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Saint Paul, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis St. Paul, US

• Interim consulting role as Fractional Chief Product Officer, Vice President Product Management, Head of Product for B2B companies to instill growth and innovation culture within their product teams. Experienced with.
• Built M&A funnel and led due diligence to successful SaaS acquisition in data communications.
• Recommended new organization structure that was implemented integrating newly acquired software and existing services business in telecom.
• Identified key growth markets and potential partners to expand fiber optic transceiver business.We are product development experts, providing advisory and fractional executive services to cultivate breakthrough.

Hickory, North Carolina, US

• Leader of substantial P&L and budget that included over $50M annual growth through execution with new fiber optic connectivity solutions and global expansion.
• Responsible for delivering revenue and profitability growth while directing product development, operations, and go-to-market strategy (sales and marketing).
• Implemented strategy for further growth through innovation and international expansion while scaling engineering team to support growth in fiber optic products.
• Built culture of collaboration and continuous improvement across direct and indirect teammates and introduced Agile product development methodologies to increase efficiencies.
• Managed global sales and operations with key functions in China, Mexico, Italy, Japan, and U.K..

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GB

• Built Marketing, Product Management and Engineering teams. Drove brand development and product roadmap to evolve business as an innovator for optical transceivers.
• Inspired a culture of innovation that included winning a UK Development Grant, release of a cloud-based coding platform and company's first patents.
• Directed refresh of brand to align with keys values of innovation and growth.
• Key member of team to execute strategy for growth that included successful private equity investment.

Irvine, California, US

• Created transformation strategy, rationalized existing product portfolio, and built innovation roadmap for business with over 30 years experience in markets for Ethernet switching.
• Directed product portfolio shaping and rationalization programs which resulting savings were invested into new innovations targeting adjacent growing PoE, IoT and SaaS markets.
• Grew revenue contribution from new products from 5% to 30%.
• Led organic development and acquisition of SaaS offers including management systems and SD-WAN acquisition, to grow company beyond hardware offer and provide subscription revenues.

Galway, IE

• Note that TE Connectivity acquired ADC Telecommunications December 2010.Developed product line of innovative fiber-fed distributed antenna solutions (DAS) from incubator (started within ADC Telecommunications) to.
• Grew through combination of organic innovations and acquisition (M&A).
• Drove innovation roadmap and led successful acquisition and integration of leading provider of key technology.
• Launched industry first all-digital DAS solution cooperatively with strategic partner.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US

• Product leadership roles with progressing level of responsibility within company serving the fast paced, rapid growth Telecommunications industry. Key contributor to seminal communications platforms for both wired and.
• Championed and provided product requirements for growth platforms for Cable (HFC/DOCSIS), and Wireless/DAS (3G/4G/5G/WiFi) markets, serving CATV and Mobile network operators.
• Key contributor that planned, built and executed complex technology businesses. Engaged in building new to industry platforms from development of custom IC's, software stacks and hardened hardware.
• Recognized for ability to identify and communicate value in complex technologies.

Master Of Business Administration, Leadership

Bachelor Of Science Business, General Management