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Greater Boston Area

Led product development for one of the world’s leading cloud-based location search and geocoder products for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets. Machine learning was at the heart of the product. Customers include Amazon, BMW, Garmin, Hyundai, Lyft, Samsung, SAP, Uber, and Tencent. • Grew revenue from a few hundred thousand to 45 million Euros.• Led collaborative development projects with BMW, Garmin, Daimler, Lyft and Amazon.• Drove the successful definition, launch and migration of next generation product, offering customers new levels of flexibility in application development and increasing update frequency from once per quarter to every two weeks for software and data. No customer loss through migration and new features provide significant competitive advantages over Google and TomTom.• Merged two product development teams, Search and Geocoding, to reduce costs and enhance product consistency.• Expanded global capabilities to include Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.

Newton, Ma

Led product management of the Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine, an AI-powered answers and insights platform. Company purchased by ServiceNow.• Directed requirements gathering, definition. and prioritization through close collaboration with key customers.• Introduced agile development methodologies into team processes.• Reduced cost of goods sold through contract renegotiations.• Drove product roadmap and stronger positioning. Doubled sales revenue.

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Led the creation of new enterprise applications in ideation and knowledge management based on the company’s core product while maintaining legacy products and revenue streams.• Opened new markets by identifying and focusing development on repeatable solutions for the enterprise market.• Collaborated with marketing to create go-to-market campaigns.• Reduced highly customized implementations.• Increased revenue by ~200%.

Cambridge, Ma

Recruited by the CEO to strengthen the engineering group, rationalize the product development process, and build out the technology into an enterprise-ready product. Machine learning was the foundation of the product. MetaCarta was sold to Nokia. • Matured an immature product into a secure, robust and scalable enterprise-ready product line. Customers included the Department of Defense, multiple intelligence agencies, Homeland Security, plus Shell, BP, Statoil, Total, BBC, Reuters, and Fox Interactive.• Launched new product targeted to oil and gas and grew sales 4-fold through market expansion into oil and gas, digital publishing, and law enforcement