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Eagan, Mn, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Technical and Commercial Product Management for $150M product and service portfolio:► Products included optical transceivers and software integration services for third-party product solutions.► Drove 300% revenue expansion over 5 years, through combination of product innovation and pricing strategy.► Owned and drove product roadmap, leading team of engineering, operations and program management.► Championed transition to Agile development methodology for software integration with platform products.► Executed product owner activities: gathered requirements, wrote user stories, and managed delivery priorities.► Managed strategic partner relationship that drove market expansion, achieving > 50% growth at key accounts.► Engaged in technical and business discussions with consumer electronics vendor to integrate IoT solutions. ► Educated C-suite on threat from multi-vendor interoperability and secured approval for competitive response.► Drove cross-functional business and IT team to restructure product SKU taxonomy to improve efficiency.► Implemented improvements in forecast methodology and data analytics that reduced inventory E&O by $4M.

San Jose, California, Us

Global leadership role across 3 product divisions at $1.2B unified communications company, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President and Head of Product Management:► Drove numerous initiatives that improved the effectiveness of the PLM function across three product divisions.► Implemented improvements in roadmap planning and feature prioritization that aligned engineering and PLM.► Championed adoption of structured P&L reporting at quarterly business reviews to improve C-suite insights.► Accelerated use of data analytics to improve pricing strategy, market share analysis, and competitive insights.► Managed, coached and developed 6-person product operations team responsible for SKU management.► Implemented and chaired Pricing Council that approved pricing strategy and Go-to-Market launch readiness.► Led annual product planning efforts, working with corporate finance, engineering, marketing, and sales.► Initiated improvements in financial analysis, business case development, and enterprise communication.► Managed offshore team to provide market intelligence and analysis that informed company strategy.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Led the strategy development process at $1.3B global telecommunications firm, reporting to the Vice President, Strategy and Business Development.► Drove company-wide strategic planning process, timeline, and deliverables, working with Executive Leadership.► Ensured alignment between strategic vision and cross-functional annual operating plans.► Rotational assignment under company's Executive Leadership development program.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Given business management responsibility for a $50M portfolio inherited as part of a larger acquisition:► Portfolio included cellular network products, wireless office products and a fee-based service offering. ► Directed staff of 10 responsible for Product Management, Product Marketing, Pre-Sales support, new product introduction, technical publications and customer training. Global team located across 3 continents.► Expanded product margins and grew service revenue in an overall shrinking market.► Added process discipline to development roadmap planning, sales forecasting and operations planning.► Acted as interim GM for 5 months, with staff of 70+ and primary facilities in California and Shenzhen, China.► Key member of ADC deal team that negotiated and executed a divestiture of the portfolio to a 3rd party.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Selected by Division President to lead Strategic Growth Initiative to expand into an adjacent market space:► Assigned general management responsibility and accountability from program conception to market launch.► Negotiated OEM contract with strategic supplier in the UK, built and managed relationship.► Staffed and directed internal engineering team that launched rapid prototype product in 90 days.► Drove foundational Go-to-Market / Business Development efforts to promote and sell product.► Met all key milestone dates and stayed within the program budget.► Key member of M&A team that performed due diligence on subsequent acquisition of adjacent technology.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Responsible for P&L, product marketing, and full product life cycle management for multiple portfolios:► Products / industries included wireless carrier, wireless enterprise, mobility, MSO and CATV.► Extensive experience leading cross-functional teams consisting of product developers, manufacturing / operations, customer support, sales and marketing.► Frequent direct interaction with end-customers, from up-front Voice of Customer requirements gathering to post-sale issue management and customer relationship management.► Performed competitive analysis & developed solution value propositions for sales.► Consistently met or exceeded revenue and margin objectives for assigned products.

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