Product Manager Management

Chuck Karras

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Skills

Broad Business Expertise Agile/SaaS/SQL/JIRA/Confluence Enterprise Software Development

Full lifecycle Product Management Financial/Marketing Data Analysis Data Modeling and Forecasting

People/Team Leadership Operations Management Supply Chain/Inventory Optimization

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Arizona

Concentrations in marketing and finance

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Arizona

Experience

Product Manager

Consumer Cellular, Portland, OR 2022-current

Direct the development of an eCommerce-focused public website for a national mobile telecommunications brand - including collaboration with stakeholders at all levels, coordination with UI/UX and evolution of all product and service offerings

Manage Corporate-wide projects and partner with other teams throughout the company to identify product requirements, reduce bottlenecks and influence product development

Manage Agile/JIRA processes for a team of geographically distributed software developers

Product Manager/Product Owner

LO3 Energy, Portland, OR 2021-2022

Oversaw development of white-label mobile apps, administrative web SaaS tools and blockchain-based internal systems for clients in the global Energy industry

Created user stories (in JIRA) and manage team sprints within an Agile framework for a team of geographically distributed software developers

Senior Product Manager

WebMD, Portland, OR, 2020-2021

Drove development of multiple standalone and embedded healthcare content related SaaS products for both internal and external users

Directed teams of onshore and offshore agile developers

Served as Product Owner; created and managed user stories

Developed and maintained Product Roadmap

General Manager

Row52.com, Portland, OR, 2015 – 2020

Complete product management and business oversight for a SaaS-based marketplace

Product owner for a team of Agile developers creating Internet software, iOS and Android mobile apps

Transitioned company from a subscription-based service to micro-transaction revenue model

Managed initial corporate transfer of operational control

Developed and maintained full Product Roadmap

Manager of Product Management

Karcher North America, Camas, WA, 2013 - 2015

Responsible for overall strategic direction of a $90 million equipment category

Managed a team of product managers and led new product development teams

Drove brand differentiation for four internal brands while maximizing margins and economies of scale

Identified new product opportunities and maintained prioritized product pipeline backlog

Product Manager

Karcher North America, Camas, WA, 2011 - 2013

Managed full lifecycle of products across multiple brands with broad differences in product positioning

Developed new products based on needs gleaned from customers, dealers, engineering and industrial design

Researched and wrote comprehensive business plans for new product opportunities

Created product roadmaps and drove brand strategy

Operations Analyst

Nike, Beaverton, OR, 2010 – 2011

Managed planning processes with Asian factories to align product availability with customer orders

Gathered, analyzed and compiled data related to global demand and inventory plans

Audited and ensured validity of data to support decision making process

Monitored and reported the progress of category metrics against plan

Product Manager

PreCash, Inc., Portland, OR, 2009 - 2010

Managed two product categories and the web portal used to distribute products to retail partners

Interfaced with channel, technology partners and sales to identify new product opportunities

Established business requirements for IT developers to create new products and drive portal enhancements

Developed channel marketing plans and managed marketing content

Lead Marketing Analyst

Hewlett-Packard Company, Vancouver, WA, 2006 - 2008

Served as lead strategic marketing and financial analyst for the $8 Billion NA printing supplies organization (Ink, Toner, Media); coached other analysts and guided their activities

Recommended quarterly revenue and growth rate targets for each product line to executive management based on ‘bottoms-up’ forecasts and tracked progress toward those targets

Led cross-functional teams, including marketing, operations and IT that ensure data accuracy and proper data flow through all systems within internal and channel partner data collection tools

Provided senior/executive management with weekly status reports on channel inventory and sell-through; worked with product marketing to identify/remedy weaknesses in account performance

Performed ad hoc analyses including promotion success, inventory control limits and category performance

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