Product / Technology
Hire me → tom@gib.by
Product Founder @ 📫 PebblePost, 🥁 Big Tunes, & 🧑🏼‍🎤 TuneBooks. Product Leader / Product Design @ 💎 Circa, 💳 Transactis, 🥑 CalPhresh, 💶 Worldly Investor, & 💭 Thoughtbubble. 🥏 Owner / Head Coach Emeritus @ Empire Ultimate.
I’m an experienced seed and growth stage product & technology leader and founder living & working in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY.

My approach to delivering great product outcomes for all stakeholders is founded on excellent cross-discipline communication, deep diving into detail, & strong bias for action.

I’ve had an exciting, diverse career where I’ve worked in ad tech, digital → direct mail, cross border e-commerce, online luxury resale, and most excitingly, a short stint in the music biz.

At each stop, either as a founder or seed/growth stage employee, I’ve been deeply involved in strategic planning, design, development, and marketing of “0-1” products and new lines of business that create revenue, competitive advantage, and valuable data and technology assets.

Please feel free to get in touch any time at tom@gib.by.
Experience
PebblePost
Thru Series C
Co-Founder / VP Product / Dev for Direct Mail innovator.
CIRCA
Thru Series A
Head of Product for 2-sided lux marketplace.
Big Tunes
Hackquired
Head of Product for indie music crowdfunder.
Empire Ultimate
Exit
Founding Owner & Head Coach of 2x AUDL Champ.
Transactis
Exit
Director of Product / Technology for bill pay giant.
Areas of Expertise
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Product / Tech Co-Founder & Advisor
🗺️
Strategic Roadmap Development
📈
Product-Led Growth & Sales
👾
Full Stack Prototyping / Build
💌
Digital→Direct Mail Thought Leadership
🔒
Information Security / Compliance
📲
Cross-platform App Development
🔮
Data Strategy & Enrichment
🎨
Product Design + UI + UX
💳
Customer Acquisition & Retention
🧩
Integrations
🛒
Circular / Marketplace E-commerce
🛫
Cross-border E-commerce
💪🏼
Coaching, Mentorship, & Morale
🤝
Vendor Selection / Management
🌍
Outsource Vetting / Management
🧊
Gleaming the Cube
Side Projects for Fun
⏲️
Set & Get Reminders via SMS
🥒
Casual Event Scheduling & RSVPs
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The Only Interview Question That Matters

Wrote an article about an interview question that my friend and colleague Rob Victor devised. Works great for hiring exceptional employees for modern 0-25-stage companies.


https://redhook.notion.site/The-Only-Product-Interview-Question-That-Matters-29e43d283f4b48e59898e341c29c3bcd

I needed to replace Doodle for scheduling my sandlot baseball game, yearly trip to North Tahoe, meet ups w/ fmr. engineering colleagues, and all the casual events that are part of our lives.


The once-simple-and-slick Doodle was monetized by new owners who introduced feature complexity and painted it with ads. The pro features are overkill for casual users.


Pickle is dead simple. The organizer sets up their...

9.11.22
NYC ❤️
5.22.22
Turnstile

Hardcore never died and might win a Grammy.

Helping in Rockaway, 2012
Tom Gibbons
NYC-based Head of Product & Technology
Call or SMS 718-989-1414
"Gibby" is my childhood nickname