Darren Hart Email & Phone Number

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

Product Manager for Planet and Ellipse product lines including all product derivatives such as Data Manager, Planet Server, Planet Engine.• Developed and executed the product strategy, responsible for strategic roadmap for all Planet and Ellipse products, using known PM tools such as MS Dev-ops, Aha! and Jira, • Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including procurement, product managers from partner teams, engineering, design, marketing, and sales to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure successful product launches. • Acted as a product evangelist, effectively communicating the value proposition and benefits of the entire Planet and Ellipse product line both internally and externally.• Conducting market research and customer insights to identify market trends, customer needs, and understand the competitive landscape, staying up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.

Plano, Texas, United States

Head of Presales teams for global organization.

Plano Tx

Facilitate efficient and productive sales of Ranplan wireless product suite. Technical lead for business development and vertical integration of the Ranplan Pro and API engines into new and challenging market segments. • Training materials developer and facilitator for Ranplan Pro• Led implementation of cross department technology and tools training• Provide sales engineering support on bridging and resolving technical gaps for sales and pre-sales • Customer contact for problem solving on network pain points

Plano Tx

Constructing custom solutions, in the Americas organization, for clients’ needs based on the InfoVista Product line, including Planet, Ellipse and Fusion from the Mentum acquisition and Xeus and Xeda from the Aexio acquisition along with the core IV products, helping incorporate TEMS products into NPO product line after ASCOM acquisition.

Moved with the IP to Mentum Wireless entity acquired from Ericsson’s Planet asset divestiture, Duties included: Product sales, training, and development. Built and maintained new training materials and LMS for Planet Planning tool. Worked in both pre-sales and post-sales where needed to fulfil client’s expectations. Worked with R&D and Equipment vendors on implementation of LTE into Planet products

Joined Ericsson as part of Marconi IP that was acquired. Executed development and training on Ericsson TEMS Tools and legacy Marconi Planet EV platform. TEMS tools including TEMS Automatic, My Network, TEMS Investigation, Link Planner and TEMS Cell Planner Universal with ACP. Training of Ericsson staff and external customers around the world.

Acquired by Marconi as part of MSI IP. Project lead role for multiple markets and technologies within the Wireless industry. Running optimization teams in new 3G rollouts with AT&T, Metro One, Alltel, etc. SME on GSM networks including new features EDGE/AMR etc, and the migration to 3G UMTS

Client SME for system design and rollout including AT&T, Sprint and One (Austria) Training of local teams and knowledge transfer to client side teams including GSM and CDMA systems also worked on IS136 systems for TDMA to GSM upgrades.

Developed and executed system design and network rollout including PacBell, Cingular, Batelco (Bahamas), etc. also involved with product development of Planet DMS as SME on GSM including specification creation, implementation and feature testing.

Joined the system engineering department and was responsible for fault studies and resolution on new GSM system including initial system rollouts and testing. Led all A-Interface testing and signoff for inter-vendor inter-operation to 3GPP TS-08.08 specification, including Motorola to Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent/Ericsson and Siemens.

Apprentice with Motorola including all duties from support repair of radio base stations (down to component level) to design of load testing vans for GSM initial deployment, including day release to attend college.