Principal Product Manager
CurrentLeading the design, development, and successful market introduction of a Cloud Native, SaaS, multi-tenant, and On-Premise, container-based Infrastructure / Network Management System. The product is built by a development team of 3 scrum teams and provides comprehensive visibility into network fault and performance using technologies like SNMP, Cloud APIs, synthetic transactions, and Flows. I follow a Product Led Growth approach, where you can try the product right from the signup page and you get your own network management space. I carefully designed and observed the end-user experience using Pendo and user testing to achieve a low friction path to the critical “Aha!” moments with the goal of sign-up to value being 15 minutes or less.Also leading the legacy, feature-rich, super extensible, and scalable OpenNMS Horizon / Meridian product line trusted by Managed Service Providers, Retailers, Healthcare, and Financial industries around the world. Responsibilities:* Define the product direction and requirements, Epics, and Stories. Manage a backlog and a roadmap.* Provide day-to-day guidance to my product owners and Agile Scrum Teams.* Engage with customers to understand their needs and champion our solution - customer workshops, presenting roadmap, and enhancing offering through services.* Manage a robust open-source community of users and contributors.* Interact, train, and coordinate across departments: Sales, Marketing, Legal, Services, and Support.Introduced/managed Machine Learning AIOps features into the Horizon/Meridian product suite (ALEC). Celebrating:* I took the product from requirements definition to the Early Access Program in just a year. We continue a process of continuous improvement until we can take the product into full market availability.