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About us

  Nero creates software that helps consumers around the world to simply enjoy their videos, photos and music. Nero produces widely used multimedia software, which contains powerful applications for media management, video playback, video editing, video converting, content syncing and disc burning. Nero is the link between your mobile devices, TV, and PC.

Nero has offices in Karlsruhe, Germany; Glendale, Calif., USA; Yokohama, Japan; and Hangzhou, China. Learn more at www.nero.com.


      Nero AG
  

Responsible for global product development, planning and product management for all of Nero’s products. Managed P&L for product management, engineering, quality assurance, design, usability and overall product strategy.
    
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Managed entire product unit including development, quality assurance, program management, release management and design. Managed P&L, drove vision, monetization strategy and general administration of team including several key company products and web services including Live.com, Start.com, Windows Live gadgets, developer platform, microsoftgadgets.com and several incubation projects.  Drove international market releases for over 50 worldwide markets.Acted as lead advisor for 3rd party acquisitions across Windows and MSN company division.
    
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About us

  At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world. 

We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 114,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.


      Microsoft
  

Managed program management team and drove vision for top 5 web properties including MSN.com, My MSN, MSN Today, Hotmail.com and automated portals.Drove products to top click through rates and impressions in their history resulting in highest revenue and profit for product’s history. Directed international market releases for 40 worldwide markets.Pioneered new methods for hosting web content using content delivery networks to improve performance and reduce network latency and costs.  Developed first mainstream personalized portal product that automatically customize based on user behavior.
    
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Presented in MacWorld 2004 Keynote with Steve Jobs. Managed other program manager app leads for Word, MSN Messenger, Visual Basic and Office core.  Led and organized patent collection for the business unit.  Recipient of multiple Microsoft patent awards for features I designed.Primary spokesperson for press tour for Office 2004.Responsible for several product releases including, Excel X for Mac, Excel 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Query and MSN for Mac V1.  Wrote and maintained:  vision, product specifications, schedule and beta program. Led a team to publish the groups first section 503 compliance documents to the web.  Managed all Apple hardware and software seeding issues for Microsoft.Primary representative for Microsofts acquisition of Connectix (Virtual PC).
    
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Product lead responsible for Omniture’s flagship web-tracking product, SiteCatalyst resulting in 110% revenue growth over a six month period.  Managed product and drove vision, including writing functional specifications and managing development team schedules for product version upgrades, marketing collateral and multiple URLs. Managed enterprise sister site for large corporate customers and maintained client relationships.Developed curriculum and offered on-site training for enterprise clientele.
    
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  Omniture, Inc. provides online business optimization software enabling customers to manage and enhance online, offline, and multichannel business initiatives. The company hosts and delivers its Omniture online business optimization platform to its customers as an on-demand subscription service. This platform consists of Omniture SiteCatalyst, Omniture DataWarehouse, Omniture... see more Discover OnDemand, Omniture Genesis, Omniture SearchCenter, Omniture Test&Target, Omniture SiteSearch, and Omniture Publish services, as well as Omniture Discover OnPremise software. These services enable customers to capture, store, and analyze information generated by their Web sites and other sources, as well as to gain business insights into the performance and efficiency of marketing and sales initiatives and other business processes. Omniture also provides enterprise, on-demand, and automated onsite behavioral targeting and optimization solutions, as well as real-time Web analytics applications. In addition, the company offers a range of professional services that complement its online services, including implementation, best practices, consulting, customer support, and user training through Omniture University. It serves various industries, including automotive, financial services, media, retail, technology, and travel. The company sells its services through direct and indirect sales channels primarily in North America, EMEA, Japan, and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. Omniture, formerly known as SuperStats.com, Inc., was founded in 1996 and changed its name to MyComputer.com, Inc. in 1999. Further, it changed its name to Omniture, Inc. in 2002. The company is headquartered in Orem, Utah.


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Brought five products to market including all related promotional and marketing material.Managed $35 million home care product line.  Worked with manufacturing factories around the US to coordinate production of ingredients, packaging and finished product.Developed strategic promotional and marketing plans for sales channels including:  catalogs, magazines, direct mail, phone lines and internet.
    
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      Melaleuca:The Wellness Company
  

Managed research department for the Education division of Novell.Developed, recorded and analyzed focus groups, telephone surveys and online surveys for the Novell Education web site and Certified Novell Engineer curriculum.


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  In 2014, Micro Focus acquired The Attachmate Group, which included Novell. The Novell corporate brand has since transitioned to Micro Focus. As of 3rd July 2017 be sure to follow the Micro Focus LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/micro-focus to continue to receive updates on heritage Novell solutions.

Micro Focus is a global software company with 40 years of experience in delivering and supporting enterprise software solutions that help customers innovate faster with lower risk.


      Novell
  

Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the oldest existing institution within the LDS Church Educational System, is America's largest religious university, and has the second-largest private university enrollment in the United States. Approximately 98% of the 34,000 students at BYU are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The university's primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also has 68 master's and 25 doctoral degree programs, including a Juris Doctor program.

Chief Product Officer at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK

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