I turn messy ideas into useful products.

I'm Sage, a product owner based in South Florida. Most of my work lives between business teams, developers, and the people using the product day to day. Sometimes that means shaping a backlog. Other times it means testing onboard a ship, chasing down a data issue, or helping a rollout get unstuck.

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Based in	South Florida
Currently	Product Owner, Food & Beverage Technology at Royal Caribbean Group
Open to	Product roles, consulting, creative collaborations

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Most of my time goes to Food & Beverage technology at Royal Caribbean: building products with crew, getting them onboard, and keeping them running.

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Close EnoughA quiz that maps how personal and how touchy you are.A quiz that maps how personal and how touchy you are, with anonymous results and a public stats page.Live

CafecitoA voting flow for post-lunch Cuban coffee at the office.A Power Platform flow so the office can vote on post-lunch Cuban coffee, with a 1:30 cutoff.In progress

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I like seeing a problem through to a fix that actually works.

Sage checking his phone on a parking deck at golden hour — On a parking deck at golden hour

Quick facts
Location	South Florida
Currently	Product Owner, Food & Beverage Technology at Royal Caribbean Group
Background	B.S. Industrial Engineering, minor in Mathematics, Nova Southeastern University
Open to	Product roles, consulting, creative collaborations

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I came into product through industrial engineering, business analysis, project coordination, QA, and a lot of learning by doing. That mix taught me to ask better questions, understand how the operation really works, and keep moving when the answer is not obvious.

At Royal Caribbean, I work on tools for Food & Beverage teams, with a big focus on shipboard operations. I've led discovery, worked through requirements with design and engineering, tested products with crew, and turned what we learned onboard into clearer priorities for the team.

Outside of product work, I shoot portraits, events, and travel photography. It scratches a different part of my brain, but the instinct is similar: pay attention to people, notice the details, and be intentional about what you do next.

What I do

Capability	What it means	Skills
Product ownership and delivery	I help take ideas from early conversations to something a team can actually build. That includes discovery, requirements, priorities, testing, demos, and the tradeoffs in between.	Requirements, backlog, roadmapping, delivery
Field ops and shipboard rollouts	A lot of my work happens outside the office. I've supported pilots and deployments onboard ships, where hardware, connectivity, data, and real operating pressure all matter.	Pilots, hardware, field research, QA
Systems thinking	Before I jump to a feature, I look at the full workflow: the people, roles, data, dependencies, and edge cases behind the request.	Workflow design, data flows, edge cases
Photography and storytelling	I shoot portraits, events, and travel. I care about honest moments, strong framing, and making a person or place feel like itself.	Portrait, editorial, travel, Lightroom

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I'm always happy to meet people working on thoughtful products, difficult operational problems, or a good creative idea. If that sounds like you, send me a note.

Open to product roles, consulting, and creative collaborations.

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LinkedIn	in/sejul-phanord (opens in a new tab)
Instagram	@hellasage (opens in a new tab)
CV	Sejul-Phanord-CV.docx