Robert Andr Lockhart, PMC
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Summary
Pragmatic Marketing Certified veteran of startup and F500 companies.
Innovation expert with a broad and deep skill set. 10 years of Product
Management experience with proven track record in defining and
launching software products.
o Exceptional ability to transform the voice of the customer into
successful products
o Expertise in Marketing, Web 2.0 UX design,
o Senior level developer skills with Adobe Flex, Javascript frameworks,
open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Java
o Superb customer-facing and public speaking skills
Experience
CoValuate 2004 -
Present
Web 2.0 Intelligent Transportation Systems Software and Consulting
Services
Founder and President
Responsibilities:
Primary
o Product Manager: For CoValuate's products and for
clients, performed market research and competitive
analyses. Created MRDs, PRDs, buyer and user personas,
positioning, product roadmap, technical requirements,
sales strategy, & demos. Conducted win-loss analyses and
interviews with customers/potentials.
o Web 2.0 UX: Designed all Web 2.0 user interfaces
developed them using Adobe Flex/Actionscript, Swiz,
BlazeDS, JSON, HTML, CSS, Javascript, & several Web/RIA
frameworks including the OpenScales & Open Layers web
mapping frameworks and the GeoServer GIS server.
Accomplishments:
o Designed, developed, and implemented several complex engineering
applications using Adobe Flex and Java
o Driven by market research, led partnerships with customer and vendors
to design, build, and deliver the ITS industry's first Web 2.0 and SaaS-
architecture software product, SMART Corridors, for Alameda County
Congestion Management Agency..www.smartcorridors.com
o Recruited and managed a team of employees who successfully delivered
on all commitments
o Led a team of twelve researchers to develop accurate traffic congestion
and incident detection algorithms for the Mobile Millennium project, an
R&D joint venture between UC Berkeley, Nokia, and Caltrans. Successful
worldwide debut at the ITS World Congress. Designed UX for geospatial
analytics. http://www.traffic.berkeley.edu/
o Conducted market analyses and developed product requirements for the
new release of Astart Corporation's Roadway Monitoring Information
System (RMIS) traffic management product. Designed/coded Web 2.0
interface.
o U.S. development team for the UK venture funded company FrictionTV, a
video debate website. Redesigned and deployed the new site. Built a
facebook application and used Google Analytics to assess site changes:
http://www.friction.tv/
o Designed and built a Parking Guidance System (PGS) prototype for
Fisherman's Wharf Business District. The application had a web and
voice interface.
o Personally closed $2M in business
IdeaBlade 2002 -
2003
.NET Rich Client development tool
Senior Sales Executive
o Utilized inbound marketing skills to lead the go-to-market sales
strategy for a new market (.NET).
o Developed sales plan to enable Ideablade's entry into large enterprise
accounts, including several "first of a kind" wins at major Financial
Services organizations.
o Closed over $1M of revenue.
o Used Google Adwords for advertising with unique URL & response codes
to refine/measure effectiveness
1996 - 2002 Independent
Consultant Engagements
Brodia 2000 -
2002
Internet Financial Services
Technical Product Manager
Outbound marketing support, technical product management, relationship
management and best-practices expertise.
For multiple projects, managed teams of up to ten people to on-time, on-
budget delivery. Balanced market and technical requirements, managed
relationships with the prime contractor and other sub-contractors.
Product Manager with Citigroup and Schlumberger for Citi's Charge Card
Smart Card (CCSC) consumer product, which used 3DES encryption for
private card based information. Produced product requirements (PRD),
project plans, technical specifications:
http://www.cardweb.com/cardtrak/news/2001/december/12a.html
o Accommodated frequent requirement changes without impacting the
delivery date for a consumer phone-based information, reservation, and
purchase system while also acting as interaction designer, voice
talent, and sound studio pre and post production.
o Grew Discover Financial's revenue by leading the implementation of the
consumer Desk$hop ecommerce product. Wrote product requirements (PRD)
and technical specifications. http://www.discovercard.com/customer-
service/security/soan-download.html
Providian Financial
1999
Financial Services: Credit Card Bank
Director, Finance Systems
o Cut costs by implementing processes to rein in over twenty projects,
ranging in size from $l00K to $1M+.
o Achieved annual cost savings of over $50M by successfully leading the
initiative to eliminate paper checks by use of the Automated Clearing
House (ACH) "electronic check". Designed the UI.
o Achieved ROI goals by building consensus across business units to
adopt the ACH system
1998 Wells Fargo Technical Project Manager
1997 - 98 Dayton-Hudson Corporation Data Architect/Analyst/Lead
Developer
1996 - 97 Chevron Technical Project Manager
1993 - 96 Kaiser Permanente Technical Project Manager/UI
Designer/Developer
1991 - 93 Mobil Corporation Developer/Analyst
1990 - 91 CGI Programmer/Analyst
1988 - 89 Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Systems Engineer
1982 - 88 United States Navy Nuclear Reactor Operator,
Member of Reactor Training Department
Education
o Pragmatic Marketing Certified: Practical Product Management, Living in
an Agile World
o Payments Certification, The Payments Institute, Seattle, Washington
o EDS Systems Engineering Development (SED) program
o BA, Political Science Excelsior College
o Qualified Reactor Operator, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (MIT)
o Electronics Technician 'A' School, US Navy
U.C. Berkeley Extension courses: (Earned an A+ for all graded courses)
o C#, Java
o Java Development With APIs - Swing, CORBA, RMI, JavaBeans
o Beginning & Advanced Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
o Project Risk Management, Mathematics Refresher