Director, Global Business Unit Leader, Wearables
Stamford, Connecticut, Us
Led global Wearables business unit as part of HARMAN's Lifestyle Division. Led U.S. and China based product teams to drive product roadmap development and implementation of key technologies within the Wearables product portfolio. Partnered with existing HARMAN business units and 3rd party technology providers to leverage key tech trends that drive innovation through product concept validation and development. Matured product concepts through pragmatic marketing approach to identifying, validating and quantifying customer needs that are pervasive and addressable in the marketplace. Align with global marketing and commercial teams to develop go-to-market strategies.Led high-value strategic partnership with Under Armour (announced at CES 2016), including product strategy, product development and go-to-market delivery (marketing and commercial), to deliver best in class hardware solutions that compliment Under Armour’s Connected Fitness Ecosystem (MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, Endomondo and UA Record).Site lead for St Louis based Headphones & Wearables SBU, which includes 26 staff functions across Sales, Marketing, Digital, Legal, HR, Creative, Industrial/Graphic Design and Customer Support.March 2015 - July 2015 | Director of Product Strategy & PlanningLead global product teams to drive NPI for Sport Headphones business.