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Consult on and manage requirements and planning for major enhancements to Microsoft Teams for Work/Life.• Develop and document detailed feature specifications for Microsoft Teams• Consult with Microsoft Casual Games Studio for development and scope of three new apps for Microsoft Teams.• Manage and consult with 3rd party development studio partners for new IP development on Microsoft Teams• Manage development schedules, product integration plans and rollout and executive review.

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

Manage product requirements, resource planning and delivery of financial products for a major U.S. healthcare firm.• Drive requirements planning and resource planning and budget allocation.• Business stakeholder engagement and strategic planning of major accounting systems upgrades.• Driver of process innovation and change management from project focus to product focus.

North Ryde, Nsw, Au

Manage requirements and delivery of gaming development platform toolkit (GDK) used by 8 internal and external facing casino game studios. Deep technology stack understanding.• Managed requirements gathering and development prioritization for internal technology team.• Owned roadmap and backlog prioritization for short and long-term development.• Drove game studio relationships and requirements refinement in weekly engagement meetings.• Author of all user stories in JIRA for internal game studios worldwide using GDK.• Managed and comprehended industry game compliance requirements needed for global rollout.

South Jordan, Ut, Us

• Managed strategy/requirements for mobile apps (iOS/Android) and online healthcare social websites.• Led cross-functional team developing requirements for a SaaS healthcare lead-generation system producing >3M chronic illness qualified leads per year.• Created and conducted research study into customer healthcare demographics and feature requirements for new healthcare website design and mobile healthcare app.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Owner of the product strategy, requirements, and development of the Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android versions of the Sorenson ntouch™ videophone software (www.sorensonvrs.com) enabling the deaf and those who use American Sign Language (ASL) to use telephony services to the hearing.Key achievements:• Managed all requirements and roadmap for the development of 2 major releases of ntouch™ videophone app for Microsoft Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android with new feature updates released each quarter.• Led 4 individual teams through development as Product Owner using Agile development methods.• Increased use on Windows platform by 27% and iOS/Android mobile platforms by more than 250% (YoY) representing revenue of more than $55M annually. Revenue increased 125% YoY.• Created and conducted four separate consumer behavior studies and one quantitative study of mobile preference to establish future product roadmap through 2016.

Product owner for the strategy, research and development of a mobile/desktop SaaS-based CRM application for global missionary volunteers. Technology suite included mobile devices and apps, security, mobile device management (MDM) and a custom HTML 5 CRM application for contact management and teaching records.Key achievements:• Led product management activities for the ‘Connect’ CRM web application for remote ‘online’ volunteers used at >20 call centers and visitors centers throughout the world. • Created product strategy, roadmap and requirements of ‘Mobile Area Book Planner’ for volunteers running on both iOS- and Android-based mobile devices. CRM web application built on SQL database for tracking user KPIs and contact management analytics.• Led strategy development and presented demos to upper executive management as well as co-directing the efforts of a 12-15-person development team using Agile development methods.• Managed the strategy for mobile hardware device selection, security and device management (MDM).

Provided software and design consulting, project management, and business development services to development studios, OEMs, and software publishers. Consulting focused on developers transitioning to alternative platforms and mobile devices. Specific focus on new UI designs transitioning to mobile touch interfaces.Advisory to software developers for OEM business development, product pitches, and the creation of new intellectual property (IP) and new form factors.International and market localization services.

