Product Manager
Resume:
Devin A. Yontz
Gainesville, FL 32606
*******@*****.***
Strategic Program or Product Management Position
Strategic management position directing major products or programs for a growth-oriented, dynamic company with an emphasis on product development, innovation and market leadership.
Career Summary
Product Management professional with 6 years in the Healthcare IT sector and a proven ability to manage key products and projects requiring extensive business aptitude, strategic planning, financial responsibility and interpersonal skills. Exhibited rapid professional growth and demonstrated success due to the following core competencies:
Product Management:
• Managed product development through entire life cycle for $115M product line.
• Directed contracting & negotiations with 3rd-party vendors.
• Conducted market intelligence and formulated product and market strategies.
• Performed financial analysis and budget forecasting on products and project initiatives.
• Sought and installed new product opportunities and revenue sources.
Communication Skills:
• Accomplished public speaker at the national and international competition level.
o 2nd place in Impromptu Speaking- World Championships, London, UK (1997)
o 2nd place in Communication Analysis- National Championships, New York, NY (’96)
• Proven ability to effectively communicate to all levels of an organization (written or oral).
Leadership:
• Cross-functional team leader in product delivery projects and strategic programs.
• Supervisor of up to 65 people in operations and customer service roles.
• Facilitation of positive problem resolution between conflicting project stakeholders.
Education- MBA Masters of Business Administration
University of Florida, MAB (Masters of Agri-Business) in Dec. 2001
BS- Food and Resource Economics in May 2000
Professional Experience
Program Manager- Product Planning & Strategy
Sage Software Healthcare (2007 – 2008)
Recruited by the Sr. Executive Team to lead Sage’s product planning efforts with 3rd party vendors, to spearhead multi-team efforts in creating and executing product strategies and corporate programs and to influence both internal and external senior-level stakeholders on strategic direction.
• Directed the product planning program and managed the contracting and negotiation processes resulting in 20+ established long-term alliances.
• Generated potential annual new product revenue of over $20 million.
• Recommended growth strategies scaling from the $10,000’s to the $100 million range.
• Developed and presented executive proposals regarding company strategic initiatives.
• Designed enterprise-wide innovation program for over 1,700 employees.
• Performed due diligence on a potential $100 million acquisition target.
• Obtained, organized and analyzed market and competitive intelligence.
EDI Product Manager
Sage Software Healthcare (2005 – 2006)
Promoted to oversee the annual $115+ million Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) product line by leading cross-functional teams in defining new product versions, directing the release process and to manage conflict situations between internal and external stakeholders.
• Managed the Product Life Cycle for EDI products and released 5 major product versions to market in an 18 month time span.
• Introduced a new annual $8 million transaction set into the EDI product mix and operations.
• Improved requirement deliverables that cut delays due to coding rework by 25%.
• Reduced the average time from product testing to launch by 6 weeks.
• Developed new pricing strategies to increase annual profitability by up to $3.5 million.
Contract Services Manager
Sage Software Healthcare (2004)
Continuing in the Project Manager role, tasked to supervise the operational activities of over 60 employees across four departments and to improve performance efficiency along 5 key cost metrics.
• Directly managed a team of 5 high-level troubleshooters and operational Subject Matter Experts.
• Reduced operational backlogs by 80% and customer service resolution times by 75%.
• Conducted business and process analysis providing functional solutions across the enterprise.
Project Manager
Sage Software Healthcare (2002 – 2003)
Reporting directly to the VP of Financial Operations, employed from college to manage multiple operational projects in the areas of Operations, Finance, Human Resources and Facility Management.
• Founded, directed and implemented over 40 projects of varying complexities and increased performance metric productivity by 8 to 36%.
• Made executive-level decisions for 50+ proposed product and operational development projects as a member of the PMO Steering Committee.
Congressional Agriculture Liaison
United States Congress (2000)
As the initial participant in the UF Congressional Agriculture Liaison program, I built a link between the University of Florida and Congress through FL District 2 Congressman Allen Boyd’s office.
• Led aggressive lobbying efforts to gain $50 million in emergency appropriations to save Florida citrus growers from citrus canker epidemic.
• Assisted Florida agriculture by successfully petitioning over 70 Congressional offices to cosponsor various Agriculture bills affecting agricultural policy and appropriations.
Professional Competencies
Leadership Communications People Management
Strategy & Planning Operations Management Contract Negotiations
Project Management Business Development Business Analysis
Financial Analysis Program Management Market Intelligence
Conflict Management Organizational Strategy Contract Administration
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