Chris Bates is the Product Solutions Manager for Out-Of-Home (OOH) product and On-Premise products for Daktronics. Chris manages the product management group for the Commercial Business Unit at Daktronics, Inc. which includes the role of Product Portfolio Manager and Solutions Manager. Chris also manages sales support teams for products which includes the roles of Sales Engineer and Application Engineer.Chris is a product management expert and has significant experience in firmware and software development. Past and/or current roles that Chris has had: Product Manager, Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer, Director of Engineering, Software Developer, standards development chair for NEMA, AASHTO, ITE Experience in the following industries and markets: Intelligent Transportation Systems, ISO agriculture standards, LED Displays, General Illumination, Architectural Lighting, Solid State Lighting.Specialties: Requirements Management, Product Positioning, New Product Introduction, Software Development, Engineering Management, New Business Development.
Listed skills include C++, Product Development, C#, Software Development, and 35 others.