Vp Global Product Management & Marketing
Mountain View, Ca, Us
As the Vice President of Global Product Management at MessageLabs, a pioneer and market leader in the security-as-a-service, was responsible for serving on the senior management team and building / managing a team of 18+ staff around the world across product strategy, product management and product marketing functions.Developed the product vision and strategy for the portfolio of products that, at the time, served more than 16,000 clients spanning 6 million end users in 80+ countries. Responsible for driving the expansion, and corresponding market opportunity, of the product portfolio from three email-focused point products to a comprehensive suite of more than eleven individual products spanning email security, Web security, Instant Messaging and email archiving. By mid-2007, the product portfolio consisted of security services in email (anti-virus, anti-spam, content and image filtering, and encryption), Web (anti-virus, anti-spyware and URL filtering), Instant Messaging (anti-virus, content filtering, enterprise IM) and email archiving. Served as lead company and product spokesperson -- industry expert quoted in most major business and technology publications and broadcast outlets around the world including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Information Week, eWeek, CNN, ABC 20/20, and CNBC. Established and managed strong relationships with key analysts, including attaining leader quadrant status the Gartner Magic QuadrantProvided sales support contributing to the signing of major new accounts, including AT&T, Motorola and Citigroup, and ongoing relationships with the top 100 clients around the world. Assisted in establishing and driving reseller partnerships with Verizon, IBM, AT&T, CSC, Bell Canada, and others.