Marc Dawson Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Orchestrate product strategy and oversee development for FIS Global/Worldpay's integrated payment platforms, including Global Middleware Solutions, Global Point of Sale, Payment Gateways, and vertical-specific offerings. Manage and mentor a global team of Product Directors, Managers, and Owners for effective future planning, scoping, and product positioning. Control P&L and revenue forecasts, aligning stakeholder interests with product roadmaps and market needs. Champion the adoption of new technologies and industry trends to maintain competitive edge and drive market growth. Ensure adherence to budgets, schedules, and performance standards while fostering a collaborative environment for product innovation and operational excellence.● Earned Presidents Club (Circle of Excellence) award in 2023 for outstanding leadership and product management.● Revamped the "PayFac as a service" product line and customer-facing portal integrating e-commerce solutions. ● Led a team of over 20 employees including go-to-market specialists, product owners, managers, and engineers to ensure successful project delivery and execution.● Achieved over $1B in annual revenue for Worldpay while leading over six product lines across the globe.● Enhanced product suite performance and customer satisfaction across multiple verticals through strategic initiatives.● Reduced time-to-market for new offerings and updates by streamlining product development processes.● Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement, leading to increased efficiency and profitability for the product portfolio.

Directed product strategy and steered development of an innovative SaaS solution for real estate developers, enabling rapid land assessment, cost estimation, and materials planning. Orchestrated planning, scoping, and requirements gathering, ensuring alignment with market needs and integration partner capabilities. Fostered collaboration with European teams in an Agile/Scrum environment to refine product modules based on client advisory board insights. Built and managed a cross-functional team of product managers and business analysts, enhancing the product development lifecycle. Collaborated with third-party software vendors to consolidate essential data for informed real-estate development decisions.● Guided a team in the creation of three greenfield products, improving the company's software offerings.● Developed and implemented a comprehensive product strategy by evaluating industry standards, regulations, and technological advancements.● Partnered with key industry players to identify opportunities for SaaS product enhancement and value addition.● Designed visually appealing user experience for real estate developers, streamlining their project planning processes.

Developed and executed product strategy for SaaS offerings, including Android and iOS mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) applications. Led cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment to enhance merchant experience through intuitive, cohesive, and visually appealing designs. Devised long-term strategy for third-party API integrations and organized the phasing out of obsolete products. Crafted and demonstrated product development promotions for internal teams and key clients, highlighting feature sets and user benefits.● Analyzed competitor products, industry regulations, and technological advancements to inform product strategy to gain competitive edge in the market.● Negotiated with internal and external stakeholders to resolve conflicts in priorities, timelines, and visions, ensuring alignment with company goals.● Created enduring mobile platform strategy that continued to drive product development and user engagement for years.

Columbus, Ga, Us

Oversaw product strategy and development of SaaS products, including Android and iOS mPOS applications. Participated with team through Agile / Scrum development environment. Created intuitive, cohesive, and visually pleasing merchant experience. Created product development promotions and demonstrations for internal teams and large clients.• Created product strategy by analyzing competitor products, industry regulations, priorities from sales channels, and technology advancements.• Resolved conflicting priorities, timelines, and visions, negotiating with internal and external teams for satisfactory outcomes.• Facilitated greater merchant functionality, creating long-term strategy for third-party API integration and overseeing sunsetting of aging, nonessential products.

Neenah, Wi, Us

Oversaw product strategy development and execution across diverse sectors including healthcare, high-performance computing, aerospace, and industrial/commercial. Defined product vision, requirements, and architecture, aligning with technological advancements and market demands. Rationalized new product introduction processes, optimizing coordination between customers and manufacturing for efficient product launches.● Navigated complex customer relationships, resolving conflicting priorities to deliver cohesive product strategies.● Boosted team performance by mentoring new project managers, resulting in increased project efficiency.● Spearheaded commercialization efforts, ensuring lean product releases and alignment with manufacturing objectives.● Pioneered the adoption of Agile methodologies, significantly improving project execution and stakeholder satisfaction.

Neenah, Wi, Us

Developed business for contract engineering side of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company. Coordinated with directors, manufacturing, and legal for optimized solutions based on customer’s needs. Promoted product realization value stream offerings providing custom solutions in defense, security, and aerospace sector customers. Highlighted time to market, total cost of ownership, and sustaining solutions.• Established and strengthened customer relationships, ensuring satisfaction of business engagements. • Increased manufacturing revenue, aligning projects with engineering solutions. • Grew DSA sector through coordinated strategic vision, providing customer management teams and market sector with leadership and collaboration while supporting new targets and deeper penetration of existing customers.

Neenah, Wi, Us

Led small software development team through project life cycle. Coordinated with product manager, software, and electrical engineers throughout development cycle. Initiated, designed, and organized project qualification testing for all products.• Facilitated retention and growth of client base by providing prompt solutions, submitting evaluation proposals during sales cycle, and collecting feedback regarding project completeness.

Organized and managed new R&D projects regarding new functionality of meteorological equipment. Coordinated with product manager, mechanical, software, and electrical engineers throughout development cycle. Initiated, designed, and organized project qualification testing for all products.

Loveland, Colorado, Us

Oversaw remote teams in India for baseline software development. Organized, managed and sustained projects dealing with older model environmental water quality instrumentation.• Developed architecture for new environmental water quality monitoring instrumentation by collaborating with top level-scientists, technical service, customer contact, and manufacturing teams.• Sustained aging product lines, initiating, designing, and organizing field experiments regarding water sensor technology.

Supervised all mechanical, electrical, and software engineering employees. Trained and evaluated technicians. Managed entire product development effort.• Contributed to laser launch marking company startup and introduction of collaboration with optical scientists, creating grey-scaling effect in vectorized laser marking.• Led creation of high-speed laser marker through research and development of bleeding edge technology.

Lafayette, Colorado, Us

Oversaw full cycle development, including testing, release, creation, and delivery system of embedded firmware in laser marking systems.• Created latest line of products in collaboration with electrical engineering team through research and development of new optical correction algorithms.

Mba, Concentration On Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering