Project Manager Management

Christopher Bennett

Software Product Management Leader

**** ****** ***** . *****, ** 60532

Mobile 312-***-**** . Home 630-***-**** . *********@*********.***

Career Summary

. 15+ years experience in bringing groundbreaking ideas and innovative

product solutions to the market.

. Industry knowledge and perspective; healthcare, insurance, financial

services, commercial banking, mortgage lending, manufacturing, procure-

to-pay, consulting services, transportation and distribution.

. Demonstrated product management skills in defining the market and

executing on building complete, whole product solutions from inception

through sales.

. Develops and maintains strong relationships both with customers and

technology partners.

Areas of Expertise

Software as a Service Strategic Planning Market Opportunity

(SaaS) Identification &

Positioning

Enterprise Content Business Process Market-Based Pricing

Management (ECM) Management (BPM) Strategies

Competitive Analysis Process Improvements & Goal and Priority Setting

Best Practices

Career Experience

Principal

2010 - Present MavenWave Partners

- Chicago, Illinois

Product Management Consulting

Short-term contract with the American Medical Association to define a three-

tier product strategy for a Web-based offering targeting small to medium-

sized physician practices.

. Guided the product management team through the launch of the

offering's final Release Candidate.

. Created subscription based pricing model.

. Prepared sales, marketing, support and partners for the product

launch.

. Defined the product strategy and success measures for the subsequent

General Availability release.

Product Management

2009 - 2010 Norvax -

Chicago, Illinois

Online marketing and sales technology for the individual health insurance

industry: focused on lead generation, lead management and application

through policy issuance processes.

Defined the role of product management within the organization creating

product roadmaps and restructuring the pricing model for the BrokerOffice

platform, centering it on core competencies and products.

. Managed product launches that resulted in 320 deployments within first

90 days

. Created vision for 24-month platform level product roadmap.

Senior Director, Product Management

2006 - 2009 SpringCM -

Chicago, Illinois

On-Demand Document Management and Business Process Management Platform

Drove product vision for SpringCM, a startup company, building the market's

first SaaS-based, ECM Platform. Evaluated and introduced new technologies

and feature sets, balancing the need for speed to market versus control

over the source code. SpringCM is now listed in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

for Enterprise Content Management under visionaries and is the first SaaS -

Only ECM Vendor.

. Enabled up-sell in new accounts by an average 35% rate beyond the

initial contract value

. Spearheaded the first vertical solution built on the SpringCM

platform, SpringCM for Accounts Payable

. Guided product management subordinate in the identification and

creation of the second vertical solution built on the SpringCM

platform, SpringCM for Salesforce.com Contract Management

2000 - 2006 Hyland Software -

Westlake, Ohio

Enterprise Content Management and Workflow Automation Platform

Business Development Manager for Hosted and OnLine Services

2005 - 2006

Evangelized OnBase OnLine, Hyland Software's hosted offering to the direct

sales team and reseller channel. Enabled revenue growth through new sales

and solution expansion within existing accounts.

. Enabled 35% revenue growth within first year.

. Developed partnerships with other ASPs, BPOs resulting in new market

opportunities and the migration of over 30 accounts held by existing

Hyland Software ASP partners.

Product Manager

2000 - 2005

Provided critical insight into industry, business and technology trends,

interpreting for the company how those trends impacted customers and the

software development roadmap. Pioneered training courses and wrote white

papers for end-user and reseller conferences.

. Managed core ECM technologies that were responsible for generating

over 50% of annual software licensing revenue.

. Worked with industry analysts, trade organizations and technical

societies increasing the market awareness and influencing the public

opinion of Hyland Software.

Senior Project Manager

1998 - 1999 Technology Management

Group, Bratenahl, OH

Consulting and technology services company focused on the healthcare

market.

Managed a team of 6 business analysts in on an enterprise wide validation

of 72 mission critical applications within 12 divisions and Cleveland

Clinic Foundation.

. Created a project plan and methodology for the Year 2000 Compliance of

Critical Non-patient Care Software Systems Managed compliance team of

6 for foundation wide

. Provided the Cleveland Clinic Foundation with a 70% cost savings.

Education

John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH

o Bachelor's Degree

o Major: Communications Concentration: Psychology

Professional Certifications:

. AIIM ECM Practitioner (ECMp)

. CompTIA Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA+)

Professional Affiliations:

. AIIM - Association for Image and Information Management

. IAPP - International Accounts Payable Professionals

LinkedIn Profile:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherjbennett

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