David Mennie Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Currently lead the product management, software development, DevSecOps (SRE), release engineering, and technical sales teams for Klipfolio's SaaS-based business intelligence products (PowerMetrics, Klips, and MetricHQ). In addition to these responsibilities, I previously led the product marketing, UX design, UX research, and technical writing teams.

Ottawa, On, Ca

Provide direct one-on-one advisory and coaching to founders and product executives within the IO Venture Path programs on product management, including how to identify customer needs, develop a product vision, and drive the product lifecycle from design to launch to scale. This includes facilitating peer groups and delivering best practice workshops.

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Provide product strategy, UX, GTM, fundraising, and other input to the executive team related to the LearnExperts Artificial Intelligence (LEAi) digital course development platform.

Dublin, California, Us

(Acquired by Cornerstone). Led the product management and user experience (UX) design teams - a total of 23 direct reports managing 102 people globally - for Saba’s cloud-based talent management solutions (Saba Cloud and Saba TalentSpace). This included defining the vision and overall product and corporate strategy, working closely with Saba's executive team, for the ongoing performance, high-impact learning and development, engagement, recruiting, and workforce management (succession, compensation, and organizational planning) offerings. Also responsible for Saba's analyst relations program. A key member of the team working on the technical due diligence and strategy behind the Lumesse acquisition (completed in November 2018).Previously led the product marketing, competitive intelligence, and partner marketing teams globally from May 2017 - March 2018.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

(Acquired by Saba). Part of Halogen’s executive team responsible for defining the vision, product, and corporate strategy and leading the team of 21 product managers, product marketers, UX designers, product strategists, and instructional designers globally for the Halogen TalentSpace performance management and talent management solutions.Part of the strategy team responsible for the the successful acquisition of Halogen by Saba in May 2017 for $293M.

Boston, Ma, Us

(Acquired by Vista Equity Partners). Led product management/marketing globally and managed a team of 5 senior managers responsible for all PaaS and SaaS product lines based around the open source Drupal content management platform.Responsible for outbound product management/marketing, marketing budget, messaging and positioning of entire product portfolio, GTM/product strategy, market research/analysis, persona development and audience targeting, demand generation strategy and execution, sales enablement and training, competitive intelligence, analyst relations, thought leadership, content/collateral creation, pricing/packaging, and content for digital marketing channels (website, paid search/SEO, advertising, social media).Provided sales support for enterprise and mid-market accounts with significant international travel and executive level presentations. Participated in regular executive leadership meetings, definition of 3 and 1 year business goals and cross-functional initiatives, and presented quarterly business reviews.Responsible for large product portfolio including Acquia Cloud (Drupal-tuned Platform as a Service), Acquia Cloud Site Factory (multisite management), Acquia Cloud Edge (CDN and advanced threat protection), Acquia Cloud Shield (VPC and network isolation), Acquia Lift (customer data management and personalization), Acquia Content Hub (content distribution and syndication), and Acquia Commerce (eCommerce).

Round Rock, Texas, Us

(Acquired by Dell). Defined the product strategy, product requirements, marketing and channel/partner vision & strategy and led a team of 22 globally including 6 senior managers responsible for product management, product marketing, demand generation, partner solution development, analyst relations, and sales/technical field enablement for the entire Documentum Enterprise Content Management product portfolio (42 products and solutions). Developed a thriving partner ecosystem and channel solution portfolio of over 40 EMC Certified Solutions in key vertical industries such as Media & Entertainment (content transformation and distribution), Financial Services (banking, securities, and insurance), Public Sector (Federal, SLED, Education), Healthcare (global providers, payers, government agencies), Life Sciences (quality & manufacturing, electronic trial master file - eTMF, regulatory submissions), and Energy & Engineering (plant & facilities management, asset operations, capital projects), as well as, horizontal applications.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Team lead for the Documentum xCP BPM and case management product marketing team (3 senior marketing managers as direct reports). Defined and supported the vision, plan, budget, programs, tactics, metrics, messaging, collateral, enablement, and pricing to increase product adoption with both LOB and IT buyers. Partnered with the general manager, product management, and professional services teams within EMC to ensure marketing materials have the quality, accuracy, and consistency required to aggressively compete in the marketplace and are properly aligned with key vertical industries.Briefed analysts and participated in Gartner MQ and Forrester Wave research reports. Presented, attended, and staffed the demo booth at key events, conferences, and tradeshows. Previously responsible for product marketing for the Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Web Experience Management (WEM) products globally.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Managed the software development team for the EMC Documentum Records Manager (RM) and Retention Policy Services (RPS) products. Had 6 direct reports; 4 senior engineers and 2 junior engineers. Defined the roadmap and sprints using an agile development methodology for 7 major product releases of RPS and 4 product releases of RM. Architect, subject matter expert, customer escalation lead, designer, and patent holder for the EMC Documentum electronic records management portfolio.

(Acquired by EMC). Senior technical advisor and developer for the My Documentum for Desktop, EMC Documentum WebDAV Services, and EMC Documentum Authoring Integration Services (AIS) products. Led initial technical investigation into Documentum’s enterprise publishing strategy. Worked with the lead architect at Adobe Systems to discuss the technical feasibility of the Documentum integration with Adobe creative products (Photoshop, Illustrator) via WebDAV. Designed and implemented all web services for Documentum Tape Library Management (TLM).

(Acquired by Documentum). A key technical resource on the corporate team that led to the acquisition by Documentum. Responsible for the service-oriented re-architecture of the Bulldog Digital Asset Management system. Designed and implemented a search extender plug-in for Bulldog that would allow image and video assets to be retrieved from the Bulldog repository based on geospatial metadata. Improved Bulldog software deployment time by over 200% since leading engineering on the product.

Ca

During my Master's program, I was funded by Nortel and worked on several custom features for the Integrated Network Management (INM) product.Previously worked in the Corporate Design Group (CDG) for 4 summer terms (4 months each) and helped with several UX prototypes in the area of network management and maintenance. Most notable was my design and development (coding in Objective-C) of a prototype for an expert system that would be used by sales professionals to assist them in designing and optimizing a wireless network.

M. Eng., Electrical Engineering (Software Engineering)

B. Eng. (With Distinction), Computer Systems Engineering