Product Leader, Operator, Builder
Audio, Media, and Tech
Founder, Auxbus, acquired by Libsyn
Dan Radin
In 2017, I built a podcast SaaS company from scratch. In 2021, I sold it to Libsyn. That's the shortest version of a story that shaped how I think about product, creators, and what it actually takes to build something people depend on.
Auxbus was a platform for novice podcasters who wanted to produce great audio without a production team. We helped people create tens of thousands of podcasts and had a 4.95/5 customer satisfaction score at exit. The experience gave me a ground-level understanding of creator workflows, hosting dynamics, and SaaS retention that I haven't found anywhere else.
Before that, I spent nearly a decade in hardware product management: 75+ products across consumer audio, professional audio, and sport tech at Sennheiser, InMusic/Alesis, SteelSeries, and Harman/JBL. That work taught me to own a product end-to-end: customer insight to engineering collaboration to market launch. I built the Under Armour Project Rock headphones with Dwayne Johnson and a cross-functional team, reaching $10M in revenue in year one.
After Auxbus was acquired, I led product marketing at iZotope through a full business model transformation, perpetual licensing to subscription, working directly with Product and Engineering on packaging, pricing, and retention strategy through 25% revenue growth and a successful acquisition. Then spent two years at Sorenson building a corporate incubator, taking six new market opportunities from discovery through customer pilots.
The through line: I'm a hands-on operator. I make roadmap decisions, work with engineering on tradeoffs, run customer discovery, and own outcomes. Four exits across a 20-year career spanning startups, corporate, and consulting.
Currently seeking Product leadership roles in media, audio, or creator technology. Southeastern CT or remote.
TJ Smith, President, EAW
“This has resulted in faster adoption and more sales.”
Jeff Poggi, CEO
CMC North America
“We are a better company because of the work Dan delivered.”
Ray Lee, CEO, Raycon
“Dan helped us think more clearly.”
[CAPACITY BUILDING] Creating a Product Management function and developing brand positioning at CMC North America
[OPPORTUNITY ID, M&A] Discovering new product categories and M&A scouting for Raycon
[ADVISORY, STRATEGIC GROWTH] Supported ownership considerations at FM Packaging
[CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION] Building a customer-centric new product introduction with EAW
[PRODUCT MARKETING, GTM] Supporting new product line introduction for ProSoCoustic with innovative material
[INNOVATION CULTURE, AI INCUBATOR] Building an Innovation Engine at Sorenson to Enable Strategic Growth
[BUSINESS MODEL TRANSFORMATION, SaaS] Transforming iZotope's Business Model to Access New Customers
[STARTUP, NEW PRODUCT CATEGORY, SaaS] Solving Unmet Customer Needs with Auxbus to Enable Everyone to Create Podcasts
[INTERNAL STARTUP, NEW TECH] Commercializing New Technologies with Under Armour x JBL Sport Headphones
[TURNAROUND] Turning Around Harman's Luxury Audio Business
[MARGIN IMPROVEMENT, PLATFORM STRATEGY] Improving Profitability at SteelSeries with a Platform-Based Product Line
[NEW PRODUCT LINE] Winning Through Customer Segmentation with Alesis Electronic Drums
[NEW PRODUCT CATEGORY, STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP] Disrupting Music Creativity with the Alesis iO Dock for iPad