
Kitaro
Prior to founding Kitaro, Anthony Bodin was a leader at the Louisiana Economic Development organization where he scouted businesses outside of Louisiana with the goal of relocation.
Anthony compiled over 1 million datapoints to create a web app that could connect companies to Economic Development Organizations (EDOs). This easy to use interface allows companies to curate their results based on their priorities, submit a Request for Proposal, and communicate with EDOs anonymously.
Product Management Milestones:
- Presented two prototype options, and convinced Kitaro to prioritize building out the algorithm, as according to my cost-benefit analysis would have higher gains
- Analyzed partner-curated dataset existing in Excel, and helped interpret metrics to create a scoring algorithm
- Integrated the client into existing Agile Scrum ceremonies, including grooming& demos
- Gained client buy-in to leverage a free tool, Metabase, to assist in building and visualizing the algorithm and user data
- Led iterative user experience exploration with the partner using Invision to gather user feedback

Product Details:
- AWS, Cloudfront, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk
- Algorithm written in SQL comprised of over 1m datapoints
- Custom-built anonymized email service
- Web app Node.js backend, Backstrap API
- Web app AngularJS frontend
- Metabase Integration