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Austin, Texas, Us

At SpatialKey, we build technology that simplifies how insurers gain insights from information. Whether you insure individuals, businesses, or other insurers, you need the most up-to-date, targeted information to make the right decisions, right now.

Denver, Colorado, Us

GutCheck is a global, online agile market research solution that enables our clients to get quick consumer reads to address business questions, whenever they need to be answered. What I do on day-to-day basis:* Analyze competitive landscape and stay abreast of industry trends * Identify new product ideas and market growth opportunities to fulfill product strategy * Create product roadmap and communicate to the organization* Test product ideas to gain insight into customer behavior* Write user stories, wireframes, or flow diagrams as needed to tell the story* Collaborate with team members to create the best solution* Own the respondent, researcher and client experience for B2B market research platform* Create go-to-market plans for entire organization for product releases* Track product performance to learn and evolve* Solicit internal and external customer feedback

Denver, Colorado, Us

* Analyze competitive landscape, site metrics, A/B test results and consumer feedback to evolve product strategy. * Develop the product roadmap for all properties with a detailed six-month rolling view. * Oversee the product development, UI design, and SEO, distribution and revenue teams. * Lead trade-off analysis between time, feature, and revenue (or cost) across all products. * Increase user engagement and monthly unique visits by 15-20% YOY across all properties. * Create a seamless multiscreen experience for consumers accessing our properties. Implemented many product enhancements and features including: * Transitioned main Healthgrades site revenue mix from an e-commerce platform to a display advertising & sponsored content site while maintaining yearly revenue targets. * Successfully transferred site traffic from WrongDiagnosis.com to new BetterMedicine.com over 4 month period maintaining the top 1,000 articles. * Created Healthgrades first iPhone app (beta version) to help consumers save, share and track their physicians.* Launched first Healthgrades mobile friendly website increasing user engagement by 25%. * Launched personalization features to help consumers save, share and track physicians on their desktop, tablet or mobile device.

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* Identify market needs and develop the product strategy that addresses business goals for the Kaango consumer site and business customers of the Kaango platform. * Identify new product offerings to increase site usage, enhance usability and increase profitability. * Produce market requirements, product specifications, and roll out schedule for product developments. * Collaborate with a broad client user base to determine best practices for the Kaango platform. * Perform client implementations, product demonstrations, training and ongoing support as needed. * Work closely with Customer Support team to resolve user issues and improve the overall product. * Ensure that the delivery of products is successful by meeting launch criteria across all areas. * Released new, streamlined shopping cart feature which reduced customer support tickets by 15%.

Denver, Co, Us

Oversee execution on MapQuest consumer sites to drive user engagement. * Develop and articulate product strategy and roadmap that addresses business goals for revenue, site usage, distribution, innovation and usability for an audience of 50M unique visitors monthly. * Oversee development of all business cases within specialized product areas (revenue, search, etc.) * Increase MapQuest.com monthly unique visits by 5% and monthly page views to 1.5 billion. * Manage a team of product managers, usability experts, SEO analysts and marketing managers. * Lead the creation of multiple products and features including multipoint routing, aerial imagery, revenue product enhancements to improve ad targeting methods, enhanced Omniture tracking, and improving distribution methods by allowing users to send locations to their cell phone. * Lead the “Send to OnStar” initiative from initial vision through business modeling, requirements definition and implementation. Beta launched April 2007. * Lead the creation of the new MapQuest.com beta site focused on meeting user, functionality, and revenue and technology goals. Launched October 2007.

• Lead a team of diverse business analysts to partner with MDC business clients to identify business processes, functions, and procedures that can be enhanced, streamlined or eliminated through technology solutions. • Partner with all areas of the business to identify and propose technology solution options that will enhance business processes to maximize efficiency and profitability.• Meet frequently with the end users/customers to insure that IT is meeting the customer expectations. • Work with the customer to prioritize requests and needs, and communicate dates and deliverables. • Prepare project proposals for any business technology project, and assist in designing customer relationship solutions. This includes development of project proposals, vendor analysis, detailed project plans, ROI analysis, project budgets, executive presentations and recommendations to the business. • Responsible for the successful end-to-end management of all technology projects within committed budget and timeframe limitations.• Successfully manage a $1.5M project portfolio within 15% variation.

Manage project initiation to define client’s business goals, objectives, strategies, and project scope. * Manage a diverse $15M project portfolio. * Communicate project status, forecasts, and revenue recognition for all development efforts.* Hire, direct and evaluate project management team of 15. * Lead cross-functional process improvement team focused on customizing the Rational Unified Process to suit web-based software development and increase efficiencies by 25%. * Set the vision, goals, and objectives for the Navidec Project Management Office (PMO). * Implementation of PMO v1.0 was completed, initial cost savings projected to be $125K this year. * Responsible for the delivery of all projects on time, under budget, and with full functionality that exceed customer expectations.