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Oxford, Gb

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Headed up product management team developing digital elements to support the ELT blended learning portfolio. Evaluated product & service portfolio and developed roadmap to address existing challenges. Advised which products required rework, which should be retired, and where we should be investing for the future. Had to resign after short period owing to serious family illness.

London, United Kingdom

Working in strategic marketing and innovation area, analysing product portfolio, identifying emerging business opportunities, bringing incubation products to market, advising on product management and marketing best practice, and managing market research requirements. Over last year, had particular focus on KM UK's future direction, identifying emerging technology trends and potential sources of future revenue, then translating this into an actionable product and service roadmap out to 2021-22.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Led team of product owners and developers, creating web based management software and mobile apps for the sports & leisure industry. Updated tools to ensure GDPR compliance for our end customers as well as leading internal GDPR audit. Coached product owners to help them introduce more commercial practices into the team.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Working for small consultancy owned by husband and self, provided consultancy services across product management, marketing, and strategy to IT, telecoms, and education companies, as and when had availability.

London, United Kingdom

Headed business unit responsible for creating Kaplan's blended English Language Learning digital applications, including Picaro, an innovative English course for young learners with interactive games t and classroom materials. Responsibilities include sales, marketing, distribution, content development, online game development, P&L and business planning. During time at Kaplan, achieved x 5 increase in sales pipeline and x 3 increase in revenues.With change of CEO and company strategy, stepped up to additional responsibility to prepare unit for sale; successfully executed Spring 2016.

Reading, United Kingdom

Promoted from principle product marketing manager to a leadership position, and acting as the interface between the global product marketing team and local in-country marketing teams, I recruited and led a team responsible for managing security and encryption across mobile, PC, Mac and gateway machines. Delivered over $120M in bookings through direct and indirect sales channels. This included successfully launching a new security software bundle across EMEA, that won over $3M bookings during first three months.

Reading, United Kingdom

Responsible for marketing Symantec's archiving and e-discovery products, including both on-premise and cloud offerings. Included product introduction, awareness marketing, demand generation activities, partner channel communications, pipeline management, and maintaining communications with analyst community. Particular focus on EMEA specific messaging, helping customers transition from on-premise to cloud, and enabling improved customer retention rates. Marketing campaigns estimated to contribute +4% to 2013/4 EMEA product specific revenues.

Newbury, United Kingdom

Consultancy projects for range of IT and telecommunications companies, including advising on mobile data trends, researching mobile market opportunities, and defining, developing, and launching new mobile value propositions. Clients have included mobile operators, hardware manufacturers, and several small IT start ups.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibility for the development of Skype products, both internally and in conjunction with external partners. Includes mobile, wifi, and DECT/Skype solutions.

Led team developing and launching mobile data business services - including email, device management, local applications, and data security.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Managed end to end product lifecycle for industrial handheld computers, developed and owned the 3 year product roadmap and marketing plans, and worked closely with main board on company acquisition strategy.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Developed and launched PC Windows travel agency applications, including Focalpoint and Scriptwriter.

Mba, Business Administration

Final dissertation "Creating a company culture of innovation".

Ba 2:1, English Literature

Postgraduate Certificate In Coaching And Mentoring, Business Administration And Management, General