Marcus Pauls Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

At Dom and Tom, a digital development company, I lead multiple enterprises and start-up digital products as a product and program manager. My projects' budgets ranged from $150K to $1M yearly, most containing full product development lifecycle: discovery, design, development, and deployment phases, plus "go-to-market" and post-launch support. Clearly communicated budget and schedule risks and deliver options for the client to stay within scope and budget.

Bloomberg's Connectivity and Integrated Solutions (CIS) department hired me through Dom and Tom Inc. as a program (and project) manager to facilitate communication and delivery between the design and engineering teams. I implemented Agile ceremonies (backlog planning, sprint planning, daily standups, showcases, and retrospectives) and organized and prioritized the backlog with User Stories, balanced and prioritized design requests between multiple departments, clearly communicating the business context of the requests and the estimated level of effort. Organized and prioritized the backlog with clear user stories and acceptance criteria.

Palo Alto, California, Us

As Bizly's product manager, I collaborated with key stakeholders to define the product roadmap. I evaluated and reorganized cross-department communication and processes, instigated and implemented Agile processes, and consistent, incremental delivery of features. We reinvented the Onboarding and Search flows for accessibility and simpler usability. Plus, I set up an Info. Security program, providing new clients the trust they needed to integrate with Bizly's APIs, ultimately shortened the sales closure rate by 30%.

Brand New Matter hired me to support the rebuilding of Vitals.com, an online database of patients' doctors' reviews. I restructured the engineering team's methodology, using Scrum, to deliver iterative enhancements based on market-validated data and user testing. I worked with stakeholders, product owners, and the engineering team we were able to create a shared product backlog which allowed for transparent communication, ultimately leading to more positive relationships between the departments-- Defined the product's vision, goals, and roadmap: delivered iterative enhancements based on market-validated data and user testing.-- Trained engineering and product team to rapidly deliver prioritized KPIs, by transitioning from Waterfall to an Agile production methodology.-- Acted as Scrum Master in all ceremonies and supported the teams in transitioning to Agile (Kanban).-- Addressed the concerns of board members and key stakeholders with clear and constant communication.-- Encouraged positive relationships within various departments and across non-collocated teams.-- Supported employees in achieving job growth within the new Agile paradigm.

New York, Ny, Us

-- Lead multiple mobile and web-based projects from concept to completion; client's budgets ranged from $200K to $600K per year. Clients included: Emmys, Hearst Publications, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, LECET.org, Ashoka.org, and Citibank.-- Lead company transformation from Waterfall project management methodology to a client-focused approach: e.g., Agile, Lean, or Scrum dependent on client and project needs.-- Supported projects in the role of Scrum Master: examples included: Citi Mobile (Consumer App): Lean Prototyping / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's E-Commerce Site (Responsive Website): http://www.hmhco.com: Scrum / LECET.org Market Expansion Program: website (responsive site and CMS) and mobile app (9-member team, co-located with test-driven development).-- Aggressively kept budgets and schedules in line by using creative problem-solving when complexities inevitably arose. -- Hired, trained, and mentored multiple project managers who came to the company with varied skills and experiences.Major clients and projects:-- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: HMHCo, Curious George, CliffsNotes-- LECET: Market Expansion Project-- Allergan: Restasis-- Boston Consulting Group-- AARP

New York, Ny, Us

At Funny Garbage I oversaw a variety of projects from from website builds and redesigns, native apps, HTML5 games to educational software. I managed projects from discovery through to delivery, was responsible for projects budgeted from 100K-400K and ensured that my projects were delivered on time and within budget. Crafting SOWs, creating (and holding to) schedules, budgeting and allocating resources were some of my weekly tasks. Liaising with clients, project management strategy and product development were at the core of my responsibilities. I took great joy in working with Funny Garbage's superb teams: production, creative and development.Major clients and projects:-- Aeropostale: Happy.Fun.Cool. - iOS & Android app-- CBS: Star Trek - website revamp and maintenance-- HIT Entertainment: Thomas and Friends - website and HMTL5 games-- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Curious George - HTML5 games-- Sesame Workshop: Cookie's Quest - HTML5 game-- State of New York: I Love NY - iOS and Android app-- Triumph Learning: educational software platform (gogetwaggle)

New York, Ny, Us

Oversaw all operations within the Digital Media department which included the creation and management of budgets, schedules and personnel. Worked directly with the heads of the other departments to stream-line inter-departmental workflow. Directly responsible for project management between IS and Digital Media departments.Major projects and accomplishments:-- Directed Sesamestreet.org’s CMS update acting as Product Owner, created business requirements, oversaw QA process and ensured smooth production transition.-- Created and implemented video reformatting strategy in which the Sesame Street digital video library was updated for video players with adaptive streaming.-- Managed video migration from Akamai to Amazon host servers for all Sesame Workshop sites.

New York, Ny, Us

-- Scheduled all content updates and promotional ads / promos for SesameStreet.org. Facilitated communication between marketing, E-commerce, PR, and sponsorship teams to effectively increase SesameStreet.org's digital viewership by 30% in FY11.-- Product Owner on DAM and CMS workflow upgrades and simplifications, which lead to ease of use and increased creativity over workflow management.-- Produced mobile version of SesameStreet.org site. Budgeted, wire-framed, lead design and development teams as well as produced HTML5 and AJAX games for mobile platform.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed long and short format video distribution relationships (e.g. iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Hulu, Verizon, AT&T, WDA) in which Sesame Workshop quintupled video library streamed on partner sites over a 2-year period.

Managed the design department for the animated series Nate The Great.

Created and edited online copy for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

For the Cartoon Network's "Codename: Kids Next Door" I effectively managed all production departments (i.e. scripts, design, storyboard, color, production& post-production) for consistent and on time delivery of all episodes and assets.

Oversaw all aspects of post-production (i.e. picture, audio editing and final delivery of all assets) for on time delivery of all 26 episodes of "Sheep in the Big City" to Cartoon Network.

Oversaw all aspects of post-production (i.e. picture, audio editing and final delivery of all assets)for on time delivery of 51 episodes in total to Disney.