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Bringing together the best input from marketing, sales and product management to implement strategies that will increase Audiokinetic's revenues, market share and competitiveness.

I'm proud to be in charge of product marketing at Dispatch Science, a specialized mobile and logistics software developer. Its Artificial Intelligence platform is geared for the needs of transporters, courier companies and dispatchers. Cutting-edge algorithms help companies plan, execute, and fulfill their service, delivery, and dispatch operations while automatically determining optimal order assignments and routes.

Team lead for the Product Management team at Pelican International, world leader in the design and manufacture of kayaks, canoes, pedal boats and fishing boats. During Pelican's double digit growth, my team was in charge of all aspects of Product Management for the company's various product lines.

Team Lead and Product Manager with UbiSoft in the IT division. Work involved team management (8 employees), product development, product and project management for fully automating VMware, Public and Private Cloud provisioning, configuration and orchestration across the company.

Various roles in this $150M/Y organization, some held concurrently:-VP Product Marketing, reporting to the CEO: Head of product management for Winzip andof product marketing for 5 major consumer software brands. Managed to navigateconflicting stakeholder mandates between VP Sales, COO, VP Software Development, andothers to meet business objectives for a dozen products. Team accomplishments includea total revamp of the Wizip product and associated brand image, ground-up developmentand launch of an online freemium consumer app called ZipShare and introduction of anew Enterprise version. On the Marketing side with all products: Successfully reducedabout 75% of marketing costs thanks to laser focus on priorities and processes with noimpact on revenues or customer satisfaction. Maintained the PRODUCT ROADMAP for theentire company.-Director of Product & Marketing Management. My team established a long-term visionand roadmap for WinZip: Elevated the product from compression software to a secure anubiquitous file sharing app, introduced WinZip Express plug-ins to generate extra revenueper unit sold, revamped the User Experience with a modernized UI and workflow, andestablished a long-term mechanism to migrate user licensing from perpetual tosubscription with a completely re-written ZipShare service.-Senior Product Marketing Manager. In charge of marketing strategy, plans and take tomarket execution for consumer software in new areas of business. Developed thebusiness plan and model for an app comparable to Instagram. Collaborated on a dailybasis with Product Managers, produced MRD's, managed product launches, messagingand more.

Sales and marketing sales and training services. Certified Impax Strategic Account Sales and Strategic Account Management, engaging with medium and large entreprise to build executive sales training capabilities. Also provide marketing consulting services for companies launching new software services and products.

Responsible for maintaining and growing the Open Text business in the Government of Canada, Government of Quebec and Maritimes Governments. Prepared numerous RFP responses, built relationships with key government accounts, performed dozens of executive presentations.Key Achievement:-In my 10 months at Open Text, I grew a $5M new sales opportunities funnel from scratch in the middle of a major recession.

Manage a team of Account Executives in protecting and growing sales with the Government of Canada. Average revenue responsibility: $130M with an 8% YOY growth quota.Key Achievements:-Signed 2+2y, $120M Standing Offer Agreement for Courier Services-Achieved 156% quota in 2006 (+$9M of plan) -Recipient of Wings of Leadership Award as country's top performing sales Director-Achieved 190% quota in 2005 (+$17M of plan)Tripled Census revenues - from $7M in 2001 to $20M in 2006

Manage a team of Product Managers and Marketing Managers for the following services: Secure eMessaging, On demand Print and Mail, Mail Production and Delivery, Commercial Electronic Postmark - Digital non-repudiation services and Domain Name Registration. P+L responsibility: Up to C$20M.Key Achievements:-Developed a comprehensive Electronic Services product line strategy, including product ownership of PosteCS and close collaboration with ePost-Developed and implemented a comprehensive commercial printer migration plan-Built and Product Managed secure email and Electronic Postmark products now currently in use with the Canadian Government Secure Channel-Lead business case development, submission and subsequent approval of .POST domain with ICANN

Managed sales for the French market, took charge of a team of Marcom managers and directed a team of brand managers in building brand equity. P+L portfolio: up to US$105MKey Achievements:-Tripled sales in France over a 3 year period-Opened up the French mass distribution market (Auchan, FNAC, Boulanger, Carrefour)-Developed all print and electronic materials (packaging, advertising creative, white papers, brochures, and Web content) for over 1,200 SKUs-Launched a segmentation strategy for the graphics product line with CorelDRAW Lite and CorelDRAW Pro, generating $12M in new sales-Launched and managed the software industry's first Multi-National rebate program as part of the CorelDRAW 7 exit strategy