Product Manager

Jesse Furqueron

Allen, TX 469-***-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/jessefurqueron/

PROFILE

Hands-on Product Management expertise in Global software products across all stages of Product Life Cycle

Management. Strong listening, creative, problem solving and analytical skills utilized to conceive product vision

and create market requirements, business needs and content roadmap.

Product Evangelist with exceptional executive and group communications together with outstanding presentation

skills. Extensive experience working with launching new products, web-based User Interfaces and virtual

geographically diverse cross-functional teams in Agile/SDLC development environments and diverse client base to

achieve successful product delivery and ensure superior client experience.

Proven track record of developing product value in both new and existing products.

Hitachi Communication Technologies America (HCTA) (Richardson, Texas) (2009-2013)

Product Manager/Business Development

Product Owner and Manager of Operations Management software; developed Business Case, Plan

of Intent, Plan of Record, Product Roadmap, RFI/RFP/RFQ responses and marketing collateral.

Developed and led workshops for new products and strategies.

Managed and maintained relationship interface with OEM/Channel partners.

Developed Business Case and go-to-market strategies for SaaS, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and

Big Data product lines.

Sourced and refined Market and Functional Requirements for software applications and northbound

Application Program Interfaces (APIs).

Led product collaboration across multiple internal functional teams and OEM/Channel partners.

Nortel Networks: (Richardson, Texas) (1997

-2009)

Achievements & Awards

President's Gold Award for European client interaction (LTE product)

Silver Award: SON team building (LTE product)

Quality Award for vendor interaction and cost reduction (CDMA product)

Most Effective (ME) employee rating – 3 years in a row

$50M+ in product Cost Reduction (CDMA product)

Leader LTE Product Manager (2006 – 2009)

Product Owner and Manager of full Product Life Cycle: Business Case, Plan of Intent, Plan of

Record, Product Roadmap, RFI/RFP/RFQ responses and marketing collateral for Management

System software and hardware.

Developed strategies as member of international Tiger Team for new product introduction and client

engagement with major US, European and Asian clients.

Championed and led introduction of key market differentiator feature, Self Organizing Networks.

Conceived and championed Cost of Ownership (COS) reductions for clients in excess of $20M+

yearly.

Sourced and refined Market and Functional Requirements for Java/Web based Management System

software and hardware.

Led product collaboration across multiple internal functional teams, business teams and

executives/staff at Tier 1 Clients.

CDMA Product Manager (1998-2006)

Spearheaded product cost reduction initiatives for both software and hardware product content

resulting in $50M+ in product cost savings over five years while increasing margins by 20

points.

Jesse Furqueron Page 1 of 2

Created new revenue streams by establishing and managing both the Fast Feature Team for

software development and video training product which together provided $2M+ revenue

stream in the first year.

Product Owner of full Product Life Cycle: Business Case, Plan of Intent, Plan of Record,

Product Roadmap, RFI/RFP responses and marketing collateral for software and hardware

products composing CDMA Management System product.

Sourced and refined Market and Functional Requirements for C++/Java/web browser based

management system software.

Coordinated relationships across multiple internal functional teams, business teams and

executives/staff at Tier 1 Clients.

Member Scientific Staff/Individual Contributor/Architect (1997-1998)

Provided architectural direction and support for existing Solaris/C/C++ based Management

System software.

Support design and coding activities to implement client specifications.

Additional Experience

IEX (Richardson, Texas): Senior Software Engineer, UNIX/C/C++ (1994-1997)

VISystems (Richardson, Texas: Manager Research & Development (1988-1994)

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Science Computer Science – DeVry Institute of Technology, Irving, Tx. – Graduated with a 3.55/4.0

Nortel Networks Leadership Academy

Nortel Networks Business Academy, conducted by University of North Carolina School of Business

Nortel Networks Supply Chain Management Series, in conjunction with University of North Carolina School of

Business

SKILL SUMMARY

Product evangelist Product management Market/Functional requirements

Business case management Listening Market research/competitive analysis

Executive/group communications Product marketing/GAP analysis Product Life Cycle

Negotiation Product vision Product/Market differentiation

Collaboration Decision making Persuasive/Influential

Mentoring Virtual teams Complex multiple projects

Highly Self-Motivated Network management Product evolution

Client management Sales team support Self Organizing Networks

Budget

Product cost efficiencies Product evolution

Network Management System (NMS)

Network Element Management (NEM) Operation Support System (OSS)

Product due diligence

Relationship building Problem solving

Product collateral/messaging Creativity Partnership due diligence

SOAP/SAML

UI/UX/Wireframes Single Sign on (SSO)

Application Software Development

Leading group discussions Product training

Author RFI/RFP

Agile/SDLC Value proposition

Large/small teams

RFI/RFP Response/defense Plan of Record/Plan of Intent

UNIX

Onsite Client engagements C/C++

APIs

SaaS Distributed Systems

Volunteer Work

Jesse Furqueron Page 2 of 2

Boy Scouts of America – Boy Scout Merit Badge Counselor, Eagle Scout Project Advisor/Mentor

Jesse Furqueron Page 2 of 2

Contact this candidate