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Santa Clara, California, Us

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Venafi is a world-class cyber-security company dedicated to protecting machine identities for our hyper-connected digital economy.We identify, fix and manage machine identities wherever they exist, combining expertise with innovation to provide world-class cybersecurity across the extended enterprise network.We are committed to not only solving the machine identity protection issues of today but anticipating those of tomorrow.Venafi has been delivering solutions to high-profile customers for over 10 years. We are extremely proud of our pioneering heritage and the levels of expertise we have delivered for our customers.For more information, visit: www.venafi.com

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Finite State is the leading provider of product cyber security solutions for connected devices and embedded systems, including IoT, medical devices, and OT/ICS. Boasting the most comprehensive product security platform on the market and backed by a team that is seasoned in working with the U.S. Intelligence community and large enterprises, Finite State has an unparalleled perspective into the intricacies of hidden risks found in connected devices and embedded systems used by businesses, tech, hospitals, utilities, and government entities. We help our customers improve their product security, meet standards and compliance, and mitigate their supply chain risk— all through an automated platform. This is the future of connected device security.Learn more about the challenges and solutions for connected device security at finitestate.io

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Lead PM of Cybersecurity Ratings Group: unified loose cross-functional objectives into crisply defined use case, aligning & organizing teams around ecosystem KPIs in support of cohesive strategy.Evolved Ratings Group Line of Business to drive clear strategic business value – implemented dedicated retention workstream to alleviate chronic customer pain; prioritizing by expected, quantified impact to retention.Streamlined disparate workflows of Security Research, Data Science, and Engineering into a single stream with structured, coordinated handoffs to maximize throughput & clearly deliver customer value, driving improved Net Promoter Score.Solved for longstanding customer friction point by spearheading & evangelizing for feature that “empowered” customers, freeing firm to deliver Ratings-impacting product enhancements at the much faster cadence.Lead PM for nascent freemium offering designed to drive cybersecurity ratings ubiquity & introduce product led growth (PLG).In three months, grew freemium adoption to 2K+ plus free users, developing a healthy Sales pipeline of Product Qualified Leads (PQLs), several successful deals, and numerous in-flight deals that are expected to close. Early analysis of Product-led sales approach indicates a shorter Sales cycle, higher close rates, and overall lower Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

London, Gb

Formulated & deployed vision for AI Product. Methodically roadmapped path forward with discrete, releasable, sellable major features, including seamless mechanisms to acquire training data.Served as the Voice of the Customer, making time weekly to talk to customers to fully understand their pain points, and helping to translate the “whats” into the “whys” for Development Teams.Worked closely with Sales and Marketing, ensuring that opportunities were correctly dollar-quantified & prioritized, and product capabilities accurately conveyed.Worked with Data Science and Development team to frame problem, both mathematically and within the business context. Actively led as Product Manager of two 8 person Agile Engineering teams, and drove Roadmap for a third.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Led Product strategy for multiple lines – close cross-functional collaboration with Executive Leadership, Marketing, Finance, and Sales allowed for commercial success of innovative solutions in highly competitive digital marketing space. Oversaw two product lines – grew from concepts into firm’s fastest growing products. Worked closely with Sales & Marketing to deliver consistent, value-driven messaging that was reinforced through regular cadence of collateral development & training. Worked alongside Sales on key-client acquisitions & presentations. Administered firm’s Ideation/Innovation Lab – led the vetting and nurturing of concepts along the nascent stages of new product development; oversaw new product formulation and testing.Analyzed business-worthiness of new products and segments through a quantitative study of opportunity and costs. Administered firm’s overall Pricing & Packaging function.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Led end-to-end conceptualization, development and launch of first new media channel/product line since firm’s inception year. Leveraged comprehensive analysis of competitive landscape to formulate a highly differentiated, highly marketable offering. Managed partner relationships and negotiated terms in support of Product. Worked closely with Engineering in Agile/Scrum environment during development.

Cofounded SoftPro Solutions, a software outsourcing services firm, with a Professor of Computer Engineering to draw upon university programming talent to provide low cost software solutions. Set overall company strategy and goals, and managed day-to-day operations, including hiring, business development, and marketing. Drove firm to rapid growth and attained profitability within the first year.

Richmond, Vermont, Us

Oversaw financial research of equities by junior analysts for the company’s publications and maintained the integrity of all financial reporting. Leveraged expertise in financial modeling, quantitative analysis, financial statement analysis, and equity analysis to initiate and guide the development of a programmatic stock screening tool that on a daily basis, scoured the equity universe to uncover the most promising investment opportunities – the delivered returns quickly moved it past the proof of concept phase into a major revenue stream.

Telford, Us

Performed financial valuations for use in secondary stock offerings, employee stock option plans, and as a basis for trade. Wrote fairness opinions to aid public Board(s) of Directors in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities by providing an impartial quantitative assessment regarding the fairness of pending financial transactions. Assisted new bank organizers by conducting feasibility studies and trend forecasting to determine the level of capitalization needed to maximize investor return and ascertain the kind of business model (retail or commercial, multi or single branch) most likely to succeed in the target market through comprehensive evaluation of competition, demographics, and market-specific factors.Drilled down into the financial statements of potential acquisitions to uncover any financial red flags.

Researched equities for the firm’s hedge fund using Bloomberg, analyst reports, SEC Filings, financial statements to uncover the few that possessed desirable traits in regards to fundamentals, institutional sponsorship, and favorable technical analysis conditions. Learned to go the beyond the fundamentals, industry, macroeconomic conditions and regulatory environments to uncover less apparent catalysts that could accelerate growth.

Master Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Finance, Finance, General