PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Product Management Professional.
• Committed and resourceful professional with Top 10 MBA and 30 years combined experience in the technology industry including 20 years Technology Product Management built on a solid 8 years of Software Engineering experience.
• Highly motivated and self directed individual yet a team player with demonstrated ability to work complex issues and lead cross functional teams in implementing highly successful solutions.
• Identify and drive new concepts and navigate seamlessly through complex issues to create and launch new products, and revitalize existing product lines.
• Key strengths include Executive Management, Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, Marketing, Business Development, and Sales.
• Implemented the world’s first end to end credit card encryption project, on time and on budget
• Directed the Confidential WAV Library project digitizing and converting all of UMG’s music assets
• Managed Mass Mutual mobile retirement plan registration system
• Restructured Unified Communications product line for Confidential VOIP system
• Launched worlds first integrated web editing and serving $200M product line for Silicon Graphics WebForce
• Software engineering background including BASIC, PASCAL, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++
• Author of 2 issued patents in Mobile Advertising and Unified Communications

RELATED SKILLS:

• New product research, development and launch
• Product Requirements Document
• Technical Use Case creation and Software Design
• Both waterfall and agile methodology
• Trained and developed in contemporary leadership
• Business Plan and Business Case development
• Marketing Strategy creation and implementation
• Hired, coached and managed team of high performing product managers
• Strategic thought leader for innovative technology
• Cross functional team building and management
• Product and Project Management
• Product technology roadmap implementation
• Sales & Business Development
• International and domestic experience
• Off shore engineering management
• Manage internal and external business partners

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Diego, California

Sr. Director Product Management

Responsibilities:

• Direct, train and supervise a team of remote Sr. and Jr. Product Managers in the design of Confidential for email service provider.
• Skilled at Product Management skills, driving complex product line roadmaps, and developing cutting edge Confidential solutions.
• Managed eMS email marketing platform.
• Managed global team of Product Managers, Developers, and Operations teams to fulfill customer needs.
• Assisted in corporate strategy, vision, and direction.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Founder / President

Responsibilities:

• Provide business consulting and marketing services to small and medium sized businesses.
• Services include Internet Marketing, Advertising, SEO, Reputation Management, Social Networking, Intellectual Property and Business Consulting.
• Create and manage business services for small and medium sized businesses.
• Manage all aspects of the sales, service, technology implementation, operations, finance and support.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Vice President Product Management

Responsibilities:

• Define solutions for Mobile, PC, and Web Universal Communications Services by addressing organizational challenges and assessing the impact of proposed changes designed to improve accuracy, consistency and quality, internally and from a customer perspective.
• Re - structured entire product line to create a profitable SMB offering with creative approaches to drive revenue and capitalize on innovative market penetration strategies.
• Instrumental in re-branding and re-launch of company and developing services tailored to each business segment, significantly increasing customer-base, enhancing brand awareness, and providing new channels of development.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Senior Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Pioneered and launched innovative products including the Cipher End-to-End Security Encryption Suite.
• Delivered product requirement documentation ( Confidential ) including detailed technical use cases for the service. s included:
• Successfully launched the world’s first end-to-end payment encryption service on time and on budget.
• Experienced in all facets of product life cycle management, from initial conceptual design through development, testing, rollout and support.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Staff Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided a direct impact on sales growth with the development and implementation of mobile marketing initiatives designed to support Code Division Multiple Access ( CDMA) resellers in closing business and managing existing client relationships.
• Boosted productivity with the design and implementation of advertising strategies for location Based Services (LBS).
• Primary inventor of six submitted IP claims in Mobile Advertising and Confidential and secondary inventor on one claim.
• Represented Confidential and drove mobile advertising standards for the Mobile Marketing Association ( Confidential )

Confidential, San Diego, California

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Closed and managed multiple Fortune 500 sales with customer centric sales presentations and supporting collateral outlining Confidential for Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions for D2C mobile media.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Captured 10% market share in 6 months through delivery of first and best of breed products to gaming and financial services markets and generated more sales in one quarter than the company had in the previous 9 years.

Confidential, San Diego, California

Vice President Business Development

Responsibilities:

• Provided vision, leadership and framework to define new digital strategies, integrated products into a centralized offering, and designed compelling marketing and advertising programs to increase awareness and adoption of emerging technologies.
• Developed product and marketing plans for Media Delivery Network ( Confidential ) Services, and managed digital media for Confidential . s included:
• Managed Confidential account and directed the Confidential WAV Library project and the conversion of WAV to various digital media formats.

Confidential, San Francisco, California

Director Product Management

Responsibilities:

• Managed brand management, provided market research, and directed the introduction of product enhancements for massively scalable storage services.
• Managed MSN Music, MSN Photos, and MTVi into the Confidential Service and coordinated customer issues through to engineeringGIG.COM, San Francisco, California