Keri Bender Email & Phone Number

United States

Although I have been retired for a few years now, I have been consulting with some companies and have interest in short-term contract work. Please connect with me for any consulting opportunities

Responsible for the Global GTM, Business Development, and Strategy of the Autodesk Vault and Fusion Lifecycle PLM products including defining and managing pricing, packaging, business models, business development, sales and partner enablement strategy, and overall aligning of stakeholders and organizations within Autodesk to support these products.

Boston, MA

• Responsible for the GTM, Business Development, Partner Success functions of the Fusion Lifecycle PLM product including defining and managing the pricing, packaging, and business models, as well as seeking new and.
• Led the definition and implementation of the Specialized Partner program for Fusion Lifecycle for both North America and EMEA
• Leading the initiative for defining and implementing Sales enablement for internal and external teams in both North America and EMEA
• Business Strategy and Marketing lead for the Configure One (CPQ) acquisition – while simultaneously remaining the lead Fusion Lifecycle team member. This role including working with a multi-department, cross-functional.
• Worked with multi-department teams to streamline and document internal processes resulting in dramatic improvements
• Created online on-boarding documentation to increase the speed new hires can be effective in their new roles

Natick, MA

• Work with cross-functional multi-department teams to support the planning, tracking and execution of complex, cross organizational monthly online web releases while maintaining focus on strategic goals and objectives.
• Monthly web releases are unique mix of over 140 applications and require coordination across multiple teams and departments
• Responsibility for extensive metrics creation/reporting with Business Objects
• Took initiative to create focused team site pages as a SharePoint power user to allow clear and easy access to team processes and provide transparency to team metrics
• Took initiative to create self-paced online eLearning module aimed at both new hires and seasoned team members to promote awareness of all aspects of the Web Application Release Management process and responsibilities
• Lead Team Meetings for different audiences in order too Communicate and track progress on specific goalso Address retrospective feedback which may result in updating processes and communicationo Brainstorm new ideas to.

Waltham, MA

• Technical Software Product Manager responsible for taking a new business idea (My.SolidWorks.com) from prototype to market launch with the responsibility for managing the development, planning and execution of product.
• Managed a cross-functional multi-department team of approximately 15 people (including senior executives, developers, and consultants) distributed in the US and France
• Ensured end-user goals defined our products by making customer contact a priority. Presented to over 100 users at several User Groups; facilitate booths and gave presentations at 6 of 10 occurrences of SolidWorks World.
• Influenced the strategic direction of products by creating product roadmap based on user feedback from various channels (usability studies, user community participation, direct email communication).

Concord, MA

- Successfully led the release process for the first product launch within the company that required the adoption of new processes and systems mandated by parent company. Tasks included: defining projects, negotiating requirements from other brands within the company, release management, and coordination with technical support.- As brand representative to.

Concord, MA

• Software Technical Product Manager working on a redefined web product from initial planning to market launch with the responsibility for the quality, and execution of product strategy and requirements.
• Established the QA practices from the ground up for the SolidWorks online CAD Community (3D ContentCentral®). Led the QA and Operations team through two major releases every year (plus patches) in 7 languages..
• Coordinated multiple globally-distributed teams to successfully synchronize the release cycle of this online CAD Community with that of the flagship product. Teams included: Product Definition, QA, Development, Product.
• Turned around a low-performing QA team based in China through a high-touch strategy: daily conversations in local time, and weekly meetings as a mentor. Once the team was on track, facilitated the hand-off of team.

Concord, MA

- Key member of small (7-person) internal, passionate start-up team of highly talented people reporting directly to company founder. Product was available for purchase through Amazon.com- Solely played multiple roles to support high-quality, ontime launches: QA, Product Definition, Project Management, Technical Support, Documentation, Tutorial Production.

Concord, MA

- Created test plans and procedures, executed tests, validated requirements, and documented results for round-trip testing.- QA Manager for new version of eDrawings, released in 13 languages, and supporting parts, assemblies and drawings.- Responsible for syncing the release to the SolidWorks release cycle.

Orlando, Florida Area

Orlando, Florida Area

- Ventilation Design Engineer responsible for the overall design of a major component of the new line of generators.- Test, analyze, solid modeling, CFD analysis (cold flow analysis)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)

Associate'S Degree, Drafting And Design Technology/Technician, General

Education record