David Hudson Email & Phone Number

Pleasanton, California, United States

Pleasanton, California, United States

Leading an incredible team of Product Managers across Workday Payroll products in the US, Canada, UK, France, Australia, and integrations with third-party payroll systems worldwide.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led the intersection of strategy, product, business, and operations as it relates to payments, money movement, and the future of pay: connecting companies, workers, and their payments all over the world. Delivered the vision and defined the innovation opportunities of differentiating payments and the payroll experience through flexible and compliant pay options: whenever, however, wherever. Managed the teams and products to enable the movement of over $2 trillion a year in payroll and taxes, covering 40+ million workers around the world.

Led Product Management for Global Money Movement and Compliance to deliver the vision of differentiating payroll through flexible and compliant pay options: whenever, however, wherever.Highlights• Drove new payments strategy focused on new technologies for speed and faster payments (e.g. Same Day ACH), improved employee access globally, and engagement• Define and delivered the roadmap for money movement engines that pay 1 in 6 Americans, 1 in 5 Canadians, and moves $1.8 trillion a year• Launched multi-year program to enhance global anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions screening, and know-your-client (KYC) capabilities via a new centralized platform• Led business unit-wide product effort for EU approval on Binding Corporate Rules implementationManage & Lead• Recruitment & management of product team across 3 countries• Mentoring & staff development via StandOut program• Frequent engagement with senior leadership on product strategy & execution• Led adoption of Aha! Product Management systemCore Skills include• Product vision, strategy, principles, roadmap definition• Lean Canvas framework• Fiscal year/budget planning• Compliance requirements for data privacy, AML, money movement• Client journey maps

Los Angeles, Ca

David was the Managing Director of Product Development in Global Corporate Solutions at NASDAQ OMX and the product owner of GlobeNewswire, one of the world’s largest newswire distribution and regulatory filings networks. As the product owner, David was responsible for the strategic direction of the product – synthesizing the roadmap from a combination of market input, customer feedback, competitive analysis, business priorities, and industry vision. To carry out the product management lifecycle, David defined the roadmap projects based on the business priorities, set the implementation goals, authored product requirements and interface wireframes, helped determine the product budget and pricing, worked with designers and developers to implement each project, collaborated with marketing and corporate communications on product messaging, coordinated the development of the sales, launch and training planning, and worked with operations to ensure a smooth rollout and proper day-to-day functioning. Additional responsibilities included working with GCS management on business priorities, conducting competitive analysis, working with legal on contracts and regulatory requirements, collaborating with operations, Editorial, and Media Development, interfacing with regulatory bodies, sales support, evaluating product integrations, and managing relationships with 3rd parties from software vendors to distribution outlets.

Developed and drove the product vision at CrownPeak, unifying product strategy, marketing and execution to deliver industry-leading products to customers. Brought together information and feedback from a plethora of sources: customers, sales, marketing, development, services, prospects, competitors, and industry trends, and synthesizing these into a strategic roadmap and prioritized set of requirements that align with the company’s overall strategy and goals. Led the product management lifecycle from start to finish for each product in the portfolio, worked closely with engineering to realize and implement the vision, and worked closely with marketing to bring the end products to market.

As a senior member of the Client and Professional Services team, provided complete management of large client engagements. Maintained oversight to all aspects of client relationships, translated business strategies into CMS solutions, guided and directed implementation teams, planned and administered quality assurance processes, and executes training plans. Provided thought leadership on development of new processes and methodologies, and rollout of group-wide initiatives. Trained and mentored team members on all aspects of their professional development. Contributed to product enhancements and development, provided expert level input and direction on information architecture and usability.Selected industries and clients: publishing: Crain Communications, Belvoir Media Group; manufacturing: Hyundai, Trek Bicycles; government: Office of the United States Trade Representative, Commonwealth of Virginia, non-profit: Defenders of Wildlife, IFAW; entertainment: EMI Music Publishing.

Leader of the Information Architecture discipline at marchFIRST’s Los Angeles office. Set strategic direction, author methodologies, provide thought leadership, develop service offerings, recruit new staff, and provide administrative leadership and guidance to staff and office management.Participated in large-scale business development efforts, providing expertise in the Information Architecture, Site Development, and Brand Building areas. Constructed project estimates, proposals, and presentations to support these efforts.Served as overall engagement lead on projects such as Warner Home Video and ASIS&T, maintaining client relationship, developing project strategy, information architecture, user research, and managing implementation teams of designers, engineers, site developers, and content strategists. Provided senior-level discipline expertise on several projects, including Amgen and Toyota.

Served as functional lead on multi-disciplinary teams in consulting clients and creating their Internet strategies and solutions.Incorporated user-centered design methodologies to create organizational and navigational systems for B2B and B2C solutions.Constructed site maps, module maps, and interface wireframes, which were then presented to the client for review and approval. Managed teams of information architects and integrators in the development and execution of these solutions. Selected clients include: the 70th Academy Awards, Times Mirror, Toshiba, Transamerica Premier Funds, and Workforce Online (1999 GII Awards Finalist and 1999 Web Marketing Association Standard of Excellence Winner).Led the development of the Information Architecture discipline and creation of initial processes and methodologies.

Served as conceptual and technical lead for a variety of client engagements, building pioneering solutions during the earliest stages of the World Wide Web.Designed site maps and page flow schematics, programmed front-end interfaces, and created the architecture and coding for custom Content Management Systems.Selected clients include: the 69th Academy Awards, Kaiser Permanente (1997 Web Marketing Association Best of Industry Award Winner), Mission: Impossible (official movie site), Titanic (component of official movie site), The Milken Institute, The Guggenheim Museum, and Infiniti.Note: W3-design was acquired by USWeb in November, 1997.