Entrepreneurial product manager with a passion for the early stage of the product life-cycle (idea to growth) and experience developing, launching and optimizing native and web products in agile environments. Specialties: Product management, digital product development, mobile (iOS), Agile methodology, Lean Startup methodology, prototyping (mobile and web), competitive analysis, Small Business (SMB), compliance, user experience research, usability testing, SaaS, global product strategy.

Global Product Manager @ • Established strategy and led integrated development teams to build global product offering •• Drove product strategy and execution for all aspects of UK Payroll from inception through launch •• Managed across multiple technical teams as the primary product manager to deliver UK product •• Won “Fastest Growing Payroll Accounting Company” by IDC in July 2015 based on product’s success • Defined feature set for four global products that drive over $1.5B in processed payroll per month Xero is the global leader in cloud based accounting. The company has grown rapidly over the last 7 years and now employs over 1000 people. We have developed an award winning SaaS solution, which is revolutionising the way small businesses complete their accounting requirements. Today we are a publicly traded company which has recently surpassed a market cap of $4 Billion. - Forbes #1 World’s Most Innovative Growth Company - BRW's #1 Australia's Most Innovative Company From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Product Manager @ • Managed a team developers, designers, and QA using agile methodology for Quickbooks UK Payroll • Led strategic research efforts in the organization by using design-thinking, rapid experimentation, and applied research methods on cross-platform initiatives from conception to product launch • Crafted UI mockups, prototypes, and specs from concept to launch for a multi-user product offering • Led TurboTax product marketing and implemented a full-scale responsive redesign, in tandem with a mobile GTM-strategy that achieved 367% user growth •• Filed a patent on content prioritization for responsive web layouts (United States Patent 137437) • Owned Intuit Online Payroll Mobile and oversaw integration with Quickbooks Online for iPad From August 2012 to March 2014 (1 year 8 months) San Francisco Bay AreaInternational Research Coordinator @ • Directed a research team of 30 with Dr. Philip Zimbardo for the Heroic Imagination Project • Designed the experimental protocol and co-wrote an extensive literature review which formed the basis for the international project • Developed project schedules and targets across US, Israel and Palestine. Oversaw data management, collection and analysis; formally recruited and supervised research assistants From June 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 3 months) Cognitive Science Researcher @ • Investigated the effects of traumatic brain injury on the hippocampus; performed transcardial perfusions, utilized cresyl violet staining techniques, and conducted brain imaging using a spectrophotometer. • Examined the cognitive and emotional pathways through which disclosure effects cognitive functioning. From September 2009 to May 2012 (2 years 9 months) Production Assistant Intern @ Assisted in the event production of the annual TED Conference hosted in Long Beach, California. From February 2012 to February 2012 (1 month) Cognitive Science Research Intern @ • Conducted a study examining how naïve physics implicitly influences visual information processing • Created visual stimuli, conducted user testing, statistically analyzed data and presented results From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months)

Psychology @ Pepperdine University From 2008 to 2012 Research Internship, Cognitive Science @ Yale University From 2010 to 2010 Study Abroad: Spring Semester @ Chiang Mai University From 2009 to 2009 Study Abroad: Summer @ Pepperdine University - Switzerland From 2008 to 2008 Megan Caywood is skilled in: Product Management, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Statistics, Research, Social Networking, Mobile Applications, Data Analysis, Marketing, Business Development, Editing, SPSS, Critical Thinking, PowerPoint, User Experience