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Lincoln RI **865
401-***-**** mobile
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Passionate * dedicated * hard working * team player* focused * intelligent
* creative * problem solver
technical * determined * driven
. Over 13 years of product management expertise with an engineering
background.
. Diverse industry experience, business development, financial, mobile,
web, advertising, ecommerce and marketing.
. Strong technical skills that can operate at both strategic and
tactical levels.
GyPSii - GeoSolutions
Warwick RI
10/07 - Present
Director of Product Management
Responsible for the tactical implementation of GyPSii's location based
social networking application for the web and wireless platforms.
. Lead international cross-functional teams responsible for the design,
development and release of mobile applications for worldwide
distribution.
. Mobile advertising: Created and managed a multi-function advertising
platform and location based coupons for white label partners.
. Supported strategic distribution partnerships to sustain global
expansion.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
Providence RI 07/06 -
10/07
Director of Product Management
Managed Fidelity's retirement and college guidance tools for the Personal
Investing division.
. Enhancing the guidance experience through tool refinement, UI
improvements and content integration.
. Represent Personal Investing in all strategic cross company initiatives,
including forecasting, new product development and product syndication.
. Success measurements are - Increase in completed plans resulting in
increased flows and additional product cross sell.
IDG -Network World
Southborough MA 06/04 - 07/06
Director of Business Development/ Product Management
Develop and implement partnerships and strategic alliances that monetize
content assets across Online, Events and Print business units.
. From inception to launch responsible for managing deal structure,
negotiations and contract process with new and existing online partners.
Evaluate develop and managed new revenue streams, products partnerships
and joint ventures.
. Product management responsibilities include integrating new technologies
and partnerships that provide a world class user experience and provide
new revenue opportunities.
. Strategic responsibility for creating bundled sponsorship and gated
content opportunities.
MONSTER.COM - MonsterMoving
Maynard MA 10/03- 6/04
Vice President of Product Management
Responsible for leadership and execution of Monstermoving's product
strategy including launching and growing a pay-for-performance business
model. Management responsibilities included financial modeling, pricing &
revenue generation as well as all operational areas of product development.
. Overall product responsibility for the distribution and optimization of
tools and services to 130 white label partners.
. Created standardized partner templates to streamline upgrades and
minimize partner impact to backend changes.
. Developed best in class user-experience through usability studies,
created user-friendly tools and applications, contextually relevant
content.
. Increased lead quality 30% by leveraging tools like click stream analysis
to optimize web site and campaign performance
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HEALTHCARE AUTOMATION
Warwick RI 09/02 -10/03
Director of Product Management/ Product Marketing
. Overall product and marketing responsibility for HomecareNet( Healthcare
Automation's Home Health and Home Infusion business management software.
. Drove successful product launch, took existing DOS based product, created
a scaleable HIPAA compliant, feature rich application re-written in JAVA
and SQL
BLUESTREAK Inc.
Newport RI 03/01 - 9/02
Director of Product Marketing
. Defined the strategic charter, scope, and direction of Bluestreak's JAVA
based online advertising analytic technologies.
Products included Real Time analytical tools for the optimization of e-
commerce and online marketing campaigns as well as data collection and
brand awareness campaigns.
. Instituted and managed successful sales lead generation program.
Analyzed current online spending trends, identified new market
opportunities, expanded Bluestreak's market breadth by creating custom
programs using existing technology framework and selling into these
verticals,
LYCOS Inc.
Waltham MA 07/97 - 03/01
E-commerce Group Product Manager
. Group product manager for Lycos Autos, Careers, and Personals e-commerce
channels.
. Doubled revenue, and page views, increased unique users, user retention,
and conversion rates. Exceeded conversion rate expectations from channel
partners.
. Drove diverse cross-functional teams responsible for all channel
enhancements. Focus on incorporating visual merchandising and a
compelling look and feel while maintaining brand, increasing conversion
rates and sponsorship revenue.
Advertising Technologies: Product Manager
. Product manager charged with the integration of newly acquired companies
into the Lycos advertising network.
. Managed integration efforts for all new acquisitions. Stripped out
existing ad serving software and implemented Lycos network technology.
Instituted Lycos network ad standards and pricing.
. Evaluated and approved new advertising technologies. Stayed on top of
new trends in advertising, implemented and measured success criteria to
evaluate the effectiveness in click through and conversion rates.
Business Development: Internet Applications Engineering Manager
1. Created and directed integration opportunities for Lycos content and
search into co-branded partner sites. Provided integration strategy and
solutions for multimillion-dollar e-commerce and content partnerships.
2. Generated new revenue opportunities for Lycos requiring the creation of
a new division concentrating on co-branded business development
opportunities.
INSO / ELECTRONIC BOOK TECHNOLOGIES
Providence, RI 1994 -1997
Sr. Professional Services Engineering Manager
1. Professional services engineer responsible for providing technical
expertise during pre-sales, system design and implementation of high-end
electronic publishing software solutions for CD, LAN and Web.
2. Managed programs that designed, coded, implemented and trained large-
scale custom applications for customers, such as Cummins Engine, Sikorsky
Aircraft, Boeing, Rockwell, and Ryder Trucks.
MOTOROLA PAGING AND WIRELESS DATA GROUP
Boynton Beach FL 1987-1994
Senior SW Engineer:
3. Development of the next generation Pager programming software. Designed
coded and integrated several ergonomic features sets for the next
generation Trunked-two-way portable radio.
4. Managed high visibility programs for the Royal Hong Kong Police and the
Japanese NTT radio development.
Education
Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1987
BS Electrical Engineering, Digital Communications