Michael Bayne

VP Product @Scout Motors

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Technology executive with 15+ years in consumer hardware and software. Led development of ML-powered products and experiecences at Nike, Amazon, Tesla, and Apple managing teams of 100+ across multiple geographies.

Experience

  • Vice President, Product Management at Scout Motors Inc.
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Lead strategy, design, and development for Scout's digital products and services.

  • Principal at Cathedryl
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

    Early-stage investments

  • Senior Director, Technical Product Management - Sports Research, Tech Innovation, Consumer Creation at Nike
    2022 - Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Managed product across Sports Research, Technology Innovation, and Consumer Creation domains leveraging computer vision, simulation, robotics, and ML/Al to reimagine workflows, products, and consumer experiences

  • Amazon (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Strategy and Operations, Emerging Devices and Technology
      2019 - 2021 · 2 yrs

      Built the organization, data collection tools, and ML/AI infrastructure required to launch new consumer robotics hardware, software, and services

    • Senior Product Manager, Emerging Devices and Technology
      2018 - 2019 · 1 yr

      Defined ML-enabled Prognostics, Serviceability, Warranty, Reverse Logistics, Go-to-Market (GTM), and Customer Service strategy for v1 consumer electronics products

  • Tesla (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Manager, Service Strategy & Operations
      2015 - 2017 · 2 yrs

      Scaled operations and introduced new means to enhance the customer experience with physical and digital solutions– smart alert algorithms, remote diagnostics, technician knowledgebase, connected workshops, mobile service, mobile application development, 3PL partnerships...

    • Engineering Manager, Service Tooling & Equipment
      2014 - 2015 · 1 yr

      Addressed serviceability needs for vehicles and proposed new subsystem designs; Models S/X/3

    • Global Supply Manager, Indirect Procurement
      2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

      First hire to specify and source tooling and equipment for the Service organization