Matthew Bookspan Email & Phone Number

Altamonte Springs, Fl, Us

I am an engaged CEO who values deep, personal, ongoing interaction with each client in order to provide the highest quality service and solutions that foster success. I handle discovery, strategy and planning, lead the implementation of strategic projects and am intimately involved in all business relationships. I translate technology in a way my clients can understand, manage IT budgets and provide white-glove service that allows organizations to excel in their marketplaces.

Orlando, Fl, Us

Voxeo helps enterprises improve service and lower costs by automating and connecting their most common phone calls with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) or Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions.I joined Voxeo to help grow the main product line and develop new lines of business. My role involved redefining the spec process, setting product pricing and negotiating large-scale vendor contracts. I was also able to improve many of the internal processes for both the development team and the entire organization.

Portland, Or, Us

InsideTrack, Inc. offers coaching programs for college students.During my tenure, I provided Product Development and Product Management consulting. The goal was to build a simple, reproducible development process for this organization. We achieved the goal on time and on budget.

San Francisco, California, Us

Salesforce is the Leader in On-Demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM).In this role, I strove to focus more directly on the customer. I was responsible for the roadmap of the Salesforce CRM Ideas Product Line and was the primary customer liaison for Dell, Starbucks and more. In addition, I managed a small team and kept my hands dirty by developing some feature level work.

San Jose, Ca, Us

The Cisco Media Solutions Group delivers the Cisco Eos software platform. It simplifies the effort involved in creating a next-generation entertainment experience for consumers.I was recruited for this role when Cisco decided to move up the stack to build a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) social networking platform. Because I like to start new teams, this was a great opportunity.I was responsible for a $5M budget as well as setting the direction of the product. I built a strong recruiting machine and grew the team from 15 to 34 people. I managed the entire development organization, including: software engineering, quality assurance, devops and user experience.

Portland, Or, Us

Attensa is a Startup that securely and intelligently manages and routes information flow throughout business organizations. After meeting this team at Gnomedex in summer of 2005, I decided to pursue an opportunity to make Attensa’s play in Enterprise information management successful.In this role, I defined the go-to-market strategy and product roadmap, shaping the overall product vision. I shipped multiple releases of the Attensa for Outlook and Attensa Feed Server product line on time and with high quality.In addition, I was the primary customer liaison, providing lead sales engineer expertise for critical customer deployments and had regular interaction with Analysts and Professional bloggers, participating in both interviews and podcasts.

Austin, Texas, Us

Pluck’s technology platform offers comprehensive social media capabilities broadly deployed and integrated on more than 300 leading digital destinations.I managed the go-to-market, product roadmap and vision for the Pluck RSS Reader product line. I shipped five releases of the RSS Readers, grew the user base by 33% and grew unique visitors by 50%, all while also managing the User Experience and Support teams.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.I joined EA to build software that was closer to the consumer - video games. I worked at the Tiburon Studio on one of the biggest brands in the industry - Madden NFL Football. I began with managing the Madden NFL Football PC team, then transitioned to the PSP team.Because of EA's burgeoning relationship with Microsoft, my team and I were transitioned to building the Xbox Live functionality for all the EA Sports games from Tiburon. During this time, I was also asked to deliver the PS2 Online functionality for the same games.Next, I was asked to also deliver NASCAR 2005 (thus managing three teams - roughly 45+ developers) at the same time. Because of my performance on the 2005 products, I then managed two managers and 26 software engineers for Madden NFL Football Xbox 360.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.I joined Microsoft to grow my experience by working in various roles across the organization. In 1994, I started on Windows 95, writing Online Help for the multimedia tools. I was then promoted to a Lead Writer on the Internet Explorer team and created the first HTML help system. In 1997, I became a Program Manager on the PowerPoint team, writing specs and managing the shipping process for multiple features. I returned to Windows in 1999, working on the Print Services team and led the development team in re-writing the print subsystem to make it easier for IHVs to develop drivers for Windows. I then transitioned back to the Office team in 2000, where I restructured the Office Online web site by defining new information architecture as well as developing closer ties to the Office Suite.In 2001, I moved to the Server Group, where I worked on both Microsoft Operations Manager and SQL Server 2005. I managed the team that defined and executed the overall Tools user experience.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us