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I am a founder, product manager, and ex-engineer. I believe AI coding agents are reshaping how products get built. The PM can now go from concept to working prototype and hand off to engineers to take it production-ready. Engineering doesn't go away; the handoff moves. Great PM work requires engineering depth, product judgment, and delivery muscle in one person. I'm the founder of Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai), leading an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform with a live prototype, built by directing AI coding agents under my architectural review.…I am a founder, product manager, and ex-engineer. I believe AI coding agents are reshaping how products get built. The PM can now go from concept to working prototype and hand off to engineers to take it production-ready. Engineering doesn't go away; the handoff moves. Great PM work requires engineering depth, product judgment, and delivery muscle in one person. I'm the founder of Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai), leading an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform with a live prototype, built by directing AI coding agents under my architectural review.

Daniel Runion

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I am a founder, product manager, and ex-engineer. I believe AI coding agents are reshaping how products get built. The PM can now go from concept to working prototype and hand off to engineers to take it production-ready. Engineering doesn't go away; the handoff moves. Great PM work requires engineering depth, product judgment, and delivery muscle in one person. I'm the founder of Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai), leading an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform with a live prototype, built by directing AI coding agents under my architectural review.…I am a founder, product manager, and ex-engineer. I believe AI coding agents are reshaping how products get built. The PM can now go from concept to working prototype and hand off to engineers to take it production-ready. Engineering doesn't go away; the handoff moves. Great PM work requires engineering depth, product judgment, and delivery muscle in one person. I'm the founder of Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai), leading an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform with a live prototype, built by directing AI coding agents under my architectural review.

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I am a founder, product manager, and ex-engineer. I believe AI coding agents are reshaping how products get built. The PM can now go from concept to working prototype and hand off to engineers to take it production-ready.

Engineering doesn’t go away; the handoff moves. Great PM work requires engineering depth, product judgment, and delivery muscle in one person. I’m the founder of Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai), leading an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform with a live prototype, built by directing AI coding agents under my architectural review.

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Work Experience

Founder & Builder at Sortie HQ (SortieHQ.ai)

January 1, 2026 - Present

Founded Sortie HQ, an AI-native strategy-to-execution platform; conducted market research, sized the opportunity, and built a live prototype. Authored the founder stack including PRD, business plan, financial model, and go-to-market strategy; directed AI coding agents to deliver the product architecture.

Scrum Master at Colabra — contracted to Bank of America

July 1, 2025 - Present

Facilitated GenAI adoption across 3 teams, mentored Product Owners, and established delivery dashboards to improve sprint decisions and visibility.

Interim Product Manager / Senior Scrum Master at Trustech, Inc. — contracted to Sorenson Communications

September 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Led AI voice-to-text correction product efforts, managed stakeholder relationships, and guided delivery. Coached first-time PMs and aligned engineers to the product vision.

Agile Scrum Master at Dexian Consulting — contracted to Bank of America

March 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024

Brought structure to three teams building financial API products (including Plaid integration); established cadence and managed cross-team dependencies.

VP of Product Development / Scrum Master at Core Strengths Publishing

March 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023

Sole PM for four products from concept to marketplace launch; owned backlog and decision points; wore multiple hats to ship on schedule.

Scrum Master at Signature Consultants — contracted to Bank of America

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Introduced Agile practices to multiple teams, coached Product Owners, and established delivery dashboards for executive visibility.

Product Manager at Insurance.com

January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010

Owned the full online sales funnel for a $70M, 48-state auto insurance platform; ran A/B tests, partnered with BI for conversion reporting, and prioritized design/implementation.

Web Developer at Insurance.com

January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2007

Contributed to a complete site rebuild; implemented attribution marketing and API response mappings.

Web Developer at Progressive Insurance

January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2004

Web development in Claims IT; worked with classic ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, and SQL on DB2.