Consultant, Board Of Directors Resume
San Jose, CA
OBJECTIVE:
Join an executive leadership team and assist with building world class profitable products. Typical role is VP/Director Product or Program Management. I am available full time or contract.
SUMMARY:
- After a successful career in Program and Quality Management and Management Consulting for Confidential 50 companies, I went into enterprise and Internet software start - up companies to create and deploy enablers for the 21st century economy.
- I have deep analytical experience and execution skills that have allowed me to be a key contributor to building new companies from the ground up while embedding expansion stage processes.
- Creator of one of the first SaaS/Cloud LMS used by thousands of teachers
- Created enterprise PLM software suite that led to acquisition of company
- Writer of 6 patents
KEY SKILLS:
Product Roadmap, Strategy, Agile, JIRA, SalesForce, CRM, PLM, Program Management, Product Management, Project Management, Six Sigma, Lean, DMAIC, Digital Marketing, EdTech, OPM, Higher Ed, Test Prep, PPM, QA, SPC, DOE, Taguchi, G-Suite, SquareSpace, WordPress, Rally, PropelPLM, SmartSheets, AscentERP, AWS, M&A, Due Diligence, Five9, Call Center, Outsourcing
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Consultant, Board of Directors
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Responsibilities:
- Program and product management, business development, and strategy
- Selection of outsource development partner
- Mentoring of product and sales execs
- Prep and execution of product launch
Consultant, Program Management
Confidential, Oakland, CA
Responsibilities:
- Construction and execution of supply chain
- Selection of IT platform for CRM, PLM, ERP
- Program management schedule and execution
Vice President Product Management, Co-Founder
Confidential, Campbell, CA
Responsibilities:
- Special assignment in new business development
- Helped integrate and revamp acquired businesses
- Repurposed CRM application into a student recruitment platform for advanced degree programs at partner universities resulting in 300% increase in revenue
- Implemented Agile / Kanban process and managed off-shore development team leading to accelerated releases and improved quality
- Led outsource IT/cloud engineering supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform resulting in 99.99% uptime
- Developed entire product roadmap for one of the first Freemium SaaS Learning Management Systems that served K12 teachers, parents and students
Chief Strategy Officer
Confidential, Boston, MA
Responsibilities:
- Monetization of traffic
- Negotiated university partnerships
- Negotiated student aid partnerships with major lenders
Director of Program Management and QA
Confidential, Burlington, MA
Responsibilities:
- Created and managed Agile Development Process for 35 Scrum teams (250+ Developers)
- Created and deployed end-to-end SDLC for industry-leading financial management software
- Improved from one release in 3 years to 3 releases per year
Founder
Confidential, Hudson, MA
Responsibilities:
- Designed and released customer-facing eCommerce recommendation and analytics engine integrated with major retailer product catalog
- Built team by recruiting CTO, VP Sales & Marketing, VP Finance, BOD and Advisory staff
- Finalist in multiple Angel Investor competitions
Vice President Product Management, Co-Founder
Confidential, Maynard, MA
Responsibilities:
- Built suite of product portfolio management apps for global product development
- Onboarded early adopters to increase value of company for acquirers
- Wrote patents for innovations related to deliverables-based program management
Director of Quality
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Program and quality planning for Confidential
Quality Director
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Supply chain and manufacturing stabilization
- Contract manufacturer selection and certification
President
Confidential, Hudson, MA
Responsibilities:
- Startup program and product management consulting
- Assist with company and product launch, outsource selection
- Product Roadmap, IT stack selection, key company hire screening
- Clients in mobile rewards and cannabis product manufacturing and distribution
President
Confidential, Hudson, MA
Responsibilities:
- Implementation of PPM software
- Process alignment at early adopters