Olathe, KS

Sean Turner

Product Management Director — building at the intersection of engineering, design, and technology.

Nearly two decades in AEC. I've been an electrical designer, project engineer, project manager, department head, and innovation director. Now I build software products for the industry I grew up in.

That path means I understand what it takes to design a building system, open a new market, staff a team, and ship a product. I use all of it. The goal is software that engineers actually want to use, built by someone who's sat in their chair.

Currently: Product Management Director at Henderson Engineers, standing up a product practice where none existed before.

Selected Work

Projects

2025–PresentActive

Product Management Practice

Building Henderson's first product team and product operating model from the ground up.

Status

Team structured and operating. Roadmap process defined. First internally-driven product releases shipped and in active iteration.

Product StrategyTeam BuildingRoadmappingStakeholder Alignment
2021–2025

Innovation Program

Led a company-wide innovation initiative identifying and piloting emerging technologies in AEC.

Outcome

Piloted three high-signal initiatives that became permanent programs. Built internal literacy around technology evaluation that outlasted the role.

InnovationAECTechnology StrategyDfMA
2019–2021

Electrical Department Leadership

Led the electrical engineering department through a period of rapid growth — hiring, technical direction, and standards adoption.

Outcome

Grew the team, updated design standards across a distributed department, and established a performance framework that outlasted the role.

Engineering LeadershipHiringMEPTeam Scaling
2016–2018

Electrical Technical Leadership

Led technical standards, QC processes, and engineer development across the electrical department.

Outcome

Established technical standards that reduced rework by a measurable margin and became the basis for onboarding new engineers.

EngineeringMEPTechnical LeadershipProcess Design
2014–2016

Los Angeles Office Launch

Opened and led Henderson's Los Angeles office — a new market with no existing footprint.

Outcome

Grew the office to a self-sustaining team with a regional client base and a project pipeline within 18 months.

LeadershipMarket ExpansionOperationsClient Development

Career Arc

Experience

18 years. One company. Every layer — designer, engineer, project lead, office leader, department head, and now product. That breadth is the credential.

Director of Product Management

2025 – Present

  • Built the product management function from zero: team structure, roadmap process, and delivery rhythm.
  • Partner to engineering, design, and executive leadership to align product priorities with business outcomes.
  • Shipped first internally-driven product releases with defined success metrics.

Director of Innovation

2021 – 2025

  • Evaluated and piloted emerging technologies across design, fabrication, and project delivery.
  • Built internal frameworks for technology assessment that reduced evaluation cycle time.
  • Represented Henderson at industry conferences as a voice on AEC technology and DfMA.

Department Head, Electrical Engineering

2020 – 2021

  • Led the electrical engineering department: hiring, performance, technical direction.
  • Drove adoption of updated design standards across a distributed team.

Low Voltage Team Leader

2018 – 2020

  • Led team operations; scheduling, hiring, and project management.
  • Managed team performance and technical quality.
  • Onboarded new programs and projects.

Electrical Technical Leader

2016 – 2018

  • Led complex MEP projects from design through construction administration.
  • Owned technical quality and mentored junior engineers.

Office Leader, Los Angeles

2014 – 2016

  • Opened and grew the LA office from zero to a self-sustaining regional operation.
  • Full P&L and operational responsibility for a new market.

Electrical Designer

2008 – 2014

  • Designed electrical systems for commercial, healthcare, and industrial facilities.
  • Foundation in how buildings actually get built — from the design desk.

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