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San Diego, California, Us

Westminster, Colorado, Us

Westminster, Colorado, Us

Extensive experience developing, implementing, and marketing HR, safety management, workforce compliance, online collaboration, mobile applications, and learning technology solutions. Expertise in B-to-B, enterprise-level product marketing with a focus on software go-to-market strategies.Specialties: Go-to-market, product positioning, sales enablement, persona and messaging development, pipeline acceleration programs, international marketing, professional services marketing

Portland, Or, Us

Responsible for defining and leading strategic marketing plans for Compli's HR and compliance products and services through market research, product positioning & messaging, competitive analysis, pricing, customer engagement, and sales enablement.• Execute go-to-market plans for all new products, leading cross-functional teams from Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Customer Success & Support, Sales Ops and Finance• Develop product positioning, awareness and demand generation materials to differentiate Compli in the market. These materials include product collateral, webinars, web content, white papers, sales training materials, solution briefs, customer enablement tools, playbooks and other relevant marketing materials• Drive Customer Success Upsell/Expansion campaigns• Co-founder of Compli Cares, Compli's employee-run charitable and volunteer program.

Lake Oswego, Or, Us

Responsible for development and implementation of strategic marketing plans for NAVEX Global’s products and services through market research, competitive analysis, pricing, customer engagement, and business planning. Specific responsibilities include:* Craft product messaging and positioning* Lead manage and execute product launches for Online Learning and 3rd Party Risk Management product lines* Partner in the development of innovative marketing programs that drive awareness and demand across industry vertical markets and key customer segments. * Understand how clients purchase, and in turn, transferring this knowledge to the sales channel.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Responsible for driving go-to-market initiatives for Blackboard Collaborate’s web conferencing, mobile collaboration, instant messaging, and social networking software. This outbound role focuses on strategy definition and cross-functional execution plans to grow revenue, both from new opportunities and customer upsell. Serve as primary interface between Product Management strategists and tactical MarCom personnel.Specific responsibilities include:• Define product positioning and messaging, including identification of target markets, prospects, and competitive differentiators• Lead, manage, and execute product launches, including go-to-market programs for product releases, strategic partnerships, and select solutions or vertical initiatives• Develop and deliver field training and sales enablement tools including: PowerPoint presentations, web conferencing session content, web site copy, case studies, collateral, and online demos• Evangelize Blackboard Collaborate products and services at industry conferences and online forums as presenter and education technology expert• Provide expertise and direction of the use and application of Blackboard Collaborate’s full suite of products and services• Provide industry updates to company on trends, competitive products and other factors that shape the industry and Blackboard Collaborate’s products• Support international direct and indirect sales and marketing teams• Support marketing programs for Blackboard Collaborate Professional Services organization

Calgary, Ca

Product management responsibilities include back-end systems, LMS integrations and Elluminate's new social learning network - LearnCentral: http://www.learncentral.org

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Managed Sun's employee and partner learning management systems. Served as “learning technology advocate” providing consulting services for Sun Learning Services staff including curriculum managers, instructional designers, and multimedia developers.Drove large-scale migration of legacy employee learning management system to an outsourced solution. Responsibilities included development of product requirements, oversight of engineering team, testing lead, change and communications lead, and liaison with operations team. Implemented Sun Partner learning site to support the Sun Partner Advantage marketing program. Site was a highly-customized learning delivery platform providing access to multiple learning modalities (e-learning, instructor-led, virtual classroom and remote labs). The Partner Learning site provided 40,000 Sun partners with access to product-related training content, and resulted in over 2500 course completions per month.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

* Defined and drove SunU's e-learning strategy* Managed development and operations of all of SunU's web-based resources including: - Customer web site - Course registration tool - SunU employee web site - PlaceWare (synchronous training and communication) - SunU's e-learning infrastructure (course hosting, testing, and reporting) - Sun Sigma test and compliance tracking tool - E-Learning Resource Center* Transformed customer web site from a course catalog into a marketing vehicle for SunU, resulting in increased registrations and course completions* Forged relationships with 3rd party on-line courseware providers* Established partnership with Sun Educational Services to ensure SunU delivered Sun-on-Sun product offerings

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

* Managed development, marketing, and worldwide delivery of Java Programming, Advanced Internet Technologies, and Software Development curricula for SunU* Oversaw large team of course developers, instructors, on-line media developers and other specialized contractors. Vendor management role includes negotiating fees, developing budgets and monitoring performance* Managed courses that accounted for ~6300 student days and ~$2,000,000 in revenue in FY99

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