Head of KX products.

■ Fractional/Interim Chief Product Officer at 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗜𝗤: Led teams in Product Management, Go-to-Market strategy, and scaling operations.■ Advisor to SVP Product at 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: Provided strategic guidance on "all things product." ■ Project work with investment firms on pre-investment due diligence, investment theses, value creation, and target selection.■ Partnered with Gartner industry analysts to synthesize the amazing trends in real-time data platforms, real-time ML, and AI.

Responsible for product vision, product management, product strategy, pricing and packaging, analyst briefings, and market strategy.■ Orchestrated a multi-year profitable growth strategy for Hazelcast doubling revenue in 2.5 years. ■ Successfully spearheaded the launch of 3 impactful releases, featuring a differentiated platform release that combined data storage, stream processing, and real-time ML/AI capabilities. Achieved remarkable product led adoption, garnering 10+ million deployments of the unified platform release in under a year.■ Established the company’s inaugural Customer Strategy Board, which significantly bolstered strategic engagement and feedback channels with key customers.■ Influenced key industry analysts, resulting in the introduction of a new category by Gartner: “Unified Real-Time Platforms,” which boosted market recognition and commercial success (Market Guide for Event Stream Processing, May 2023).■ Played a pivotal role in securing recognition in Streaming Data Platforms category by Forrester & GigaOm (The Forrester Wave™ - Q4 2023, GigaOm 2023 Radar)■ Established and grew Product Management, Design, Documentation, and Solutions teams from inception, aligning with strategic business goals. ■ Hired Product, Engineering, Design, and Go-to-Market leadership, strengthening the organization's execution and innovation capabilities.■ In addition to core Product function, I also led Engineering during a pivotal phase (2022), ensuring continuous business execution. (Hazelcast delivers a unified real-time data platform that enables companies to act instantly on data by combining stream processing, low-latency data management, real-time ML, real-time data integration, and high-speed messaging)

Led products globally for IoT & Analytics business at Software AG. Responsible for Product Management, Strategy, Go-to-market, Product/Developer Experience, and Partner & Developer Ecosystem. Member of Software AG’s M&A team.■ Implemented a product-led growth strategy that resulted in a 50%+ revenue increase and 5x new customers.■ Won prestigious industry accolades, including leadership in Forrester Wave™: Industrial Internet-Of-Things Software Platforms, Q3 2021, ranked as #1 vendor in MachNation 2020 IoT DM & AEP Scorecard and recognized as a Visionary in Gartner’s 2020 MQ for IIoT Platforms.

Head of Product Management for In-Memory Data Management, Streaming Analytics, Deep Learning and Predictive Analytics, and Enterprise Messaging products.Feb 2019 – Aug 2019: Responsible for product management and product marketing for IoT & Analytics.Jul 2016 – Jan 2019: Led product management of Data Management & Analytics products.■ Spearheaded a multi-product strategy resulting in over 70% YoY growth in revenue.■ Delivered refined product experience facilitating the integration of ML/AI models into production, resulting in substantial customer expansion. ■ Pioneered the product strategy for the Cumulocity IoT Platform, elevating it to a "Visionary" status in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial Internet of Things and "Strong Performer" position in The Forrester Wave™: Industrial IoT Software Platforms, Q3 2018. ■ Directed the Streaming Analytics product line to the forefront, achieving the #1 rank in Forrester Wave™: Streaming Analytics, Q3 2017. ■ Played a pivotal role in Software AG's corporate M&A team; formulated and executed the acquisition and integration of 3 companies, doubling the portfolio revenue.

Overall group responsibility for Product Strategy and Management of Software AG's Terracotta In-Memory Data Fabric product line.■ Steered the In-Memory Data Management & Visual Analytics portfolio to market leadership. ■ Directed the strategic development of Terracotta BigMemory, achieving leader position in The Forrester Wave™: In-Memory Data Grids, Q3 2015. ■ Recognized by the Software AG Board for exceptional leadership potential, I was selected for the High Potential Program (HPP), which entailed a year-long global leadership training program at EBS Universität.

Responsible for Terracotta Product Management & Product Marketing functions.■ Reporting to the CEO, led Product Management and Product Marketing.■ Defined roadmap and Go-to-Market strategy, catalyzing a 200%+ YoY revenue growth.

Product Manager for Terracotta BigMemory product line. BigMemory is the world’s premier distributed In-Memory Data Management solution for extremely low, predictable latency at any scale. Deployments in most of the Global 1000.■ Established a new product portfolio, culminating in three significant product launches. ■ Drove revenue by innovative monetization strategy of the Terracotta & Ehcache Open-Source Software (OSS) projects.

Product lead for Oracle WebCenter Spaces, a market-leading Enterprise Portal and Collaboration Platform. ■ Defined and executed a product strategy and delivered five successful product releases achieving double-digit YoY annual revenue growth. ■ Defined Go-to-Market initiatives, product bundling, licensing, and pricing post-BEA acquisition, enhancing Portal suite value. ■ Initiated and led a comprehensive Global Sales Readiness program for WebCenter 11g, bolstering market adoption. ■ Featured speaker at various industry conferences.(Before taking the Principal Product Manager role, I was a Principal Member of Technical Staff in the development organization leading the Oracle WebCenter Security team)

■ Led the R&D team in developing BEA WebLogic Portal Security and Personalization capabilities. ■ Delivered the industry’s first Entitlement Engine, setting a new standard for Enterprise Portals. ■ Multiple patents awarded in J2EE Security, Personalization, Portal Frameworks, and Collaboration. ■ Published Author: Co-Author: BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0 book, ISBN: 0789727129