Paris, Fr

Software publisher and developer of online and downloadable entertainment software. Multilingual product focus on ‘short-to-mid-session’ games published online. Platforms include Internet/Web, PC, Mac, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, and mobile devices in worldwide markets.Managed strategic business development team to target, develop and publish diverse multi-platform portfolio of entertainment IP. Initiated and directed software development for 18 concurrent product programs valued between $300K and $1M per productSpearheaded and managed partner relationships with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Apple. Content published in 6 countries and localized into EFIGS languages.Creation and management of all negotiations and deal terms.Key achievements:• Responsible for 14 different product lines with downloadable content, licensing, sequel and cross-platform strategy, representing growth from zero to >$17M revenue over an 18 month period in start-up phase.• Defined key product features and product positioning for 3 internal studios (Seattle, Chile, Shanghai).• Ramped market share from zero to #1 position in 18 months on Microsoft Xbox Live marketplace.• Positioned operations for future development projects by growing the independent product developer pool to more than 100 partners and directed cross-licensing negotiations.• Managed relationships and deal terms for all externally developed software projects and publishing terms with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Apple.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Casual Games Group within Microsoft / MSN creating & publishing consumer entertainment software on Microsoft platforms.As Worldwide Portfolio / Business Development ManagerDeveloped the portfolio of 1st & 3rd party online (web) & downloadable games for a global suite of MSN Internet portals. Director of the business development & product portfolio in concert with engineering & advertising sales to become a category top 3 Internet destination site in the world. Successfully managed a multi-million dollar product launch budget to develop launch portfolio games for Xbox 360 / Xbox Live Arcade. Drove international content requirements from Asian & European subsidiaries into product portfolio strategy. Directed content strategy & project management for MSNGames.com (25M unique), MSN Messenger (250M unique) & Xbox Live (20M subscribers).Key achievements:• Co-pioneered multi-hundred-million dollar industry of development on Xbox Live – emulated by Sony, Nintendo, & Apple affecting development & publishing decisions at every entertainment publisher in the world – by creating entirely new ecosystem of development & publishing on an entertainment system. Accountable for selection & product definition of more than 130 Xbox Live Arcade titles.• Managed the business development of 3 Burger King advertising games (>3 million copies sold) ranked in the top-10 most successful products ever sold on the Xbox platform by developing brand partnership & product concepts; award-winning titles were attributed to driving 40% increase in revenue for Burger King for financial year & increasing in-store traffic by 10%.• Spurred >500K unit sales through relationship with Mattel toy company to create the successful Uno franchise on Xbox Live.• Pioneered the product concept of taking well-known / established board game franchises such as Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne & Upwords, & “digitizing” them for play on electronic platforms.

Redmond, Washington, Us

As Executive Producer / Product Manager:Created and managed development of Top Spin tennis franchise as well as Links 2001 and Links 2003 golf titles. Established U.S. and International product requirements and maintained product integrity while working with developer in Paris, France on product schedule, key features, implementation and contracted relationship. Personally orchestrated in-game product placement as well as tennis and golf celebrity appearances in coordination with product launches.Key achievements:• Developed and executed product vision strategy for new sports game franchise. Established Microsoft as leader in the tennis game market by receiving 89% Metacritic review score for Top Spin; pioneered a new sports franchise that spun off 9 other products on multiple platforms selling more than 1 million copies.• Established Top Spin as the highest Xbox title GPM (>40%) within a 12-month period of publication.• Links Golf outperformed main golf game competitor (Tiger Woods Golf) by scoring more than 20 points higher in the Metacritic review standard.

Peripherals manufacturer focused on hardware and software for data storage, backup and security. Pioneer in the removable / portable storage business.Software Product Manager / Alliance ManagerSuccessfully managed development of Iomega application software and strategic 3rd party relationships for Iomega storage solutions (Zip, Jaz, Clik drives) and ‘Iomegaware’ internal solutions software.Key achievements:• Successfully delivered Iomega version of Adobe Activeshare software for digital photography cataloging and storage. Managed all key partnership relationship with Adobe Systems from product inception through release. • Managed production of Iomega version of MusicMatch Jukebox software from RealNetworks for purchase and storage of digital music on removable media with customized DRM solution for copyright material.• Project management lead on the development of “Iomega App CD” across 14 SKUs and 12 languages. • Managed all international requirements from 6 subsidiaries and languages delivered on-time and on budget for inclusion in-box for retail launch.

Consumer software developer and publisher focused on retail and OEM sales.As Business Development / Sr. Account ExecutiveResponsible for managing and growing large international OEM accounts.Key achievements:• Tripled OEM product placements at Toshiba America on retail notebook computers (entertainment, lifestyle, productivity software).• Quadrupled OEM product sales at Dell Computer in < 6 months (games, lifestyle, finance).• Created new, exclusive OEM product coverage on Compaq Inkjet printers (Print Artist).

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Marketing services and OEM sales aggregatorAs Project Manager / OEM Sales Account ManagerResponsible for managing all 3rd party content and growing key large international OEM accounts.Key achievements:• Managed education, entertainment and productivity OEM programs for large PC companies (Dell, Compaq, Toshiba) to support new product launches and new branding strategies.• Created new customer acquisition and retention-marketing incentive programs through software for Dell and Compaq to strengthen product launch messages which has developed skills that would be helpful as a Director, Business Development - Product Management.• Developed and closed new OEM business with Compaq, Dell, Acer, AST, and others totalling >$5M annual sales.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Management - Marketing Emphasis

High School Diploma, Matriculation