Michael Curry

CEO

Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States32 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 30 years of experience in technology strategy.
  • Expert in data modernization and AI-powered solutions.
  • Accomplished speaker at Harvard and Penn State.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in SaaS and Fintech, specializing in data modernization and AI solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyManagementProduct Development

Other Skills

StrategyAgile MethodologiesBusiness DevelopmentProduct MarketingMarketing StrategyData IntegrationArchitectureJavaWeb ServicesMetadataEnterprise SoftwareSalesMiddlewareMarketingSaaS

About

As the President of Data Modernization at Rocket Software, I lead transformative initiatives that drive the future of data modernization, cloud integration, and AI-powered solutions in the enterprise technology space. With over 30 years of experience in technology strategy, I specialize in helping organizations modernize their infrastructure to unlock new capabilities and achieve greater efficiencies. My expertise spans product management, software development, SaaS business models, and digital transformation across industries such as financial services and healthcare. I have a strong focus on artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud architectures, and data integration—helping businesses leverage these cutting-edge technologies to stay ahead in the competitive tech industry. As an accomplished speaker and guest lecturer at Harvard and Penn State, I’m passionate about sharing insights on the future of technology, data-driven innovation, and building scalable, secure infrastructures. I’m committed to driving transformation through strategic leadership, empowering organizations to embrace the full potential of cloud and AI technologies.

Experience

Rocket software

President, Data Modernization

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

Great hill partners

Executive in Residence

Dec 2022Sep 2023 · 9 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ibm

9 roles

Vice President - IBM Watson Health

Apr 2020Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • o Led divestiture of Watson Health business to Francisco Partners, closed June 2022
  • o Simplified business from 30+ products to six major product areas
  • o Restructured development under a single development leader, reducing development run rate and SaaS operations cost by double-digits, initiating shift to public cloud
  • o Improved EBITDA by triple-digits while improving NPS
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - Financial Transaction Manager

Jan 2018Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • o Transitioned the technology and customer base to a more modern technology stack, working directly with clients to deliver on massive payments transformation projects.
  • o Led business through multi-year production deployments with multiple global banks, including the largest payment processor in the world.
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - OpenPages

Jul 2017Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • o Defined and implemented a SaaS business transformation and platform/apps approach, driving double-digit SaaS growth and SaaS margin expansion, returning overall business to growth
  • o Refocused development on customer experience and design
  • o Redesign won Gartner Peer Insights Customer Award, Red Dot Design Award
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - Safer Payments (Iris Analytics)

Jul 2017Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • o Expanded product into North American markets, leading major client wins within largest payment processors
  • o Grew revenue at triple-digit CAGR 2017-2019
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - Sales Performance Management (Varicent)

Jan 2015Nov 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • o Defined and implemented a SaaS business transformation
  • o Launched cloud native v10 in 2016, with fully automated end-to-end CI/CD
  • o Grew average MRR by double-digits 2016-2019, Reduced time to revenue by high double-digits, Improved SaaS margins to industry benchmarks, flipped to profitability in 2017
  • o Led divestiture to Great Hill Partners in November 2019
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - Planning Analytics (TM1)

Jan 2015Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • o Defined and implemented a SaaS business transformation, shifting development expense to SaaS, initiating digital sales model, doubling down on partner channel
  • o Introduced and executed end-to-end digital funnel, introducing CSM model, driving double-digit lead to win rate
  • o Returned business to overall revenue growth, and triple-digit SaaS ACV growth
  • o Improved SaaS margins to industry standard levels through cloud platform redesign
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - WebSphere DataPower

Jan 2011Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • o Defined and initiated virtual appliance model to capture cloud opportunity
  • o Returned business to growth, with double-digit revenue expansion
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Vice President - WebSphere MQ

Promoted

Jan 2011Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • o Expanded from core messaging into IoT, Secure Messaging, Virtual Appliances, Cloud, and Open Source models
  • o Drove consistent YTY revenue growth for a very large, mature software business
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness Development

Director - IBM InfoSphere (Ascential)

May 2005Dec 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • o Attained market leadership as one of the top two vendors in the data integration space
  • o Grew revenue in high double-digit CAGR in first three years
  • o Assumed leadership role in integrating multiple acquisitions: DataMirror, EAS, DWL, Initiate, Guardium, Unicorn, Exeros, Princeton Softech
  • o Grew portfolio from DataStage to full Information Management platform play
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness Development

Ascential software

Director of Product Marketing

Jul 2003May 2005 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Led Product Marketing for $250M product portfolio in the data integration and data transformation market. Company was acquired by IBM, closing in May 2005.
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct Development

Altio

VP, Products

Sep 2001Feb 2003 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Led Product Management, Product Marketing, Technical Sales, and Services for a startup software company in the portal and Web development space.
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct Development

Pfn technologies, inc.

VP, Products

Sep 1999Sep 2001 · 2 yrs

  • Led Product Management and Product Marketing for a startup software company in the VPN management space. PfN was a precursor to Linesider, which was acquired by Cisco in 2010.
Product StrategyStrategyManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness Development

Level 3 communications

Product Management

Jan 1997Sep 1999 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Led Product Management for Financial Markets for this worldwide fiber networking and network infrastructure provider. I worked at Level(3) during their IPO in 1998.
Product StrategyManagementProduct Development

Seer technologies

Consulting Director

May 1992Jan 1997 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Early employee and Technical Services leader for this startup software company in the Client/Server CASE tool market. Managed a team of 30+ consultants delivering applications in large scale Financial Services organizations. Seer went public in 1996.
Product StrategyProduct Development

Education

Arizona State University

BS — Finance

Jan 1989Jan 1993

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