Chad Whitney Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Smartsheet is empowering everyone to improve how the world works. As the leading enterprise platform for collaborative work management, Smartsheet helps organizations transform how they work by leveraging a modern cloud platform to empower all of their workers to improve effectiveness, innovate faster, and achieve more.

I took a sabbatical after my last role at LinkedIn for family reasons, but it ultimately led me on a 6 year journey of running my own businesses (unrelated to the software industry), traveling, and developing new skills.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Founding member of the Mobile team at LinkedIn. Launched four 1.0 products (Android, BlackBerry, Nokia/Symbian, J2ME). Product owner for our flagship iPhone app. Product launches, iterative releases, and growth tactics led to 7.5x growth in daily/weekly/monthly unique users on mobile in under 15 months.Product owner for 'Simplify', the re-design and re-launch of our flagship apps on iPhone & Android in 2011. App of the Week and Top 5 Social Apps awards from Apple, Top Developer designation on Android. Re-design and optimizations led to a 2x increase in unique users and a 2.5x increase in page views in under 6 months.Led a team of designers and full-stack engineers to incubate new ideas in the workplace productivity space on desktop and mobile.Refined our notifications strategy, improving push notifications across iOS and Android, and worked as a product/strategy consultant for our internal employee learning portal, LearnIn.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Independent consultant focused on technical program management for Windows Mobile and iPhone applications, RFP response/proposal development, as well as other activities including recruiting and business development.Worked with remote engineering team to design and build Windows Mobile apps for Zillow and Starbucks.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led design and implementation efforts for Whrrl v1 on the iPhone platform, from alpha to an on-time release for the launch of the iPhone App Store.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Outlook MobileManaged the PM team responsible for the email and messaging apps on Windows Phone, winning multiple gold star awards for product contributions and leadership both individually and as a team. Defined product strategy and detailed design/execution to 30+ person cross-discipline team across multiple product releasesAntiMalwareManaged the PM team responsible for Windows Defender (now Microsoft Security Essentials) to deliver core anti-malware/anti-spam functionality into the Windows platform, working cross-function and cross-organization with 100+ people to ensure quality, performance, and on-time deliveryOffice MobileInterim PM Lead for Office Mobile, initially focused primarily on Word but ultimately managing the portfolio of products (Word/Excel/PowerPoint). Team won several awards for process and communication, and successfully transitioned product development to India several months ahead of schedule

Redmond, Washington, Us

Office Mobile- Product owner for Word Mobile application on Windows Phone. Took over nascent product with little definition and identified a winning strategy, schedule, and execution plan.- Received multiple awards for going above and beyond in helping coach new team members, defining a successful engagement strategy for strong personality individuals, and negotiation/conflict resolution skills across both project and people issues.- Drove successful campaign to increase investment in area by ~600% as a result of analyzing market needs and customer expectations.- As Interim PM Lead, defined and executed a successful transition strategy that moved continued development of the Office Mobile suite of products to a new development team located in India.- Products earned multiple positive reviews in press and on user-driven community sites.MSN Casual Games- Collaborated with product planning and business development team to identify and analyze 3rd party game titles. Established technical relationships with three external companies and successfully shipped five top web and download games to site.- Managed key component of entertainment sponsorship package, the episodic celebrity trivia game (OutSmart™), through 10+ episodes.- Led design and development of top launch title (Solitaire Showdown) for MSN Messenger games, helping to open a new distribution channel for MSN Games content.- Led the design and coordination of an externally delivered/managed billing solution for group’s download business.Pocket PC 2000/2002- Led design and development of the mobile e-mail client, MSN Messenger, and Network Core/UX.- Represented product at several conferences, analyst and press briefings, and meetings with critical customers.

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Started off as an intern in May 1997 in a full-time summer position. Turned that into a full-time/part-time position for 2 years, focusing on several different projects including Y2K readiness on a PDM system, building a Cold Fusion-based software defect tracking system, and running/executing several documentation migration projects.

B.S., Management Information Systems

B.S., Humanities (Literature)

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