Product Manager Career Journey
At McKinsey, you’ll find endless opportunities to create and evolve a career path based on your own interests, capabilities, and goals.
Dan Trainor
Product Manager
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Milestone 1
United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, United States
Bachelor of Science in Management
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Master of Business Administration, Growth and Innovation
I earned my undergrad in B.Sc. Management from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT.
Milestone 2
Senior Program Manager, Office of Law Enforcement
United States Coast Guard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
I served five years as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard (four of those at sea), leading mission execution in various leadership roles. My missions included narcotics interdiction, migrant support, search and rescue, and other law enforcement missions, such as fisheries sustainability.
Milestone 3
Senior Product Manager, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
I transitioned to the private sector in my first product management role at Oracle, where I was promoted to senior product manager, working on IaaS and other networking and active monitoring services supporting Oracle’s cloud platform. During this time, I took evening classes and earned my MBA from the University of New Hampshire.
Milestone 4
Product Manager
McKinsey & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
I joined McKinsey as a senior product associate, working mostly on the end-to-end documents flow for the KNOW platform (the firm’s internal knowledge management solution that captures knowledge for colleagues to leverage to deliver value to clients). I was promoted to product manager and have since worked on many different products within KNOW, most recently taking on much of the search strategy for KNOW and the global intranet.
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Agile Coach Career Journey
At McKinsey, you’ll find endless opportunities to create and evolve a career path based on your own interests, capabilities, and goals.
Sidharth Tewatia
Expert I - Agile Coach
New York, United States
Milestone 1
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
Bachelor’s of Engineering in Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA
Master of Science in Information Technology
I completed earned my Master’s degree in Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Maharshi Dayanand University in India.
Milestone 2
Consultant - Program Management in the Healthcare Practice
Cognizant, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
I led two teams on strategic projects, with a primary focus on multidisciplinary initiatives affecting all of the organization’s business units (actuarial, underwriting, marketing, information technology) due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ultimately resulting in a 25 percent increase in membership.
Milestone 3
Program Management Consultant - Healthcare
Deloitte Consulting, New York, United States
My most impactful and memorable engagement was rolling out the Enrollment & Eligibility (E&E) system for the state of Kentucky as part of Obamacare (ACA), resulting in over 500,000 citizens getting health insurance for the first time in their lives. A typical E&E implementation takes an average of four years, but we implemented ours in 13 months.
Milestone 4
Consultant Manager - Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice
Slalom, New York, United States
I led cross-functional teams of over 20 professionals to launch a global compliance reporting application, serving 200 operating companies across 50 countries and over 100,000 global users at a Fortune 50 healthcare conglomerate. Another notable achievement involved accelerating the go-to-market time of a critical drug by 15 percent through transforming a large-scale technology program from waterfall to agile methodology at a Fortune 150 biopharmaceutical company.
Milestone 5
Specialist - Agile Coach
Expert I - Agile Coach
McKinsey & Company, New York, United States
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I played a pivotal role in the recruiting technology team, ensuring our firm's readiness for remote recruiting operations. I championed agile and lean principles, crafted an OKR toolkit for technical teams, and authored Jira best practices for product managers. In my current role, I collaborate with McKinsey’s People function leadership to enhance the employee experience, striving for a seamless journey from initial interaction to long-term tenure within the organization.