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San Jose, Ca, Us

* Translating complex fintech compliance laws and regulatory requirements into pragmatic, user-friendly product experiences, leading cross-functional projects across, Risk, Compliance, Policy, Legal, Engineering, and Design teams* Defined & delivered actionable strategy and GTM plan for the compliance product line externalization, intended to establish it as a leader in its field and open a new revenue stream for the company. * Conducted Product-Market Fit analysis, leading to product strategy, prioritization, and roadmap.

Visionary product strategist and coach for founders and executives. º Drives products from vision to market, analyzing product-market fit, MVP scoping, and journey mapping to transform vision to strategy to roadmap. º Works closely with CEOs to identify products’ competitive differentiators and advantages.º Develops deep understanding of customer needs, competitive environment, and industry trends and distills these insights into value proposition, product requirements, and feature prioritization. 2020 engagements include SpaceIQ, San Jose, CASpaceIQ provides the industry’s most powerful and easy-to-use CAFM/IWMS facility management software. º Developed vision, strategy, requirements, and design wireframes for a new product offering. º Ignited data analytics effort to establish SpaceIQ as market leader in IWMS analytics and decisioning.º Supported sales and marketing efforts, including product pitches, features evaluation and needs prioritization.º Professionally managed associates and interns.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Taught MBA/MDI students Introduction to Product Management, covering topics such as business strategy, customer needs, market research, Product-Market Fit analysis, vision-to-roadmap-to-delivery practice, and creating a delightful UX.Course gives MBA/MDI students the skills and tools today's product managers need to hit the ground running.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Provide strategic advice to the management and CEO. • Review company’s 6-12 months plans to improve and adapt strategic objectives to meet market conditions.

Allocation-based app enabling users to locate their favorite dinning, reserve a table, order, and chat with their server.* Defining & developing Vudda’s strategy and GTM approach.* Rolling-up sleeve to complete product-market fit analysis, use cases, and ecosystem.

A blockchain-based payment platform for gig economy players, enabling secured, affordable, and accessible fund transfer.  Focused on market sizing, product-market fit analysis, customer’s funnel, regulated markets, and platform requirements. Presented and pitched the products and use cases to investors. Wrote whitepaper analyzing the gig economy, defining the ecosystem and the marketplace model, the competitive landscape and entry barriers, and leveraging smart contracts to enable seamless transactions.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

 Guided fundamental change in product direction through launching of a product-market fit project, user interviews, and analysts’ engagements, resulting in reprioritization and focus.  Authored PRD and product vision papers, guiding Blue Cedar as a low code integration platform, targeting Mobile Enterprise Applications. Evangelized UX in the Engineering team to actively engage with product design, driving customer-centric approach.  Built pricing model, aligning offering with customer needs and buying pattern.

Bozeman, Montana, Us

Led FICO Analytic Cloud community development and outreach, defining vision and strategy from roadmap to execution, driving platform adoption and user engagement.º Increased social media-generated traffic 4X through aggressive push for content creation via whitepapers, eBook, and blogs. º Founded FICO Analytic Cloud Community team, hiring staff and persuading Sales, Services, and Support to add product and brand evangelism to their scope. º Transformed Presales team into well-informed evangelists, redefining the communication between product and sales, adding social media to their toolbox.º Conceived and implemented a holistic UX/Journey approach including a CX study followed by get-well project.º Envisioned and produced FICO’s first Tech in Action Day that brought customers, partners, and engineers together; launched FICO’s first early access program, and led to two closed deals.º Wrote PRD for community platform based on requirements from cross-functional stakeholders including Product Management, Corporate Marketing, Tech Support, IT, and UX to drive platform adoption.º Built and reinforced strategic partnerships, leading to co-presenting at conferences, trade shows, and user groups. º Created and launched company mentoring program.

