TOPseven: a product launch built on customer feedback.

I ran the launch program for TOPseven LPS and CLOUDseven: the product positioning, a roadmap shaped by customer feedback, the interface and navigation of the cloud applications and a launch across every channel.

Company

TOPseven

Market

Autonomous robotics

Role

Product strategy & go to market

TOPseven inspection drone with its sensors, LPS signal generator and inspection software on a monitor

New technology the market had to understand first.

Contactless inspection of lightning protection systems by drone was new to wind operators, who knew rope access and resistance measurement. The launch had to show what the product does, why it matters and what it is worth before anyone compared specs.

Customer feedbackOperators, service teamsTOPseven LPSContactless LPS inspectionCLOUDsevenDashboards and reportsLaunchWebsiteLinkedInTrade showsSales team

From positioning to a launch on every channel.

Lightning striking a wind turbine under a dark sky

Positioned on lightning risk

TOPseven LPS was framed around what lightning damage costs operators in downtime and repairs, the risk they already carry.

TOPseven inspection software with a blade image, damage catalogue and severity ratings

Built from customer feedback

I designed the interface and navigation around what inspection teams told us they needed in the field and at the desk.

LPS analysis view showing electric field curves along the blade radius for three blades

Value in dashboards and the cloud

CLOUDseven dashboards and cloud applications turn every inspection into results a team can review, compare and report.

What the launch put in customers’ hands.

15 min

Contactless LPS inspection per wind turbine.

< 1 h

Visual and LPS inspection of one turbine.

1 h

From landing to data ready for expert analysis.

TÜV SÜD

Certified LPS method, FCC certified and US patented.

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