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Manhattan, KS, US

• Lead reimaged replacement of largest revenue product
• Manage product features and roadmap based on customer and worldwide market needs
• Design user flows and experiences to ensure revolutionary improvements over current products
• Act as an effective liaison between engineering, sales, operations and executive team
• Work in Agile manner with onshore, offshore teams and partners

• Successfully launched product into companies first ever customers: Walgreens, Dell and BCBS
• Work with product, engineering, and executives to define overall product strategy and roadmap
• Define and execute product features and enhancements using Agile methodology with engineering
• Manage product roadmap using customer and market needs
• Assess competitive threats by comparing product to competitors' solutions

• Managed product roadmap for 600 customers based on customer and market needs
• Coordinated local and global R&D teams to deliver 20+ products for the North American market
• Launched a new messaging product which was 2nd in revenue in its first year
• Supported strategic sales and 100+ partners via presentations, demonstrations, trade shows and webinars
• Trained employees and partners on selling the solutions via in-person classes and webinars
• Assessed competitive threats by comparing products to competitors' solutions

• Performed over 50+ successful product proof of concepts at customer sites
• Supported the two leading sales people to delivery continued annual growth
• Designed customized middleware integrations to medical systems to deliver messaging to mobile devices
• Provided technical consulting to strategic customers e.g. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, #1 ranked hospital
• Analyzed, diagnosed and tuned customers 802.11 wireless networks to deploy wireless voice solutions

• Led the integration of the two largest revenue generating products with 3rd party systems
• Consulted on the developed of next generation embedded hardware and software products
• Assisted customers to develop custom integrations with their IT systems
• Performed certification of integrations with 3rd party hardware and software systems

• Managed the world’s largest app store for mobile carriers to deliver apps to millions of customers
• Delivered a next generation replacement of the companies key revenue generating software
• Responsible for planning and delivery of all releases of the companies app store software

• Invented 8 patents for mobile devices, imaging, networking, security, biometrics and navigation
• Performed infringement analysis on competitor’s products against the company’s patent portfolio
• Strategized on technologies 15 years out including AI, IoT, and biometrics
• Managed the company’s major technology acquisition

• Architected PerfecTV, a streaming video Netflix competitor
• Managed, designed and delivered a prototype set-top box for streaming movies
• Provided product management through the full development life cycle

• Consulted on 30+ projects ranging from full life cycle software development to C-level strategies
• Worked and lived in six European countries and helped start the Milan Italy office
• Provided technical thought leadership and direction to the CTO
• Evaluated middleware products for The London Stock Exchange
• Architected a Java on-line stock trading site for Rabobank serving millions of customers
• Designed and implemented enterprise data warehouses for HP and Disney

Master’S Degree, Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science