Product, Software Development and Technology Leader

We are retained by boards and C-Suites to build, rebuild or transform companies by focusing on people, product, process and platforms. We're unique in that we partner with our clients to not only do the work, but to transfer knowledge so that they will continue to innovate, deliver and prosper long after our engagements are finished. We employ only senior, experienced operators, each of whom has deep expertise in their discipline, a reputation for candor, keen insight and great people skills. We work in small to global sized companies and have some of the most recognized names in technology as delighted clients.



      Blue Rocket Incorporated
  

Key Accountabilities:► Effectively accountable in driving Technology Vision and Implementation in 40+ clients► Responsible for Predictive Analytic Services Vision and Execution► Efficiently lead Corporate Branding and Demand Generation► Budget responsibilities include: Corporate Marketing, Client Technology and Client Business IntelligenceKey Accomplishments:► Implementation and utilization of advanced analytics has resulted in >50% of Business Intelligence solutions being based on correlation, prediction and periodically, Machine Learning► Successfully launched Employee and Community Engagement programs, resulting in improved internal brand and a 7% year over year increase in Employee Satisfactions scores
    
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About us

  MarketStar is a global sales and marketing outsourcing company providing flexible channel and direct sales solutions for the world’s leading and emerging companies. MarketStar uses skilled sales and marketing professionals and industry-proven go-to-market tools and intelligence to help clients accelerate sales and achieve market dominance.

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      MarketStar
  

Key Accountabilities:► Responsible for 40 direct report employees, including but not limited to: Dir. of Analytics, Technology Dir., Sr. Marketing Manager, Dir. of Project Management, and Dir. of Product► Depended upon to provide Technology expertise within a sales companyKey Accomplishments:► Revamped Business Intelligence to be a forward-looking analytics organization instead of a reporting organization► Successfully launched Virtual Expert for field marketing► Successfully fostered ecosystem of products and software(s) capable of being utilized by >2,200 internal users
    
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Key Accountabilities:► Responsible for Product Vision, Product Management, Product Development► In 2010 I assumed responsibility for Corporate Marketing► Budget responsibilities include: Corporate and Product Marketing, Product Technology and Client Technology SupportKey Accomplishments:► Transformed hawkeye channel from a custom technology services company into a top SaaS solution and services organization in the channel program provider space► Successfully fostered ecosystem of products and software(s) capable of being utilized by 200K+ external and internal users► Part of the software included a global payment solution that scaled payments in excess of $1.6B to over 11,000 Channel Partners annually► Built a Marketing Thought Leadership and Demand Generation practice► Established a product development and support organization in Lodz, Poland that grew to over 25 software engineers, software quality assurance staff and software technical support
    
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Publicis Hawkeye

Key Accountabilities:► Tasked with turning around a struggling business unit and building the Hawkeye brand in Europe► Led Sales, Client Services, Product Management, Engineering Services and Support Services► Developed a dual source center in Lodz, Poland for software engineers, software architects, quality assurance, back-office processing and support► Lead effort to productize several service offerings, which were subsequently sold to a number of existing clients► Instilled a metric focus, with continuous improvement and personal responsibility for team results encouraged► Significantly increased morale through improved communication, management practice training and fostering collaboration with other international officesKey Accomplishments:► Significantly expanded client base, resulting in a 250% increase in sales over 2 years► Successfully drove profitability improved from -6% to over 40%► During tenure, more than doubled annual revenue by revamping staff, refocusing the strategic direction and establishing a business development process that secured significant new business
    
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Key Accountabilities:► Strategically led multiple software delivery teams, including product management, project management, software engineering and quality assurance that scaled with the department’s rapid growth, distributed across 4 technology and support centers in US and EuropeKey Accomplishments:► Implemented a project portfolio review process that enabled management of support and delivery for a project portfolio of 60+ ASP/SaaS implementations for multiple Fortune 500 clients► Created a process driven, stringent interview and hiring process to ensure the highest quality and caliber IS professionals were hired.  Achieved a less than 3% staff turnover rate during tenure► Initiated a company-wide post-project review and scorecard process that enables project owners to apply Key Learning’s toward future efforts for continuous process improvement
    
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Key Accountabilities:► Promoted and immediately tasked to transform engineering delivery teams for our largest client.  Key activities included co-developing a focused client strategy, revamping engineering staff and re-orientating focus on quality deliveryKey Accomplishments:► During tenure, the client grew into Cohesion’s largest and most profitable account that consistently exceeded client satisfaction goals► Thru re-engineering efforts, the client was able to realize savings of over 2 million in direct costs
    
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Babson is the educator, convener and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds. An independent, not-for-profit institution, Babson is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). Each academic year, more than 2,100 undergraduate and 900 graduate students attend Babson, representing more than 80 countries. 

As creators and conveners of knowledge about entrepreneurship, Babson distinguishes itself with an Undergraduate School that provides a top-flight business education blending innovative, integrated and applied business and liberal arts programs with curricular and cocurricular learning experiences; the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, that grants highly ranked MBA and MS degrees; an Executive Education program for professionals looking to grow in today’s rapidly evolving business environment; a world-class faculty with real-world experience—87% of our full-time faculty hold a doctoral degree or its equivalent, and are accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, scholars, authors, researchers, poets, and artists; global research projects that are used as key benchmarking indicators by a number of distinguished regional, national and supranational authorities around the world; and Babson Global, which works with corporate, university, government, and foundation partners to advance entrepreneurship education and Entrepreneurial Thought and Action worldwide.

Partner, Product Management Practice Lead at Blue Rocket Incorporated

Blue Rocket Incorporated

Partner, Product Management Practice Lead

MarketStar

EVP, Product and Marketing

MarketStar

VP, Digital Solutions

Publicis Hawkeye

VP, Product Management and Marketing

Publicis Hawkeye

Managing Director - EMEA

Publicis Hawkeye

Information Services Director

Publicis Hawkeye

Development Manager

Babson College

Omnicom Senior Management Program

University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business

Marketing

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