|INTRODUCTION |
|An accomplished Product Management leader with an MBA, a BS in Software |
|Engineering, and over 20 years experience designing, launching, and managing a |
|broad range of product lines. I am a well-rounded marketing professional with a |
|strong track record on highly successful marketing and product development teams,|
|targeting consumer and business customers. I have experience managing product |
|and project life cycles in the internet, mobile, enterprise, and |
|telecommunications sectors. Focused interests include mobile services and |
|applications, ecommerce and transaction processing, customer relationship |
|management, security and risk management, and financial services. |
|QUALIFICATIONS |
|Product Management |Business Operations |Technologies |
|Define Market and Product |Excellent Communication |Software Platforms and |
|Requirements (MRD, PRD) |Skills |Languages |
|Market Research and |Project/Program Management |(Object-oriented, J2ME, |
|Segmentation |CRM (Business/Consumer), |WAP, HTML, JavaScript, |
|Manage Multiple Product |Billing System, and OSS |XML, SaaS, Ruby on Rails) |
|Life Cycles |Applications |Networks Design, |
|Strong Development and |Team Building and Group |Implementation, and |
|Engineering focus |Leadership |Management |
|Network, Software, |Sales Support and Training |Wireless Networks |
|Products, Services |Quality Improvement and |Software platforms and |
|Marketing Collateral and |Process Development |End-user Devices |
|Event Marketing |Business Development and |Web and User Interfaces |
|Portfolio Management |Partnerships |Location Determination and|
|Technology Evaluation and |Business Analysis and |GPS |
|Planning |Contract Negotiation |Financial Services and Web|
|Agile and Waterfall Models|eCommerce and Payment |Applications |
| |Processing |Application Programming |
| |Social Media (Viral) |Interfaces (API) |
| |Marketing | |
| |Online Advertising | |
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|SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS |
|@Yodlee: Managed several enhancements to online bill-pay service, which supported|
|sales of company's product offering to 5 of top 10 financial service providers, |
|generating over 10 million transactions annually. |
|@PacWest Telecom: Led cross-company product management effort to create |
|leading-edge, web-based VoIP service offering for VoIP service provider markets, |
|including user experience design, partner relationship, inter-company interfaces,|
|and joint product definition. |
|@AT&T Wireless: Directed design and implementation of prepaid wireless service |
|for SBC Wireless, launching service on budget and with an aggressive time frame; |
|resulting on $25 million of new revenue from over 200,000 subscribers the first |
|year. |
|@eBay: Manage annual price changes for global sites that resulted in revenue |
|gains of over $50 million and significant changes in product consumption. |
|@AT&T Wireless: oversaw the simplification of the wireless services activation |
|process; developed the first retail packaged offer for phone, pager, and |
|voicemail; and reduced projected customer turnover by 50%. |
|@Sprint: Initiated and drove Quality Improvement Project to enhance the |
|effectiveness and morale of large cross-functional team in the Strategic Network |
|Development department; results included increased employee retention and |
|improvement in service levels. |
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|CAREER SUMMARY WITH ACHIEVEMENTS |
|Senior Product Manager |RockYou, San Francisco, CA |9/2012 - |
| | |10/2012 |
|Lead product management function for newly-built Ads Technology team. |
|Responsible for ad server and campaign management platform. |
|Defined new Ad Units and managed integrations with external partners. |
|Investigated bugs, assisted the Engineering team, acted as QA. |
|Supported Sales. |
|Other focuses include graphic and video advertising, viral and social marketing. |
|Senior Product Manager |Plum District, San Francisco, CA |4/2012 - 8/2012|
|Lead product management for company's entire product platform, including website,|
|content management platform, and Salesforce application. |
|Managed user experience for internal and external users. |
|Provided technical support for reporting platform. |
|Managed Agile/Sprint processes for Engineering. |
|Supported Sales and Customers (Buyers and Merchants). |
|Supported Marketing requirements for social and viral marketing (via Facebook) |
|and SEO/SEM tracking and performance. |
|Technical focuses on platform architecture, Ruby on Rails release management, and|
|data integration with Salesforce application. |
|Senior Product Manager - |eBay, San Jose, CA |1/2010 - 4/2012|
|Billing and Pricing | | |
|Performed standard Product Management function in support of Billing, Payments, |
|and Pricing initiatives in eBay's Seller Experience/Billing department. |
|Primary focuses were on defining rules-based pricing schemes, enhancing member |
|retention initiatives, and improving security controls for payment account |
|information. |
|Met with customers to understand various business models. |
|Technologies addressed include rules engines, content management, Service |
|Oriented Applications, web user interfaces, and database tools. |
|Senior Product Manager |eBay, San Jose, CA |2/2009 - 1/2010|
