Manager Project

Brian Goode

*** **** **. #*** ********** MA *****

781-***-****; ***********@*****.***

Senior Project and Program Management Team Leader

Recent Career Summary

Manager, Project Management (Research in Motion - BlackBerry)

* Hired and led local PMO team for new Andover, MA development office. Delivered my own projects while leading and mentoring the PMs in my team.

* Integrated QA, Development and Design functional teams into unified, efficient project teams.

* Pioneered adoption of Agile w/ Scrum and standardized all working methods & tools across teams.

* Solidified relationships between Andover office and corporate sponsors, internal customers and dependent stakeholders, fully integrating Andover with global RIM ecosystem.

* Delivered numerous projects under extremely aggressive timelines, culminating with BB Hub (email / messaging center) for new BB10 platform launched Jan 2013.

Manager, Product Management (Nokia)

* Hired and led Product / Project Mgmt team, as part of helping to grow a 6-person browser porting project into Nokia’s internally recognized Web Browsing expertise center consisting of ~ 100 employees located in 2 sites (Burlington, MA and Bangalore, India).

* Delivered numerous product releases while managing relationships with global customers, partners and contractors as well as internal executives, customer programs and stakeholders.

* Coordinated project and resource management across local and offshore development teams.

General Profile

Program / Project Leader

* 10-15 years of reliably delivering market-setting releases on schedule, employing sound PMI / PMBOK principles and owning full SDLC from inception through delivery

* Hands-on collaboration with designers, developers, testers to define and deliver product

* Excellent relationship management with executives, global customers, and internal stakeholders

* Driving engagements across internal teams, testing groups, marketing and customers to maximize customer focus and satisfaction

* Thriving under fast paced environment, intensely competitive market, executive scrutiny

Team Builder and Leader

* 10 years of hiring & leading Product / Project Management teams

* 10 years co-leading R&D teams of 70-100 developers, testers, etc.

* Leading the rapid growth and success of teams under intense pressure and challenges

Innovation Leader

* Driving innovation of internal processes to increase collaboration & productivity

* Fostering and leading innovation-centered activities in product development

* Certified Scrum Master, having rolled out Agile with Scrum in multiple organization

Education

MBA, Boston College

BSc in Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina

* Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Experience and Accomplishments

BlackBerry Email / Messaging Team – Andover, Massachusetts

Project Management Team Leader 2010 – 2013

* Hired and managed a team of Project Managers for BlackBerry’s development team building email / messaging applications

* Personally served as Project Manager for BlackBerry Hub (Email / Messaging Center) for BB10 platform launched globally in Jan 2013

* Delivered Email and other applications to BBOS 6 and 7 platforms, globally deployed across all regions and carriers

* Served as co-leader alongside Director of Development of Andover site (approx. 70 developers, QA testers, etc.)

* Serving alongside Director as primary interface to BlackBerry executives and program leaders on behalf of Andover based project teams

* Pioneered adoption of Agile with Scrum development practices.

* Implemented consistent tools & processes and tightened collaboration between functional teams (developers, testers, designers, product mgmt.)

Nokia Mobile Applications Team – Burlington, Massachusetts

Product / Program Management Team Leader 2005 – 2010

* Promoted into this role after exceptional performance as a Product Manager

* Built and led a team of Product Managers, UI Designers and Technical Writers

* Served as co-leader of Web Applications team (approx. 100 individuals in 2 global sites) alongside heads of Development, QA and Marketing.

* Led strategic migration from proprietary technologies to Webkit open source software

* Launched Nokia Webkit Browser on mobile devices in November 2005.

* Produced Nokia’s Mobile Application platform based also on Webkit open source technology. Evangelized this concept to executives and shipped version 1.0 ahead of agreed schedule in Q3 2007.

* Pioneered adoption of Agile with Scrum development practices.

Product Manager, Web Browser June 2000 – March 2005

* Created the vision, strategy and roadmap for Nokia’s mobile web browser.

* Shipped the Nokia Web browser on over 100 million devices worldwide.

* Led local team in innovative, ambitious risk-taking style while balancing interface and commitments to global, process-oriented parent company.

* Won over Nokia executive confidence in the Burlington team, such that Burlington was designated as the long term center of Mobile Web Application development for all Nokia device platforms.

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