Director of Product Resume
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Resume:
MBA Engineer with + Years Expertise in Project and Product Management
Particular Strengths in Driving Aggressive Timeline Programs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Product – July
CreditB, a Smyyth Company, South Plainfield, NJ
Orchestrated rapid development and launch of next-gen “big data” commercial credit risk management software platform for privately held firm looking to enter $B market segment
- Conducted focus group research, documented product requirements, and drove project and deployment plans with diverse team of software developers, partners, and business staff
- Also responsible for marketing plan authoring and execution, including branding, website, social media, events, ads, press releases, newsletters, webinars, and performance analytics
Director of Product Development/ Program Manager –
New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Trenton, NJ
In newly created role for the state’s “bank for business”, responsible for quickly designing and delivering suite of high profile financing programs (tax credits, grants, loans, bonds) that optimized both public economic benefit objectives and agency financial returns.
- Key point of contact for proposals, solicitations, RFXs, and program design, disbursement, and performance reporting to large stakeholder base for + product portfolio
- Evangelized and introduced new standardized processes and control tools including SOWs, MSPPs, WBS, Critical Path, R/Y/G status reports, using PMI PMBOK best practices
Real Estate Entrepreneur/Graduate Student –
Pursued commercial real estate entrepreneurship opportunities, undertook Graduate studies at New York University (M.S. – Commercial Real Estate Finance), and provided volunteer assistance at NYU Real Estate Institute while awaiting US Permanent Residency/Green Card Status (granted)
Project Director –
Firstwave Networks, Holmdel, NJ
Coordinated efforts of + engineers across Directorates and locations from R&D through launch to enable telecom equipment startup to rapidly develop next-gen intelligent optical switch
- Established and managed detailed schedules, ran technical issues meetings, supported program budgeting and control, and coordinated delivery to US DOD customer facilities
- Drove/managed + pieces of new technical and business documentation, including policies and procedures, technical specs, MSPPs, patent applications, marketing collateral
Product Manager/ Deployment Manager (phone hidden)
Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ
P&L program leader for planning and launch of NGN optical networking switch with forecasted revenues of $B+. Also supported deployments of fiber optic product lines in customer facilities
- Product SME for business case development and stage gate process ownership from concept through manufacturing, customer trials, launch, and post-deployment support
- Managed team deliverables in accordance with contractual requirements, maintained real time schedules, troubleshot and resolved problems encountered by field personnel
Product Planning/Marketing Manager – OpenCon Systems, Piscataway, NJ
Created and ran new product planning group for high-tech software engineering firm specializing in solutions for the telecom industry. Also responsible for marketing department
- Championed and controlled stage gate review process for new product platforms, prepared appropriate business and financial work plans for program, and served as product SME
- Supported customer bids and presentations, ran technical documentation and marketing teams, and coordinated events, press releases, collateral and other marketing activities
Production Engineer – Litton Systems, Toronto, ON
Provided manufacturing engineering support to large production floor and Classes - cleanrooms for the build of high precision inertial navigation systems used on both military and civilian applications.
- Solved immediate and long term process and technical problems and recommended in-line improvements throughout production builds to support best manufacturing practices
- Established and optimized production area standards for lead times, basic assembly hours, capacities, and manufacturing flow sequences
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (General Management - ), McGill University, Montreal, includes coursework at University of Texas (Austin), Techno-MBA focus
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science – ), McGill University, Montreal, University Scholar
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering – ), Concordia University, Montreal
REPRESENTATIVE SKILLS
- Project management of multiple concurrent programs from concept through post-deployment support/exit, risk management and mitigation, vendor and client project management, PMI PMBOK best practices
- Product planning and full lifecycle product management, NPI, stage-gating, product-technology roadmapping
- Market and competitive research, customer needs and industry trends analysis, pricing, positioning, release planning
- Technical and business documentation development and records management, business cases, businesses plans, bids, solicitations, RFxs, contracts, specs, requirements (xRDs), data collection and analysis, patent applications, standards and regulatory compliance, status reporting
- P&L ownership and control of complex product and program portfolios, resource planning, budgets, forecasts, analysis, reports
- Prototype, high volume, and lean manufacture ng, simultaneous engineering, Kaizen/Kanban, JIT, DFMA, FMEA, SPC, CI, manufacturing instructions, ECRS/ECOs, BOMs, travellers
- Marketing plans, branding, press releases, articles, white papers, ads, newsletters, website and social media, trade shows and events, customer training, sales support
- Experienced with multiple custom and COTS software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MSPP, others), technology savvy, extremely quick learner
- Highly positive and proactive team player and leader of diverse cross functional stakeholder teams, direct supervisory experience ( – staff), outstanding communication, creative and problem-solving skills, superior customer focus
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member, Society of Women Engineers
