Don Cosseboom
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No matter what kind of product Don's working on, he always has his finger on the pulse of the users.
Nowhere did I see this more than at PawSpot.com. His management of the feature set at PawSpot was
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Crafting Innovation at Cantina
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Don's expertise and professionalism are eclipsed only by the fact that he's a genuinely fantastic
person one of the best I know for sure.
He has the exceptional ability to both dig in and execute the ...
Product Management & Customer Success Executive
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During my three-year tenure at Pixability, I had the privilege of closely
collaborating with Don. He consistently prioritizes many tasks,
demonstrating a sharp focus on overcoming challenges to maximi...
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)/Chief Information Officer (CIO), Product Management, R&D
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Don is an exceptional professional whose dedication, attention to detail, and
organizational skills have greatly contributed to the success of our team.
One of Don's standout qualities is his meticulo...
Product & Innovation Leadership / Entrepreneur
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Don is a phenomenal Product leader. Don is a thoughtful, curious, and smart
product manager. He is also a great people manager and he really cares
about his team and their career growth. Over 9 years ...
CPO | Strategic Product Executive | Expert in Content & Brand Safety, Al-Driven Innovation | Author & Speaker
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Don is a phenomenal product management leader, because he is truly gifted
at aligning people with a plan. He has great attention to detail, and can
always be trusted to think through nuanced issues an...
Chief Product & Technology Officer (CTO / CPO), Advisor, Angel Investor
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Don is a proven interactive product manager with keen attention to detail.
Don always has what's best for the user forefront in every discussion. He is
attentive to designing and building features tha...
Digital Product Director at Converse - User Growth & Marketing Technology - ex-Apple, Fidelity, TripAdvisor
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I had the pleasure of working with Don while at Moontoast. Don provided a
significant level of strategic direction to the Moontoast product while
continuing to deliver results in the short term. Don b...
Technology leader driving scalable solutions, team empowerment, and strategic growth
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Don is an awesome person and a dedicated member of the team. I worked
with Don at Moontoast and was always impressed with his ability to tailor
solutions to meet the expectations of the client, but ma...
Principal Project Manager - IT
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Don was refreshing to work with. It is great to know there are people that are
smart, business savvy, approachable and down-to-earth. All those
adjectives don't always go to together. We worked togeth...
Social Media Marketing Manager | Epilepsy Warrior | Content Creator
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No matter what kind of product Don's working on, he always has his finger
on the pulse of the users. Nowhere did I see this more than at PawSpot.com.
His management of the feature set at PawSpot was d...
Crafting Innovation at Cantina
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Scott was senior to Don but didn't manage Don directly. Don is an exceptional professional whose dedication, attention to detail, and organizational skills have
greatly contributed to the success of o...
Product & Innovation Leadership / Entrepreneur
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Don's expertise and professionalism are eclipsed only by the fact that he's a
genuinely fantastic person one of the best I know for sure.
He has the exceptional ability to both dig in and execute the ...
Product Management & Customer Success Executive
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Extremely talented at seeing what is next in the rapidly evolving world of the
Internet. Don has an uncanny ability to pick the technologies, offerings and
platforms which will gain traction and succe...
Entrepreneur, Board Director, Angel Investor, Fisherman
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During my three-year tenure at Pixability, I had the privilege of closely collaborating with Don. He consistently prioritizes many tasks, demonstrating a sharp focus on overcoming challenges to maximi...
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)/Chief Information Officer (CIO), Product Management, R&D
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November 15, 2023, Jackie managed Don directly. Don is a phenomenal Product leader. Don is a thoughtful, curious, and smart product manager. He is
also a great people manager and he really cares about...
CPO | Strategic Product Executive | Expert in Content & Brand Safety, Al-Driven Innovation | Author & Speaker
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Don is a phenomenal product management leader, because he is truly gifted at aligning people with a
plan. He has great attention to detail, and can always be trusted to think through nuanced issues an...
Chief Product & Technology Officer (CTO / CPO), Advisor, Angel Investor
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Shaun managed Don directly. I had the pleasure of working with Don while at Moontoast. Don provided a significant level of strategic
direction to the Moontoast product while continuing to deliver resu...
Technology leader driving scalable solutions, team empowerment, and strategic growth
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Ralph managed Don directly. Extremely talented at seeing what is next in the rapidly evolving world of the Internet. Don has an
uncanny ability to pick the technologies, offerings and platforms which ...
Entrepreneur, Board Director, Angel Investor, Fisherman
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Experience
Arvakura
Fractional Product Management & AI Strategy
Mar 2024 - Present
I work with early-stage startups, mid-market companies, and mission-driven teams to move from uncertainty to execution. Under Arvakura, I step in as fractional product leadership, clarifying roadmaps, aligning teams, and accelerating delivery.
For broader engagements, I also co-founded Stravika, a consulting practice with my partner that combines strategy, design, and technology to deliver beyond product leadership.
Highlights:
• Guided early-stage and mid-market companies from raw AI concepts to shipped, compliant products.
