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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Provide technical consulting services specializing in Project Management, Software Product Management, Business Process Analysis and workflow automation

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Served as a senior leader on the Egnyte Security & Governance Product Management Team. Directly responsible for driving Data Access Governance as well threat detection and prevention across Egnyte, Google Drive, Microsoft SharePoint/OneDrive and on-prem file servers. Supported and mentored all the Egnyte Secure & Govern Product Managers to efficiently deliver features across areas where I wasn’t the lead Product Manager (classification, privacy and compliance). • Helped define product vision, strategy and roadmap. Worked globally across Product Management and Engineering Teams to define and deliver critical roadmap initiatives and features• Helped identify potential growth opportunities and areas of improvement, realized 25% year over year growth of the Egnyte Secure & Govern product offering.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Managed the Watson AI Platform and Portfolio Solutions Product Management Team. Watson AI Platform enables enterprises and developers to build business applications leveraging IBM Watson's core AI capabilities.• Defined product vision, strategy and unique value proposition including features, functionality, UI/UX design needs, success parameters, digital engagement, and ecosystem requirements• Devised long term roadmap, leveraged stakeholder network, monitored trends, and identified potential growth opportunities• Experienced with hybrid and multi-cloud deployments including Kubernetes, OpenShift, PaaS, and SaaS as well as on-prem• Lead coordination across Watson, IBM Cloud and Cloud Pak for Data teams to build, market, sell, and deliver Watson solutions on any public or private cloud• Owned Watson Platform prioritization and trade-offs between customer experience, performance, and operational support• Worked with clients, partners, and prospects to identify market requirements, opportunities, user experience problems and general product gaps• Delivered timely, accurate, and clear communications to all stakeholders (executives and users) throughout project/release lifecycle• Defined roadmap and prioritize product features while working directly with development to assure on-time release• Responsible for GTM Strategy, release management, project management for Watson Offerings (including alpha, experimental, beta, & GA)

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Senior Product Manager on Watson AI Cloud Platform and Portfolio Solutions Product Management team.• Partnered with Engineering to define product roadmap, prioritize feature request and use case scenarios• Defined internal and external communication strategy to ensure product vision aligns with business needs and requirements• Drove short and long-term product and business strategy and goals• Consolidate use cases and synthesize a product vision across a broad set of features and technologies• Coordinated with development teams to set prioritization and achieve on-time continuous delivery releases using Agile methodology• Security & compliance focal for Watson Offering Management

Austin, Tx, Us

• Partnered with product management to identify and drive opportunities to enhance product offering based on customer feedback and market analysis• Collaborated with product team to evaluate and prioritize product features for inclusion into product roadmap• Created whitepapers and marketing content for internal and external sales teams

San Jose, California, Us

• Partnered with senior management to identify and drive opportunities to enhance market position of CA Technologies DLP Solution• Translated customer needs into functional and technical product requirements• Led product team to evaluate and prioritize product features for inclusion into product roadmap• Collaborated closely with engineering and technical project management to ensure timely delivery of quality product• Built solution-oriented materials with cross-functional team including internal and external roadmaps, tech notes, whitepapers, and customer-facing technical presentations• Drove product initiatives from concept, vision articulation and requirements documentation to “go-to-market” (positioning, pricing, marketing, and training)• Partnered with Sales and Marketing to drive product initiatives from concept, vision articulation and requirements documentation to “go-to-market” (positioning, pricing, marketing, and training), driving consistent messaging across all internal teams and stronger market presence.• Oversaw and transitioned engineering from Waterfall to Agile development leveraging SAFE

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

• Conducted and documented business requirements with customer stakeholders to determine functional requirements for business solution implementation, resulting in 100% comprehension of customer problems and desired outcomes.• Gathered customer requirements, created functional specifications, detail designs, time estimates, and worked directly with customers to deliver a custom solution that met requirements and budget, which led to a successful on-budget implementation.• Developed custom solutions using Harvest’s existing product lines in conjunction with custom coding and additional third-party software tools, achieving 100% seamless client implementations.• Created custom solutions using Java, C#, XML and SQL