|(contract) | | |
|Performed identical functions as described in eBay position above. |
|Senior Product Manager |Yodlee, Redwood City, CA |11/2007 - |
| | |2/2009 |
|Performed standard Product Management functions for company's Bill-pay suite of |
|financial applications, focusing on user experience, application development, |
|reporting, and pre- and post-sales support. |
|Primary focuses included financial services markets and applications, payment |
|processing technologies, leading-edge web services applications and interfaces, |
|and UX design methodologies. |
|Product Management |eBay, San Jose, CA |4/2007 - 7/2007|
|Consultant - (contract) | | |
|Provided domain leadership in defining and executing the product vision to |
|replace the existing internal Customer Service platform with a more flexible and |
|efficient platform (Agent Desktop). |
|Primary focuses were on resolving Customer Support cases and integrating multiple|
|channels, and content management. |
|Technologies addressed include web interfaces, Java and .NET, Internet |
|architectures, enterprise messaging, and database repositories. |
|Technical Project Manager |AT&T, San Ramon, CA |12/2006 - |
| | |4/2007 |
|Project managed the software testing efforts for billing and customer service |
|applications that crossed company boundaries between AT&T and Cingular. |
|Using structured and integrated project management platform, managed five |
|concurrent projects, covering 10-15 distinct application platforms, across 3 |
|different release cycles. |
|Senior Product Manager |Pac-West Telecomm, Stockton, CA |11/2005 - |
| | |6/2006 |
|Performed standard Product Management functions for company's carrier-grade VoIP |
|service platform. |
|Responsible for partnership with industry leader to create leading-edge service |
|bureau for Internet and Cable VoIP service providers. |
|Technical focus on VoIP using SIP and RTP, supporting voice and video (H.323) |
|applications, as well as CALEA and E-911, and web application interfaces. |
|Senior Product Manager |Amdocs/DST Innovis, El Dorado Hills, |12/2004 - |
| |CA |10/2005 |
|Performed standard Product Management functions for company's carrier-grade |
|billing and CRM platform for broadband, cable, and satellite service providers. |
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|Areas of responsibility included VoIP, Provisioning, Product Catalog, |
|Collections, and Mediation/Integration. |
|Provided direct sales support responsibilities for company's largest satellite |
|customer, and helped manage custom research and development efforts on customer's|
|behalf. |
|Technologies used include Java, VoIP, Cable/satellite infrastructures, and web |
|interfaces. |
|Business |SBC (now AT&T), San Ramon, CA |10/2003 - |
|Consultant/Technical | |4/2004 |
|Architect (contract) | | |
|Documented business requirements and designed technical solutions for suggested |
|enhancements to various billing systems and applications. |
|Senior Product Manager |PointBase, Inc., Mountain View, CA |03/2002 - |
| | |06/2002 |
|Developed Market Requirements Document that detailed new and emerging |
|opportunities and possible strategies for offering the company's Java database |
|and synchronization technologies to a new target market. |
|Technical focus on mobile applications, database platforms, and Java |
|applications. |
|Senior Product Manager |IXI Mobile, Inc., Palo Alto, CA |3/2001 - 7/2001|
|Performed standard Product Management functions for advanced wireless gateway |
|products and carrier-grade service platform for the wireless (2.5G, 3G, 802.x, |
|Bluetooth) Internet market. |
|Focus included device transparency and location determination. |
|Technologies addressed included web applications, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3G |
|Wireless. |
|Senior Product Manager |Postini, Inc., Redwood City, CA |6/2000 - 2/2001|
|Developed services that integrated email services with mobile devices. |
|Performed standard Product Management functions |
|Focus included "follow-me" and "find-me" applications, text messaging, CALEA, and|
|E-911. |
|Director of Product |AT&T Wireless, Pleasanton, CA |10/1995 - |
|Management | |6/2000 |
|Network Signaling Engineer |
|Product Manager, Wireless Services - Handset services |
|Director of Product Management - Handset and Network Services |
|Business Analyst |American Management Systems, Walnut |4/1995 - |
| |Creek, CA |10/1995 |
|Business Analyst, Wireless CRM |
|Business Analyst, Billing Reconciliation |
|Group Manager, Product |Sprint Long Distance, Kansas City, MO|1/1985 - 4/1995|
|Management | | |
|Network Surveillance Systems Manager |
|Database Manager, Network Surveillance |
|Network Engineer, Fiber Optic Routes |
|Product Manager, Carrier and Advanced Services |
|Software Development |Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA |6/1983 - 1/1985|
|Engineer | | |
|Software Engineer |
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|EDUCATION |
|Master of Business Administration, emphasis in Global Marketing, |1994 |
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|University of Kansas, - Lawrence KS | |
|Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, emphasis in Software |1983 |
|Engineering, | |
|California State University - Chico, CA | |
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