Karlis Baisden
Senior Product Manager | AI-Driven Justice Tech | Data & Policy
Product leader and IT executive with 20+ years across software, data, and infrastructure; 5+ years shipping user-facing products and automation at scale. Lived experience and domain research in reentry, workforce, and rights restoration.
Experience
Director of Information Technology
Seaboard Triumph Foods
Feb 2025 - Present
Sioux City, IA
- Lead a 23-person org spanning development, data, networking, OT/SCADA, and enterprise IT
- Built IT modernization roadmap across JD Edwards ERP, Ignition SCADA, Power Platform, networking, and security
- Partnered with Operations/HR/Finance to redesign workflows; introduced citizen-dev guardrails
- Deployed AI-enhanced apps for safety, inventory, and employee engagement tied to measurable operational outcomes
Power Platform Developer / IT Solutions Specialist
Seaboard Triumph Foods
Feb 2023 - Feb 2025
Sioux City, IA
- Shipped Model-Driven/Canvas apps (Safety, Job Bids, JSA, Field Service, Vendor Compliance) with Dataverse schema design
- Built 100+ Power Automate flows; integrated AS/400 and modern APIs; reduced manual hours and error rates
- Delivered Power BI operational dashboards (Azure SQL/Dataverse) for near-real-time insights
- Implemented ALM/governance practices and DLP policies for enterprise Power Platform deployment
Solutions Manager (Developer/Analyst)
Indy Tech Advisor (MSP)
2019 - 2023
Remote
- Led discovery and delivery for Microsoft 365/SharePoint/Power Platform solutions
- Coached stakeholders and improved onboarding and project cycle times by 25-35%
- Migrated data to Azure SQL/Dataverse; shipped custom apps/workflows for SMB and mid-market clients
- Established best practices for cloud migration and modern workplace solutions
Selected Justice Tech Projects
Unbarred Labs — Unlocking Opportunities for Justice-Involved Americans
Founder / Product Lead
- Defined multi-lab roadmap (Voting Rights, Mental Health, Victim Impact) to reduce collateral consequences
- Translated state policy into eligibility logic and step-by-step action plans
- Designed LLM assistant for plain-language guidance and next-step checklists
BigRigBuddy — CDL Career Companion
AI-powered career guidance for returning citizens entering trucking industry with personalized training paths
StaffAbility — Workforce Development Platform
Multi-stakeholder system with AI "Career Coach" guiding training → credentials → job placement
Project Pivot — Reentry & Youth Prevention
Personalized reentry journeys with data-driven progress tracking and community resource mapping
Core Skills
Product & Strategy
AI & Data
Development
Cloud & Infrastructure
Education
Sc.M., Data Science: Policy, Governance & Society (Online)
Brown University
Current student focusing on data science applications in policy and governance
2025 - Present
B.S., Computer Information Systems
Bellevue University
Foundation in computer systems and information technology
Completed