Rod Simmons Email & Phone Number

Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

STEALTHbits Technologies is a data security software company focused on protecting an organization’s credentials and sensitive information. By removing inappropriate data access, enforcing security policy, and detecting advanced threats, we reduce security risk, fulfill compliance requirements and decrease operations expense.Identify threats. Secure data..

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• As Director of Product I work directly with the company’s Product Managers, Marketing Managers, and Engineering Managers to effectively progress the company’s product vision and goals. My team contributes directly to.
• Responsible for managing and mentoring new and existing product managers to keep them aligned with company vision
• Worked closely with product managers on their key goals or company goals while getting the teams to collaborate
• Provided guidance to product teams to ensure our activates we spent time on aligned with the company business
• Maintained product roadmaps detailed, high level, and capabilities driven product roadmaps across the offerings
• Worked with common criteria testing labs to get five products to achieve common criteria certification

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked with all areas of the company. Worked with an engineering counterparts to define product release requirements. Worked with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand.
• Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers.
• Driving a solution set across development teams (primarily Development/Engineering, and Marketing Communications) through market requirements, product contract, and positioning.
• Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed a team of 20 solution architects with a wide skill set including SharePoint, Exchange, migration, Unix and Linux administration, and identity management
• Directly interacted with Fortune 500 customers to help sales teams map their business requirements to our solution offering
• Helped architects and sales team build a win strategy in sales opportunities
• Provided feedback into the product management team so they had visibility to new competitive challenges and market changes
• Assisted team and building product architectural plans for POC or production
• Routinely conducted webinar, did ghost writing on blog posts and spoke a industry conferences

• Lead a global product team representing $30M+ product revenue and 20% growth YoY
• Defined a multi-year roadmap for all solutions based on customer and market analysis
• Helped develop user stories for the development process
• Worked with CTO to define new product offerings and create business plans to bring products to market
• Supported sales and marketing efforts including sales presentation, proposals, proof of concept, product collateral, articles, white papers, analyst and media relations, speaking at industry conferences
• Conducted performance reviews

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Worked closely with sales team to understand customer needs to help motivate them to pick Quest solutions
• Setting up and hand holding customer during the proof of concept process
• Conducted product training for customers and prospects
• Build and maintain relationship and trust with key executives and decision makers, demonstrated thought leadership to customer and effectively navigated the customer buying cycle
• Conducted webinars, blog posts and public speaking

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided presales support for auditing and monitoring products world wide
• Conducted product training for customers and prospects
• Provided post sales product implementations for companies
• Conducted webinars, blog posts and public speaking