Creative, high-achieving product development and marketing professional with an exceptional record of product design, marketing, sales, vision and leadership. Highly attuned to the needs of the customer and providing them with creative and effective solutions. Driven by the desire to understand the mind of, and empathize with the customer personae, so as to ensure the greatest possible affinity for and emotional response to a product or offering.

• 20 years end-to-end product development and management experience
• Strong advocate for robust, thoughtful user experiences
• Known for building strong relationships with and amongst internal and external teams
• Strategy leader for brands with complex and diverse product lines

Previous Employers:

Bose - Home Entertainment
Bose - Professional Systems
EnerNOC (now Enel X)
Motorola
Schneider-Electric
University of Illinois
Veterans Business Supply, Inc.

Education:

Babson College 
    MBA
University of Illinois - Urbana
    MS - Computer Science Engineering
    BS - Computer Science Engineering
 

Certifications:

Certified Pragmatic Product Manager
Certified Product Owner
Certified Scrum Master

Skills:

Agile Development & Methodologies
Buyer & User Personas
Competitive Analysis
Critical Thinking
Effective Communication
Featurue Prioritization
Flexibility
Market Research & Segmentation
Positioning
Problem Solving
Product Management
Product Marketing
Product & Project Planning
Product Strategy
Requirements Writing
Roadmaps
Technical Specifications
Time Management
User / UX Research
Users Stories & Requirements

Technologies:

C / C++ / C#
HTML / CSS
Java / J2ME
Javascript
JSON 
MySQL / SQL
Perl
Python
REST
Web Development

Tools:

Adobe Creative Suite
Balsamiq
Confluence
Invision
 JIRA
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Project
Slack
Trello