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Mike Mariano

TELUS SmartHome+

Product leader with 10+ years building and scaling complex platforms — IoT ecosystems, AI-powered experiences, and high-performing product teams. Operating at Director scope, ready for the title.

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Mike Mariano
About

Technical depth. Strategic reach.

I lead the SmartHome+ Intelligence & Automation portfolio at TELUS — translating household data into awareness, guidance, and action. The work spans alerts, insights, recommendations, and routines, with a north star of moving customers from reactive device management toward something closer to an intelligent home.

I built this portfolio from scratch: defined the vision, established the operating model, and aligned engineering, commercial, and executive stakeholders across a highly interconnected platform.

I develop PMs, shape team culture, and consistently operate at a scope beyond my title — because the problems worth solving rarely fit neatly inside one.

10+ Years in Product
3 Companies
2 Industries
Experience

Where I've worked.

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TELUS

SmartHome+ Global Product · Health

2014 – Present
Senior Technical Product Manager, Global Product, SmartHome+ Jun 2022 – Present
IoT Platform AI Experiences Firmware Video Streaming PM Mentorship
  • Founded and lead the SmartHome+ Intelligence & Automation portfolio — built around three questions every smart home should answer: What is happening? What should the customer know? What should happen next?
  • Deliver that vision through alerts, insights, recommendations, and routines — spanning Activity History through to future agentic experiences, moving customers from reactive device management toward an intelligent household operating system.
  • Defined north-star vision, operating model, and roadmap from scratch — aligning engineering, commercial, and executive stakeholders around a platform with long-term strategic differentiation.
  • Own strategy and roadmap for smart home automation and video products across mobile, backend, and connected hardware.
  • Bridge TELUS, device manufacturers, and platform teams — aligning firmware, cloud integrations, and feature design across the full stack.
  • Diagnose and resolve cross-layer reliability issues (mobile ↔ cloud ↔ firmware ↔ Wi-Fi) through telemetry analysis and cross-functional coordination.
  • Translate complex technical findings into clear roadmap priorities and exec-ready insights.
  • Mentor junior PMs and shape team rituals that improve execution velocity and alignment.
Product Manager, Products & Services, SmartHome Nov 2020 – Jun 2022
Connected Video Hardware Activation
  • Owned full product lifecycle for connected video — hardware, firmware, cloud, and mobile — from concept to post-launch.
  • Launched targeted initiatives that improved camera uptime, activation rates, and subscription yield.
  • Closed the loop on reliability by partnering with support and ops to reduce escalations post-launch.
Senior Client Relationship Manager & Project Manager II, TELUS Health Sep 2014 – Nov 2020
Healthcare Enterprise Delivery Client Success
  • Led a delivery team executing digital product initiatives for national enterprise healthcare clients.
  • Held the line on scope, compliance, and client expectations simultaneously — often in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
  • Built deep client trust that sustained and grew long-term accounts through proactive issue ownership.
D

Dynacare

Transformation & Project Management Office

2010 – 2014
Project Manager / Business Systems Analyst 2010 – 2014
Healthcare Ops Systems Transformation
  • Digitized high-volume operations through system transformation initiatives, eliminating manual workflows at scale.
  • Navigated complex regulatory requirements while scoping and driving technology projects with cross-functional leaders.
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PointClickCare

Long-term Care SaaS Platform

2008 – 2010
Product Owner — eMAR & Physician Orders 2008 – 2010
SaaS eMAR Backlog Management
  • Owned backlog and end-to-end delivery for eMAR and physician order workflows in a leading long-term care SaaS platform.
  • Shipped compliant, intuitive experiences in a tightly regulated environment — bridging dev, QA, and regulatory teams.
  • Turned user feedback and competitive signals into sharp, actionable requirements that actually shipped.
Skills

What I bring to the table.

Product Leadership

Product Vision & Strategy Portfolio Roadmapping OKR & KPI Frameworks PM Coaching & Development Executive Stakeholder Alignment Operating Model Design

Connected Platforms

IoT & Smart Home Ecosystems APIs, Firmware & Cloud Telemetry & Observability Vendor Ecosystem Management Reliability & Scalability Cross-Stack Debugging

Delivery & Data

Agile / Scrum SAFe / PI Planning Discovery & User Research A/B Testing & Experimentation Data-Informed Prioritization Go-to-Market & Launch

Intelligence & AI

AI-Powered Customer Engagement Recommendation Systems Intelligent Notifications Agentic Workflows Contextual Insights Household Automation
Education

Background & credentials.

🎓

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)

Toronto Metropolitan University · 2009

Information Technology Management · Ted Rogers School of Management

🏅 Award for Excellence — top 5 in Information Technology Management

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Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute · 2014

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Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner / Product Manager

Scaled Agile Inc. · 2022

Community

  • Digital Mentor, Cyber-Seniors Ongoing
  • Volunteer, TELUS Days of Giving Ongoing
  • Committee Member, Sandbox Collaboration Grants 2018–2021
  • Fundraiser & Cyclist: Ride for Heart, Ride to Conquer Cancer 2010–2022
Contact

Let's connect.

Open to conversations about product strategy, connected platforms, AI experiences, and leadership. Feel free to reach out.

✉ mariano.mike@gmail.com # 416-564-8577 in linkedin.com/in/mikemariano
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