Garrett Rice Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Co-founder of this AI startup focused on building a comprehensive platform for job seekers that makes an agonizing process much easier.

Building things that surprise and delight their customers: products, partnerships, programs.• Working with three AI/ML startups to define their business category, establish product strategies, identify go-to-market opportunities and articulate their vision• Helping a leader in 3D and photorealism software build valuable strategic alliances • Helped a Venture Incubator explore startup opportunities to improve 3D workflows for game development, motion graphics and special effects• Assisted a services company focused on Unreal Engine development explore a transition to a product-focused business model with software for Broadcasters

Bad Homburg, De

Led 35-person Product Management, Design, Alliances and Support org for market leader in 3D creative software• Co-authored company-wide development process — including move to agile — leading to over 70 releases per year• Recruited and hired leadership positions across the product team, including directors of design and support• Constructed a new, unified, global support organization with improved response times and measurable analytics• Helped redesign the launch marketing experience to improve customer awareness and brand perception• As a consultant, built a partnership tracking system and helped guide Maxon to three straight Apple keynote appearances• Maxon sales increased over 50% per year during tenure

Cupertino, California, Us

Chief diplomat responsible for strategic relationships with Adobe, Microsoft and other leading tech companies• Instrumental in rebuilding the Adobe relationship after they shunned iOS following Steve Jobs’ ‘Thoughts on Flash’ letter• Microsoft, Adobe and small developers I cultivated appeared in every Keynote event during the last 5 years of my tenure• Spearheaded initiative that brought Microsoft Office 365 to the Mac App Store in Spring 2019• Served as technical liaison between developers and Apple engineering across the entire spectrum of Apple technologies

Cupertino, California, Us

• Designed marketing programs to drive adoption of Apple products in Enterprises and Government • Frequent presenter to C-level executives at Apple's Executive Briefing Center.

Cupertino, California, Us

Managed four-person global product management/marketing team for Aperture, Apple’s professional photo solution• Defined and delivered features for Apple’s flagship photo application and managed worldwide marketing activities• Sales increased by over 70% during tenure •

Cupertino, California, Us

Led three-person team responsible for marketing Apple’s $150+ million/yr professional applications business• Built global marketing campaigns and managed multi-million dollar budgets• Sales of Apple’s professional applications increased 50-100% annually during tenure and apps became market leaders

Cupertino, California, Us

Led a 12-person team to re-design Apple’s main service and support products• Resulting products (e.g., AppleCare Protection Plan) have accounted for billions in new, incremental revenue for Apple

Cupertino, California, Us

Managed the transition and integration of former NeXT Software Inc. resellers, VARs and ISV's into Apple's ecosystem.

• Writer/Producer/Director of award-winning indie feature film, ‘The Surprise Party’ and several TV pilot projects• Author of Neanderdad short story series about parenting, published by the New York Times (neanderdad.com)

Us

• Played a pivotal role in Apple’s $430 million buyout of NeXT (as described in links below)• Managed all global distributors, resellers and independent software vendors for NeXT• Grew channels program by 300 members during tenure

Founded this NeXTSTEP-focused application developer focused on creating 3D CAD/CAM software for the NeXT platform. • Ported the ACIS solid-modeling engine to NeXTSTEP• Finalist for a government grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST)

A.B., English

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing/Marketing Management, General