• Built a Slack-integrated case evaluation tool that let CS reps self-serve model tests — reducing turnaround from 2 days to 10 minutes and freeing 20+ developer hours per week.
• Delivered a prompt-tuning workspace with versioning, audit trail, and RAG traceability — cutting iteration cycles from days to hours (on track for minutes).
• Led roadmap and CMS rebuild for a B2B SaaS platform — clarified MVP scope, GTM strategy, and positioned the team for first paying customers within the quarter.
• Designed ML-augmented HITL workflows that cut manual ops effort by up to 80% across two client projects.
• Provide pro-bono AI guidance to nonprofits (ArtLifting, Audubon) and mentor product leaders globally through ADPList.
Pixability
Vice President Of Product Management
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• Developed and managed a comprehensive campaign data pipeline hourly, processing tens of millions of dollars in ad spend on multiple ad platforms (Google Ads, Google DV360, Amazon, and Roku).
• Managed a sophisticated YouTube content data pipeline, optimized to harvest over 20 million videos with varied retrieval cadences (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly), and pushed that to an ML/AI pipeline for nuanced content evaluation.
• Directed the productization of YouTube content machine learning pipelines, enabling predictive analytics across billions of YouTube videos with custom ML models making over 100 million daily predictions.
• Launched a new ML pipeline integrating OpenAI's GPT-3.5 API, achieving 80% accuracy in scoring and classifying millions CTV videos into the IAB content taxonomy for brand safety and suitability in 30 days.
• Enhanced an ML campaign optimization engine with pacing and delivery capabilities features, driving a 35% increase in adoption.
• Train, coach, and motivate a dedicated seven-member product management team comprised of Product Managers, Data Analysts, Product designers, and Human Review Project managers.
• Partner closely with leadership and customers to design detailed product roadmaps in alignment with new business initiatives to enhance company-wide efficiencies.
Pixability
Director Product Management
Oct 2017 - Dec 2020
• Spearheaded all phases of launching the first industry cross-platform (YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram) Video Advertising Platform, improving agencies’ and brands’ ability to build, optimize (AI optimization engine), and report; the platform was used to execute, optimize, and report on over $500M of ad media.
• Brought to market a self-service analytics platform on Looker, allowing the entire organization to analyze campaign performance data (Google Ads, Facebook, Twitter) and YouTube contextual/metadata.
• Collaborated with C-Suite, PMs, Engineering, Design, and Data teams to create, plan, and own the company-wide product roadmap.
• Defined, monitored, and analyzed quarterly OKRs to measure progress against company goals, providing actionable insights and recommendations for senior executive decision-making.
Pixability
Senior Product Manager
May 2014 - Sep 2017
• Ideated, developed, and delivered the first third-party platform for Ad Ops to create and execute Google Ads YouTube campaigns.
• Devised and launched a first-in-industry YouTube campaign real-time reporting platform, providing customers (brands and agencies) access to their campaign insights on demand.
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MOONTOAST
Senior Product Manager
Aug 2010 - May 2014
• Achieved measurable success in owning a 0-1 enterprise social advertising platform that empowered agencies and brands, including Lexus, Hyundai, Nike, Sony, P&G, Walmart, and Universal, to engage customers directly on social platforms, delivering the first ads on the Facebook platform such as Facebook and Twitter.
• Introduced the social advertising activation platform, social analytics, and social advertising units, consisting of commerce, video, live streaming, lead generation, and branding ad units.
• Realized significant results for brands, 100k simultaneous live streams for a Lexus launch, commerce units delivering $100,000/hour, 89% conversion rate for a CPG product, and 40,000 leads in 10 days for a lead generation campaign.
• Designed a roadmap to capitalize on new market opportunities, onboard business partners, and deliver experiences to empower brands to activate their fans on social media.
IzzitGreen
Senior Product Manager
Nov 2007 - Aug 2010
• Served as the product owner of a consumer rating and review platform and a subsequent e-commerce marketplace to enable consumers to identify “good” green products that fit their lifestyle.
• Guided the executive team on product definition, goal setting, design, user experience, build, and release for both 0-1 products.
• Navigated deal negotiations with all third-party partners, resulting in a savings of nearly $1M.
• Recruited, vetted, and hired the development and design teams while inspiring virtual cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver the platform MVP in 90 days, staying on time and under budget.
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PawSpot
Senior Product Manager
Nov 2006 - Nov 2007
• Product ownership of a consumer pet services platform where members could find pet service providers (pet sitting, walking, grooming, or training), pet education, and community (play dates, exchanging pet sitting, and general support).
• Drove the executive team through product definition, goal setting, design, user experience, build, and release.
• Founded and leveraged a Customer Advisory Panel. The panel gave input on product roadmap, features, and community management.
• Grew and cultivated the community from zero to 15,000 registered users in the first six months. Launched sites in five nationwide geographies within six months.
• Instituted monthly strategy sessions and quarterly off-site discussions to involve the advisors and executive team in product planning and strategy.