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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Product Manager for IoT and software products related to residential energy solutions, including standby generators, energy storage systems, and load management platforms.Product Manager for residential load management products.Management of products throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering to deliver winning products through new product development.

Racine, Wisconsin, Us

Acted as Project Manager for the conversion of an existing US product for the EU market including engineering redesign, qualification testing, and all other aspects through to shipment. Managed in-housing the final assembly of a previously outsourced tablet-based technology product into our Racine, Wisconsin, factory.

Racine, Wisconsin, Us

SCRUM MASTER for the IoT (Internet of Things) Marketing and Business Development Team. Organized and led weekly team meetings using agile methodologies. Managed team “sprints” and backlog of tasks (issues). NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Utilized agile development practices for new IoT software and hardware products at the intersection of networked lighting and building automation. Developed business plans for new product concepts utilizing the “business model canvas” framework. Assisted with user interface (UI) design for next generation IoT software applications.PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: Managed IoT and software products, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Led market research and product strategy for smart cities and smart roadway product partnerships. Monitored sales progress of products and adapted offerings to match shifting market demand.MARKETING MANAGEMENT: Launched and managed marketing lead generation campaigns using marketing automation systems. Built customer email lists and worked closely with sales to nurture leads through to quotations. Utilized A/B testing and other data-driven marketing tactics to maximize success on limited budgets.BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Managed major partnerships across the building automation, software development, IoT systems, energy efficiency (utility), smart cities, and lighting industries. Spoke at industry events to drive thought leadership and evangelize brand and technologies.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Earned the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification and applied it to team and product management functions. Successfully championed agile management principles from being only a function of software development to an organization-wide initiative. Brought voice-of-customer to assist IoT engineering in developing and releasing two major updates to software products over the first year of system sales.

Racine, Wisconsin, Us

Technical expert on lighting control and IoT products supporting solution sales and marketing for the eastern US. Delivered sales and technical presentations to customers including executive-level decision makers for small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies. Developed and communicated customer-facing lighting and controls engineering designs. Advised product and engineering teams on market trends in demand for intelligent lighting and IoT. Helped form the first technical sales team within Cree Lighting, focused on intelligent lighting and networked lighting control systems. Assisted in the sale and deployment of over 15,000 intelligent lighting luminaires across 11 healthcare campuses for one of Michigan’s largest hospital systems, one of the largest deployments of networked lighting in the world.

Racine, Wisconsin, Us

Managed the Energy Services Team, leading sales and marketing strategy related to the energy efficiency industry for LED lighting and controls products in North American markets. Managed industry relations with major electric utilities, energy program implementers, and efficiency organizations. Spoke at industry events to evangelize and provide thought leadership for LED lighting and intelligent lighting technologies.

Port Washington, Wi, Us

Managed personnel, operations, sales, and marketing strategy for an eight-person energy advisor (technical sales) team under one of Michigan's largest demand-side management utility programs, Consumers Energy Business Solutions. Responsible for energy efficiency consultation to contractors and large commercial and industrial end users. Collaborated closely with large, multi-million-dollar electric utility clients.Influenced over 270,000 MWh in electric savings and 990,000 MCF in natural gas savings through more than 6,600 energy efficiency projects, saving customers over $36 million in annual energy costs and earning them more than $40 million in rebate incentives.

Port Washington, Wi, Us

Managed the startup and all operations for two energy efficiency programs under one of Michigan's largest utility companies. Managed field technician teams and support professionals (16 direct reports), equipment and product inventories, installation quality control, vehicle fleets, and sales and marketing strategy.

Port Washington, Wi, Us

Performed outreach to commercial and industrial businesses as an energy efficiency and renewable energy specialist under one of Wisconsin's largest utility-driven energy efficiency and renewable energy programs (Energy Incentives from We Energies), assisting end users with identification of energy saving opportunities via energy assessments, completing customized energy savings calculations for proposed upgrades, and managing projects through the program's incentive process.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Anderson, In, Us

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Science

Master Of Science, Engineering Management