John Sharp Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Portland, Oregon Area

• Hired to help start-up company take new iPad tablet alternative for children to market. Functioned in operations leadership and software development refining distinctive feature sets that would differentiate the.
• Built out product functionality, which included curated content, and managed development of tablet and matching mobile app platforms.
• Augmented product benefits by recruiting industry experts to advise developers and executives on key features surrounding digital device usage and parenting considerations needed to make it highly desirable in the.
• Forged agreement with Lenovo's regional OEM account manager, which allowed high-quality, 10-inch tablet’s booting process to be unlocked and replaced with company’s version.
• Validated interest in the product by leading design and coding of quality website clearly articulating product strengths/differentiators; coded initial wire-framed site then launched, using AdWords and Facebook.
• Added 10% to margin by sourcing rugged biodegradable plastic storage case that cost $15 less per unit than traditional non-reusable shipping box.

Portland

• Managed both in-office and distributed team of 10 software engineers and 11 QA engineers. Fulfilled product management duties and provided leadership and guidance on dashboard reporting, data analytics as well as.
• Participate in and contribute to the product architecture team.
• Communicate project milestones and deliver estimates to stakeholders.
• Deliver product knowledge transfer to product marketing and product support.
• Present new product offerings at annual user conference and other customer-facing events.

Portland, OR

• Created best-in-class, easy-to-use widget designer for both non-technical clients and advanced reporting users; gathered requirements and worked with cross-department teams, clients, and developers to design front-end.
• Hired team of 10 front-end developers that executed on company’s software initiative to revamp aging software stack in need of front-end improvements while keeping legacy code for highly-critical product accounting.
• Spiked client satisfaction as quality control monitor driving performance upgrades to products SaaS infrastructure; identified low-performing queries, balanced loads on 7 database servers, and enhanced customer.
• Executed seamless, 350 client migration over 3-month period during 2-product line SaaS relocation to AWS; performed server analysis/configuration, managed client communications and expedited signed agreements.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Transitioned.NET, client-server, legacy product to new platform; led design of robust HTML dashboard interface that significantly enhanced client’s data access and provided clear product differentiators that directly.
• Designed financial and project management reporting and client billing application; worked with cross-department teams, clients and QA to deliver flexible solutions to market.
• Delivered on-time release of streamlined, elegant scheduling solution that had minimal impact on core product codebase yet added notable features that gained significant market share away from larger competitor.
• Produced company’s first mobile client solution for clients that won immediate adoption; worked with clients, product marketing, developers and QA team to add critical project-based timesheet to mobile devices.
• Enhanced product feature usability by demonstrating widget designer to early adopter clients at annual user conference; led a session on the feature to gain insights on making the solution more user-intuitive.

• Initiated company's data services department, providing data conversions for new client implementations and custom report writing.
• Responsible for revenue forecasting and timely billing cycles for the department; increased department revenue from $150k to over 1 million in three years.
• Developed a push button conversion application migrating third party legacy data to company's platform; the approach provided streamline efficient solution that delivers accurate and timely data conversions with.
• Member of a 7-panel strategic planning team in 2008; delivering dramatically improved corporate culture with razor focussed initiatives.

• Responsible for all reporting contained in Axium's Ajera accounting solution.Other Duties
• Product Manager and co-designer of Ajera’s ad hoc reporting tool.
• Project Manager and lead designer of Ajera’s client invoicing solution.
• Provide product knowledge transfer to product marketing and product support.
• Deliver product demonstrations to current and prospective clients.
• Present Axium’s new product offerings at annual user conference and training events.

Portland

• Product manager responsible for scoping, designing, and creating all financial and analytical reports in accounting ERP Professional Services product.Other Duties
• Team member involved in designing Axium’s SQL database for Ajera product line.
• Converted over 80 Crystal Report designs to SSRS based reports.
• Analyze and create reporting solutions for clients as needed.
• Develop and manage report and inquiries specifications for Axium’s project-based accounting application.
• Client consulting, which includes training, custom reporting, and database management.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting

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