Roman Arcea

Product Manager

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands20 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led multimillion-dollar projects from ideation to execution.
Scaled global teams from 1 to over 100 members.
Empowered businesses to run resiliently on GKE.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Leader with extensive experience in cloud computing and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementTechnical VisionBusiness StrategyPeople ManagementNegotiationCross-functional Team LeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingManagementResearch

Other Skills

Defining RequirementsCoachingProduct Road MappingGo-to-Market StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Team MotivationBusiness InsightsTechnical ArchitectureAnalytical SkillsDigital StrategyOrganizational LeadershipProduct StrategyOperations ManagementManagement ConsultingSoftware Development

About

My career is defined by managing products with an annual run rate exceeding $X billion, scaling global organizations from 1 to 100+ people across diverse models and geographies, and delivering multimillion-dollar projects from ideation to flawless execution. At Google, I've empowered global businesses across every industry to seamlessly shift their entire businesses to run resiliently on GKE, enabling global organizations across all industries to operate at scale with complete peace of mind. I also facilitated and enabled deals up to $XXXM as Head of Cloud Consulting.

Experience

20 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Google

4 roles

Group Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

I lead the Product Management team for Google Kubernetes Engine core capabilities, including scaled compute consumption, open source and user experience.
I am on a mission to make Kubernetes the open infrastructure canvas that enables businesses to run non-AI and AI workloads at scale and with peace of mind.

Product ManagementTechnical VisionCross-functional Team Leadership

Sr. Product Manager

Jul 2020 – Apr 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Google Kubernetes Engine powers some of the largest businesses on the internet (ex. Spotify, Shopify). It enables companies to serve workloads to billions of end users resiliently and at scale.
In this role I was leading a team of Product Managers across EMEA and US. I developed capabilities that 80% of GKEs customer base use to get the most out of the product in terms of cost and performance.

Defining RequirementsProduct ManagementResearchTechnical VisionCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness Strategy+14

Head of Cloud Consulting, Benelux & Northern Europe

Jun 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

Led the cloud consulting and engineering team for the Benelux and Northern Europe region, with a broader remit across EMEA. Managed a team of consultants and engineers across the Amsterdam and Stockholm offices. Oversaw customer engagement and expectations management, contracting, high-volume consulting operations, and service positioning. Facilitated closure of deals up to $XXXM.

Cross-functional Team LeadershipPeople ManagementNegotiationAnalytical SkillsOrganizational LeadershipManagement+3

Staff Program Manager, Google Cloud

Nov 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

Led cross-functional teams of consultants and engineers on seven large-scale cloud transformation projects for leading firms throughout EMEA and the US (travel, gaming, finance), including the first full datacenter migration to cloud in EMEA.
Engaged stakeholders at all levels, C-level executives to execution-level personnel, throughout the entire process, from negotiations and strategy to team enablement and technical migration.

ResearchCross-functional Team LeadershipAnalytical SkillsOrganizational LeadershipCommunication

5 minutes to product

Talking head & Speaker - talk to me for speaking opportunities

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Everyone can build products! I run a channel where I teach mindset, fundamentals and practical steps that will help anyone progress on their product building journey. Join and learn with me, as well as hit me up for speaking opportunities.

Public Speaking

Suse

Engineering Manager, OpenStack Cloud

Nov 2015 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Nürnberg Area, Germany

I was responsible for the development of SUSE's OpenStack distribution, from the initial planning phase to implementation, release, and maintenance. I redefined the organizational structure and operating model to significantly speed up and create predictability for feature development.
I led a team of talented open source engineers located in nine countries, including Australia, the European Union, and the United States. I also worked closely with the team on technical aspects of the project, including Python, Ruby, and JavaScript.
I oversaw the integration of the SUSE OpenStack team with the acquired HP Helion product and team. This resulted in the expansion of the engineering team from 30+ to 100+ engineers and leaders.

ResearchTechnical VisionCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Road MappingTechnical ArchitectureAnalytical Skills+2

Nokia networks

2 roles

R&D Line Manager, Head of Software Cluster

Promoted

Oct 2012 – Oct 2015 · 3 yrs

Led the development of a data and operations product portfolio, from idea, to implementation, to adoption. The portfolio had transformational impact on how Nokia teams understood the adoption and usage of Nokia products.
Directly managed a large team of project managers, architects and engineers. Helped pivot the core responsibility and ownership of the team, as well as guided the team through major growth from tens to 100+ engineers working on the product domain.

ResearchTechnical VisionCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Road MappingTechnical ArchitectureAnalytical Skills+2

Project / Program Manager

Jan 2012 – Sep 2012 · 8 mos

Worked on mobile network systems research and specifications. Coordinated deliverables at the R&D department level for technology research topics in the area of mobile networking and radio transmission.

ResearchAnalytical Skills

Orange

2 roles

Huawei Packet Switch Operational Skill Center Lead

Promoted

Feb 2011 – Jan 2012 · 11 mos

Set up of the operational skill center for Huawei Packet Core, including vendor negotiations, process setup, and lab deployments

Mobile core network engineer & IPv6 working group lead

Nov 2008 – Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Designed and operated Mobile Core, Backhaul, upstream peering, systems carrying mobile data traffic for all Orange Moldova mobile customers.
Spearheaded the IPv6 implementation in Orange Moldova. First entity in the France Telecom group to deploy functional IPv6 in production, across mobile and IT systems.

Various

SMB IT roles

Jan 2002 – Jan 2008 · 6 yrs · Moldova, Romania, Sweden

During my study years (school/university), I have been working (mostly part time) in various technical / IT positions, covering areas such as small enterprise networks operations, server and systems administration and maintenance, etc.