ANDREW M. TATE

305-***-****

acpuvd@r.postjobfree.com

JOB OBJECTIVE

Highly energetic and organized “hands-on” technical professional with extensive industry experience seeking a position

in Technical Product Management and/or Product Marketing Management.

SKILL SET

Agile Kanban and Scrum methodologies, SaaS, APIs, native mobile apps (iOS and Android), mobile-first web design,

Bootstrap, social media, translations and globalization, internet advertising, analytics, SEO/SEM and CyberSecurity.

Product Owner/Champion with superior presentation and interpersonal skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

3/14 – Present

Sphere Consulting – Miami, FL

Product Owner

As a Product Owner and acting Development Lead, gathered the requirements and authored the specifications to create

BetterInterviews.com - a SaaS based ATS (Scrum project), and TheJobStack.com – a SaaS based crowdsourced

referral platform (Kanban project). Manage offshore Ruby on Rails, iOS and Android Development/Design teams in the

Ukraine and Russia. Manage the Product Backlog with Trello and determine the priorities with Leadership which then

drives the development of specifications and wireframes for each Sprint. Designed several key features including a

Master Job Board interface to produce a “subscriber fed” Job Board. Designed the back-office self-serving billing

system supporting first time purchases and renewals. Developed all of the content for the product website including a

promotional video. Provide ongoing product demos and walk-throughs. Perform project management with Jira.

7/13 – 2/14

Nova Point of Sale – Miami, FL

Product Owner

Responsible for all product enhancements of an industry leading PoS application. Implemented Agile/Scrum methods

as Product Owner and acting Scrum Master. Lead daily Sprint standup meetings with Development using a Scrum

board and burndown charts. Responsible for the product backlog which included collecting requirements from key

stakeholders and other sources like competitive research. Implemented a full cycle Scrum process that included

managing and prioritizing the product backlog. Responsible for breaking down User Stories into assignable tasks using

lean design. Developed UI wireframes, hi-res mock-ups and design specifications. Developed the specifications for a

SaaS based version of the product based on Microsoft .Net and MVC. Also created the wireframes and specifications

for a hosted eCommerce platform providing a virtual storefront for Nova’s customers.

3/10 – 4/13

Global Personals Media, LLC – Miami Beach, FL

Director of Internet Advertising and Globalization

Responsible for driving creatives, advertising operations and analytics for all company-wide promotions including CPM

and CPC media buys. Administered several in-house OpenX derived Ad Servers and external auction systems.

Developed several auto-bidding auction scripts in PHP leveraging a third party REST API. As a member of an

Agile/Scrum Development team, was responsible for the globalization and localization of several adult dating websites

throughout W estern Europe and Australia including payment processing in these markets. Maintained the translations

across web, mobile web and native mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.

12/08 – 12/09

ScheduALL Corporation – Hollywood, FL

Director of Product Management

Product Champion for the entire Scheduling Software product line. Technical liaison between Development, QA,

Marketing, Sales and Support. Developed marketing collateral and messaging used across all distribution media

including website, product slicks, press releases, webinars, trade show signage, etc. Established processes for

collecting product enhancement requests from all stakeholders. Responsible for the internal and external product

roadmap.

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11/05 – 11/08

SpectorSoft Corporation – Vero Beach, FL

Director of Product Management

Product evangelist and technical liaison. Performed extensive competitive research in direct and adjacent markets.

Developed product requirements for SpectorSoft’s enterprise flagship product Spector 360 using information collected

from key customers, competitive analysis and stakeholders. Developed detailed User Interface mock-ups. Developed

a Sharepoint site to collect and track customer product enhancement requests. Evaluated and selected the source for

the enterprise Web Filtering database. Conducted analyst briefings with Gartner Research, Forrester Research and

others. Presented a whitepaper to the Internet Safety Technical Task Force at Harvard Law School. Appeared on the

South Florida Business Report on CBS affiliate WPEC TV Channel 12.

Developed all of the website and collateral content for Spector 360. Contributed to the GTM strategy of the product.

Drove new product development for consumer and business products. Developed Marketing and Product

Requirements Documents. Technical liaison between Sales, Marketing and Development. Took a leave of absence

due to personal family issue from 6/06 – 1/07.

1/06 – 1/07

Authentium Corporation – Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Director of Product Management

Responsible for driving new SaaS features into multiple product lines based on information collected from key

customers, competitive analysis and stakeholders. Developed Product Requirements and UIs for a next generation

Firewall and mobile AV product. Performed design and roll-out of the company’s Resource Center offering collateral,

demo copies and other information to Sales. Maintained the company-wide roadmap for all products. Delivered

webinars and information sessions to customers. Assumed the role of SCRUM Product Owner.

10/00-11/05

Director of Security Software, CyberGuard Corporation, Deerfield Beach, FL

Hands on manager of a team of 25 Software Developers. Developed a Linux device driver to log event records in the

kernel and from user processes. Performed research into Security and SMP support in FreeBSD and Linux. Developed

a strategy to integrate an IPSec VPN into CyberGuard’s legacy Firewall line based on the Unixware OS. Performed

strategic research and then selected SSH’s IPSec/IKE Toolkit to facilitate the requirement. Responsible for the

selection of a VPN client and PCI based cryptographic hardware acceleration solutions. Developed a vendor specific

IPSec Documentation Profile for the VPNC. Assisted in FIPS 140-1 certification efforts for CyberGuard's VPN products.

Performed Product Management.

1991 – 2000

Founder/CEO, Tate Consulting, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

Performed on-site consulting, outsourcing and full time placements. Single handedly built annual revenues up to 2.5M

with a staff of 40 and was responsible for all functional aspects of the company including Marketing, Recruiting and

Client/Business Development. Also contracted my software engineering services to the clients of Tate Consulting which

included CyberGuard Corp., Motorola Computer Group. Sun Microsystems, Encore Computer Corp., IBM and Motorola

Paging Systems.

Prior to 1991

Member of the Technical Staff, MODCOMP/AEG, Ft. Lauderdale FL

Member of the Technical Staff, Gould, Ft. Lauderdale FL

Member of the Technical Staff, Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountainview CA

Member of the Technical Staff, Gould Computer Systems, Ft. Lauderdale FL

Member of the Technical Staff, Paradyne Corporation, Largo FL

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of South Florida, Tampa FL

Post Graduate Studies in Computer Science, University of South Florida, Tampa FL

INTERESTS

I am a competitive marathon runner and four time Ironman triathlete.

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