Manager Management

Ruediger Klein

** ****** ******* ( South Orange, New Jersey 07079 ( 973-***-**** (

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Product Manager

New Product Development / Portfolio Planning / Pricing

Talented, results-producing Product Management Professional with a proven

record of accomplishments in planning and leading new product development

projects. Expertise in project evaluation and product definition. Solid

leadership skills; able to build and guide top-performing global cross-

functional teams. Experience working in Asia and Europe with demonstrated

ability to communicate effectively with management, internal departments,

vendors, and customers to coordinate project execution.

New Product Development Portfolio Management Marketing Collateral

Development

Team Building & Strategic Planning Sales Forecasting

Management

Pricing Influential Multi-Lingual

Presentations

Professional Experience

SENIOR Product Manager, 2008 - 2009

MFORMATION technologies, inc. - Edison, New Jersey

Commercial product management of a mobile device management solution

consisting of multiple modules and APIs. Evaluated and recommended new

product investments through business case analysis. Managed pricing

strategy development and pricing administration through pricebook and deal

reviews.

Selected Contributions

V Introduced a product management and product planning software system,

which became the core content collection and management system for the

product management department.

V Introduced and managed a customer-initiated product change request

process, which brought in ~10% of the company's revenue.

V Developed all deal and product business cases as well as customer ROI

studies in support of RFPs, release planning, and customer engagement

activities.

V Created pricing strategy, a pricebook, and a quotation tool for quote

development by sales team

Product Manager, 2007 - 2008

Alcatel-Lucent, Inc., Wireless Business Group - Whippany, New Jersey

Lead product development and market introduction activities for new

distributed base station products for international markets. Lead

requirements definition, release planning, and pricing process. Play

integral role in product development activities. Support sales activities

through in-country customer presentations and creation of marketing

collateral. Conducted market and pricing analysis as well as business case

evaluation of a new caching device in the Mobile Edge Content Delivery

Network to enable Mobile Advertisement, MultiMedia Content Delivery, and

Peer-2-Peer Applications.

Selected Contributions

V Evaluation results of product options for the Content Delivery Network

led to redirection of program towards more lucrative markets.

V Evaluated and acquired commercial product planning software to shorten

time-to-market.

PORTFOLIO MANAGER, 2002 - 2006

Lucent TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., Wireless Business Group - Whippany, New Jersey

Evaluated and recommended new product investments through business case

analysis. Planned and carried out regional market research and analyses.

Established product selection, pricing, and programs.

Selected Contributions

V Supported executive level product portfolio reviews through scenario

analysis, simulations, and risk assessments for a $300M R&D Portfolio

and $4B in Sales.

V Led the creation of CDMA BTS Product Technology Roadmaps and supported

new product teams with business case preparation, release plans, and

pricing strategies.

V Defined strategy for and developed comprehensive market attack plan

encompassing integrated marketing initiatives designed to penetrate

and grow targeted markets.

V Created and rolled out warranty and pricing policies across Wireless

Business Group.

PRODUCT MANAGER, 2000 - 2002

Lucent TECHNOLOGIES, Inc., Wireless Business Group - Mount Olive, New

Jersey

Performed product marketing and financial management function for an IP-

Core Next-Generation offer including SoftSwitches and MediaGateways. Led

team through feature definition and business case development for a high-

capacity W-CDMA base station for NTT DoCoMo.

Selected Contributions

V Negotiated international supplier contracts.

V Provided direction on product strategy and product functionality trade-

off decisions through technology roadmaps and assessments.

Education & Credentials

Master of Business Administration, 1997 ( Cornell University - Ithaca, New

York, USA

Diplom-Ingenieur Electrical Engineering, 1993 ( RWTH Aachen - Aachen,

Germany

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), 2010 ( Scrum Alliance - Virginia, USA

Agile Certified Product Manager (ACPM), 2010 ( AIPMM - New Jersey, USA

Project Management Professional (PMP), 2007 ( Project Management Institute

- New Jersey, USA

Pragmatic Marketing Certified (PMC), 2006 ( Pragmatic Marketing, Inc. -

Washington, DC, USA

New Product Development Professional (NPDP), 2001 ( PDMA - New Jersey, USA

VP - Chapter Management & Development, PDMA, 2007 - Present

Adjunct Professor of Statistics, Montclair State University, 2007 - 2008

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