New York, Ny, Us

Built an intuitive eCommerce platform and tools (OKL2.0) to deliver an elegant, seamless workflow. Led the platform team that relentlessly delivered an end-to-end customer experience and enabled rapid growth, scalability, and agility. Released first two platform components (MVP) reducing production time Introduced a feature prioritization matrix to better assess features’ business value and ROI Established and implemented a customer-product alignment process, leading to improved and faster feature definition. Components include BRD, PRD, documentation, datasheets

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

Product leader for Social CRM and Enterprise CRM Search Opportunity Teams, focus on new products and enhancements. Scoped and led Social CRM initiative, including MRD, PRD, and customer use cases resulting in product approval, and development kick-off  Reduced project development cost 43% and shortened time-to-market by leveraging existing assets at Amdocs and strategic partners In collaboration with Amdocs LAB, developed a Social CRM live demo critical to sales process into leading Communication Service Providers (CSPs)  Created innovative pricing models that quantified CSPs savings from proactive customer service and motivating subscribers to shift to self-service  Defined product requirements for CRM Search engine based on industry research, market adoption, and input from internal stakeholders

Austin, Texas, Us

Drove global Java ME mobile platform adoption and growth, connected Oracle's product teams and independent software vendors (ISVs), to ensure continued platform momentum and revenue stream Created diverse partner portfolio: Recruited 30 ISVs out of hundreds of candidates, leading to platform adoption, Oracle Innovation award nominations, and engineering collaboration Marketing mobile Java ME: Recruited and coached third-party evangelists for Oracle’s products and tools; recruited presenters for Oracle at global events such as JavaOne San Francisco, Brazil, and India  Conceived and executed partner endorsements initiative, leading to 10 endorsements used by executives, PR and PA teams, resulting in continued platform momentum JavaVerified (JATAF) board member: Spearheaded developer-focused mindset leading to a shorter time-to-market, simplified processes, and reduced costs by 20-50% for mobile app developers

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Managed cross-functional global teams producing Java ME mobile developer tools, Java ME SDK and TCK tools. Led business planning, product launches and P&L responsibility. Led developer outreach by creating and growing online presence using forums, blogs, Sun Developer Network and strong presence in industry events Shortened sales cycle 25-50% by creating POC and training offering Increased customer satisfaction from 50% to 95% by closely engaging customers in roadmap  Successfully launched over 10 product releases, leading to improved product performance Developed a customizable offering that monetized open-sourced product creating a new revenue stream Established and managed key industry group to reduce fragmentation; members included Orange, Vodafone and Sony Ericsson

• A year-plus project for healthcare executive consulting firm Foley Proctor Yoskowitz, LLC: - Conducted market research with an emphasis on competitive analysis and positioning, producing a new messaging and promotion strategy - Redesigned marketing materials, website and datasheets to reflect new positioning• Conducted market research and wrote a business plan for a Shanghai travel guide

Berkshire , Gb

Engaged in negotiation with local manufacturers, business conduct and community relations • Negotiated OEM contracts with local manufacturers• Directed community outreach program including Tongji University’s MBA program. Created and facilitated cross-cultural workshops• Coached foreign GM in local etiquette

Morristown, New Jersey, Us

Managed WLAN and PacketStarTM Multiservice Media Gateways product lines, sales exceeding $100M/year. Customers included NASA, Orange, Raytheon and Carnival Cruises.- Established Lucent-Avaya post spin-off collaboration creating synergy leading to increased sales.- Exceeded sales forecast by 40%.- Led cross-functional international team including Sales, Logistics, Corporate Marketing and Customer Service to improve strategic positioning and customer satisfaction.- Negotiated OEM partnerships to complete Wi-Fi portfolio, reducing cost and creating brand (in USA, Netherlands, Israel and Taiwan)- Managed vendor relations, developed selection process, reduced cost and improved terms

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Launch Manager, Lucent Technologies (1999-2000) Basking Ridge, NJManaged PacketStar™ Multiservice Media Gateways product line, sales exceeding $56M. Customers included French Telecom, NASA unmanned launches, Raytheon and Carnival Cruises

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Acquired by Lucent in 1999

Mba, International Marketing

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