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San Diego, California, United States

• Strategic Product Vision: Developed and communicated a clear and compelling vision for supply chain planning and optimization products aligned with the company's overall product strategy and business objectives.• Product Roadmap Planning: Lead the strategic planning and prioritization of the product roadmap for planning and optimization products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and marketing, to ensure alignment with customer needs, market trends, and business goals.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Fostered strong collaboration and alignment with cross-functional teams. Worked closely with teams to gather input, address challenges, and ensure successful product launches and ongoing product support.• Team Leadership and Development: Built and lead a high-performing product management team. Provide guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to nurture talent and drive individual and team growth.• Continuous Improvement: Fostered a culture of continuous improvement within the product management function. Encourage experimentation, embrace feedback, and implement iterative processes to drive innovation.

San Diego Metropolitan Area

• Supervised Product Innovation team responsible for demand planning, including Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence modeling applications.• Researched product target market and performed market assessment.• Identified market opportunities and define product strategy to address.• Defined release priorities for product team.• Performed product owner role for multiple Agile scrum teams.• Pioneered internal product-based revenue reporting and metrics for all components.

Greater San Diego Area

• Directed Product Management and Professional Services, with additional IT and SaaS responsibilities.• Created vision for all products to remain competitive and generate new revenue opportunities.• Defined product roadmap and created requirements for new products and initiatives.• Oversaw development of next generation data science analytics and SaaS systems.• Managed customers’ requirements and expectations to ensure successful customer engagements. • Optimized global projects to maximize consultant utilization and partner/subcontractors revenue.• Increased Professional Services revenue by 50% within 3 years.

Greater San Diego Area

San Diego, California, United States

• Directed Product Management and Professional Services, with additional IT and SaaS responsibilities.• Created vision for all products to remain competitive and generate new revenue opportunities.• Defined product roadmap and created requirements for new products and initiatives.• Oversaw development of next generation data science analytics and SaaS systems.• Managed customers’ requirements and expectations to ensure successful customer engagements. • Optimized global projects to maximize consultant utilization and partner/subcontractors revenue.• Increased Professional Services revenue by 50% within 3 years.

San Diego, California, United States

• Oversaw software Product Management, Development, Marketing, and Support.• Planned migration of B2B software from desktop prototype to Software as a Service (SaaS) application.• Managed ongoing software development and product roadmap.• Defined and performed software lifecycle including data/metadata, deployment, testing, and support.• Created marketing collateral including brochures and white papers. Planned trade shows.• Performed sales, including initial client contact and contract negotiations.

Managed Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) next generation mobile shopping client. Led Customer Solutions Program Management team responsible for overseeing the development of professional services custom software using QIS technologies.· Coordinated cross-departmental information for Phase Exits, including Level of Effort and costs.· Created and managed schedule and budget for $8.2M program.· Established process and automated tracking system for all customer specific requests.

Managed product managers responsible for multiple desktop and online geo-demographic site location analysis products representing $25 million, 25% of company’s annual revenue• Created strategic plan for corporate products designed to visualize data on maps and reports for site location analysis• Defined product roadmaps that strongly position the company and its product lines in the marketplace• Provided strategic insight into cross-discipline products in other parts of the organization• Developed new applications and feature sets to drive new business development• Designed and launched new application for specific target market segment and signed five clients within the first year• Managed successful product definition phase of custom development leading to on-time delivery for strategic customers including Bank of America and Time Warner Cable

Managed bi-coastal resources covering all aspects of custom software development including custom application consulting, development, project management, deployment and support for multiple large clients.• Achieved annual project revenue of $300,000 – 500,000 that generated $1 - 2 million in recurring annual client revenue• Developed and migrated new Internet product from custom application into core corporate application, currently representing $2 million in annual revenue• Productized custom software into standardized products for general sale creating client-funded enhancements to core applications

Supplied client support and technical consulting for two of company’s three largest clientsManaged renewal and up-sell to account base of $4 million, including company’s largest client

Managed internal resources and project-level client relationships to successfully define and complete custom software projects• Performed project and product management for successful company wide development effort of custom application being used as the foundation for future corporate platform• Translated client requests into proposals and technical requirements• Acted as technical liaison between clients needing custom software and internal departments including sales, development, quality assurance, and technical publications

Performed all aspects of custom software process• Consulted with clients to determine business needs for custom applications• Created specifications, pricing and proposals for custom applications• Developed, deployed, documented and supported custom applications using Visual Basic

Developed applications producing annual demographic data, central to the company product lines

Bs, Computer Science

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