Enterprise workflow integrations
Influenced roughly 90% of new-business pipeline through enterprise workflow integrations.
Product leadership, AI, and execution
I build better products, teams, and AI-powered ways of working.
David Barnes is a product leader, builder, and advisor with experience across B2B SaaS, enterprise platforms, and early-stage ventures. He works with companies that need sharper decisions, faster delivery, and systems that actually hold up in practice.
Selected outcomes
A few useful proof points.
AI-assisted content operations
Reduced AI-assisted content creation from days or weeks to hours.
Faster delivery cycles
Cut project duration from six weeks to three and increased iteration capacity.
Commercial responsibility
Owned a £60m portfolio with 60% gross margin and full P&L responsibility.
Greenfield to revenue
Took a greenfield product to first paying customers within 12 months.
What I do
Clear strategy, practical execution, and better operating rhythm.
Product Leadership
I help teams make better product decisions, focus on what matters, and move with more confidence across strategy, delivery, and commercial reality.
AI Product & Workflow Design
I design practical AI-supported workflows, tools, and systems that improve how products are built and how work gets done.
Coaching & Advisory
I work with founders and operators who want sharper product thinking, stronger execution, and fewer avoidable mistakes.
Current projects / explorations
The work that has my attention right now.
AI-native product workflows
Designing product operating models where AI is part of the working system, not an awkward add-on.
Agent and context systems
Exploring how context, memory, and orchestration can make agents genuinely useful in real product environments.
Form automation and structured data capture
Building cleaner ways to collect, structure, and move information through messy operational workflows.
Practical product coaching
Working with founders and operators who need direct, grounded help with product strategy and execution.
Now
An active snapshot.
Currently building and exploring AI-native systems, advising on product strategy and execution, and thinking a lot about tools, context, and how teams work better together.
Open to leadership roles, advisory work, and collaborations where clarity and practical progress matter more than noise.
About
UK-based, commercially grounded, and hands-on.
I’ve led product strategy, teams, and execution across SaaS, enterprise, and venture environments. My work sits at the intersection of product judgement, delivery discipline, and systems thinking.
I’m most useful where there is complexity to untangle, momentum to create, and a genuine need to turn ambition into something operationally sound.
Contact
If the work is interesting, let’s talk.
The easiest way to reach me is by email or LinkedIn.