, Saints Capital and RPM Ventures.
Senior Product Manager-Cloud Integration
2012 - 2014
Lead Product Management for data and business process integration of Ariba Solutions with leading ERP/CRM software suites. Manage relationships with 3rd party partners for integration middleware development and support. Notable Accomplishments: • Launched “The Ariba Integration Connector, Powered by Dell Boomi” solution to The Ariba Supplier Network; a 25 million dollar revenue opportunity. • Developed and managed partnership with “Dell Boomi” for outsourced development and professional services to support Ariba Integration Connector.
Head of Product - Ariba Discovery
2010 - 2012
Served as the head of product for Ariba Discovery, an upstart B2B eCommerce Platform within this longtime leader in spend-management technology (ultimately acquired by SAP). • Managed 1 product manager and ran Scrum teams in Sunnyvale and Bangalore. • Worked directly with B2B customers, engineering teams, and marketing experts to develop industry leading feature sets in line with customer requirements. • Designed a method for mining and aggregating data to create automated digital recommendations between buyers and sellers. • Led successful launch of an industry-leading product impacting 1M small businesses. • Successfully implemented pricing model to monetize a previously free service.
Procuri is an SAP company that provides on-demand supply management solutions and services for its clients.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Insight Partners.
Category Manager eBay Motors Parts and Accessories
2007 - 2010
Oversaw category strategy, product management, marketing, pricing promotions, and business development for eBay Motors Auto Parts & Accessories, generating $240M GMV and $24M incremental revenue for 3 years. • Directed product launches and UX enhancements, including $8M UX redesign, bolstered by sales analytics, site metrics, consumer outreach, and community input. • Developed DIY installation community, launching eBay Motors content marketing, community management, and social media strategies. • Improved website by defining feature sets and requirements for UI redesign and establishing eBay search engine requirements. • Catalyzed growth in structured product search data by negotiating agreements with multiple product data aggregators. • Patented a method to show eBay.com listings on international sites when currency rates are favorable. (www.google.com/patents/US8429020B2)
EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.
Compartment Integration Engineer
2001 - 2005
Led Interior Systems Integration for GM Lambda Front Wheel Drive Truck Platform.
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Raised $6,508,505,310.00 from US Department of Energy, US Department of Energy, Fannie Mae, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.