Nate Vink

Resume

San Francisco, CA·LinkedIn

Summary

Product and design leader with 14 years of experience across consumer apps and enterprise platforms — turning technical complexity into intuitive, high-impact products. Owned flagship observability tools at New Relic supporting hundreds of millions in revenue, launched products that hit eight-figure ARR within their first year, and currently leading how engineering teams measure productivity and AI adoption at Software.com. Leverages AI tools including Claude Code, Cursor, and Devin as a core part of prototyping and shipping.

Experience

Lead Product Manager & Designer

Apr 2021–Present

Software.com

Data Visualization & Analytics

Transformed granular engineering telemetry — commits, PR cycle times, and issue velocity — into executive dashboards that quantify developer productivity and identify delivery bottlenecks.

Complex Workflow Design

Designed automated attribution workflows for technical accounting, enabling accurate R&D tax credit capitalization and streamlining compliance for engineering teams.

AI-Augmented Development

Adopted a development workflow using Cursor, Claude Code, and Devin to prototype complex features and resolve production issues, significantly accelerating the product delivery cycle.

Lead Product Designer

Jul 2016–Feb 2021

New Relic

Flagship Product Ownership

Led design for New Relic's core observability products — APM and Logging — the company's flagship interfaces for debugging large-scale systems, supporting hundreds of millions in revenue.

New Product Innovation

Led net-new projects — including Health Map and Radar — from concept to launch, achieving eight-figure ARR growth within their first year of release.

Systems Design

Defined cross-product interaction patterns, ensuring a cohesive experience across alerting, logging, and monitoring surfaces.

Customer Research

Conducted hundreds of customer interviews, on-site visits, and product demos to shape strategy for net-new products, ensuring market fit before release.

Product Manager

Jan 2016–Jul 2016

Immediately

Led product definition and launch of Gong, a mobile-first sales intelligence app (acquired by New Relic). Integrated with Google, Twitter, and Salesforce to surface prospect signals — including social activity and engagement history — and prompt salespeople with timely follow-up reminders to keep deals moving.

UX Designer & Product Manager

Jan 2013–Jul 2015

Hathway

Served as product lead and subject matter expert across multiple client platforms, owning requirements, research, UX, and delivery for SaaS, commerce, and healthcare applications.

Education

B.S. Business Administration — Marketing Management

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo