• Ref# 1031165602
• Director, Product Management in Illinois

Experience Summary:

Director, Product Management

Manage a team of 7 product managers. Launched a number of new products creating description material, value propositions, sales sheets and marketing material for print, press releases and tradeshows. Lead quarterly user group meetings to better understand customer's needs and product gaps.

• Revamped the cellular network switch and launched a completely new hardware and software platform, increasing sales from $150M to $450M in 3 years with margins over 60%.
• Launched IP Backhaul offer which included third party platforms to support the transport for a full end-to-end offer. This resulted in over $250M in revenue.
• Launch 2 major new software releases per year, resulting in over $75M in revenue per year.
• Lifecycle Product Management: Manage P&L for multiple product lines generating over $500M in revenue per year.
• Strategic Planning: Set strategy for the CDMA core network ensuring overall alignment across numerous product lines. Results are almost 50% global CDMA market share.
• Portfolio Planning: Set investment direction and target revenue for my product lines. Negotiate budget assignment across business product lines to maximize profitability/strategic goals.
• Leadership: Respected leader, managing teams of up to 10 individuals. Hands-on, results oriented manager who uses metrics to monitor and measure success.