Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 · 5 mos · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• I worked again with GFI Software on a contract basis taking on numerous responsabilities:
• ♦ Product Manager for 4 security products, including 3 legacy products, and one strategic go-forward product.
• ♦ Product Dashboard creation: I worked with the Chief Product Officer to create an overview dashboard for all the product managers to use. This offered the executive team a view of the state of all products, the spend and remaining budget, and the roadmap of deliverables.
• ♦ Product Acquisitions: I also was involved with evaluating technology companies as part of GFI's acquisition strategies, and implementing plan books for incorporating the product functions into GFI's portfolio as part of the acquisitions.

Mar 2011 – Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Cross-functional team lead, Responsible for the creation of a cloud-based platform to deliver our most innovative products as a single consolidated product offering:
• ♦ Product owner. Created a cloud-based platform from inception to maturity: Market research, direction and product roadmap, competitive analysis & positioning, performance reporting & analysis, pricing strategies, user experience requirements, as well as integrations with rest of the company’s systems (marketing, sales, finance, IT).
• ♦ Consistent growth in billings: Consistent 22% Growth in new business sales (quarter over quarter) for the platform I was in charge of creating, leading to a multi-million dollar product within 2 years
• ♦ Award winning platform: The platform I created won numerous accolades including - Best Cloud Platform, Security Solution of the Year, Gold Windows Networking award, New Product of the Year, among others.

Nov 2014 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Team lead and cross-functional manager. Core responsibility is on the future section of the roadmap (responsible for evaluating new project ideas and potential integrations), and integrations with the businesses’ financial and reporting systems.
• ♦ Strategic Product Manager: Responsible for evaluating new project ideas, integrations, and acquisitions. Validating projects with customers, building ROI business cases for the executive team, and transitioning projects to tactical product managers for implementation.
• ♦ Team Lead: Led a team of product managers in charge of LOGICNOW’S core product. Delivered additional billable services and new features in order to maintain a consistent 23% annual growth in billings and 19% annual growth in managed devices.

Jan 2009 – Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

• Managed a 9-person cross functional team throughout the entire product lifecycle - Developed marketing strategies and sales communication material - Performed competitive analysis, market research, financial forecasting, and project coordination
• Technical Design - Replaced an old product (Search Engine Results Page) which had very limited functionality - Designed and introduced a new version with functionalities that included dynamic customisation of client’s user interface and business model - This successfully enhanced value of existing product portfolio by introducing flexibility and scalability and will eventually produce increased revenues
• Release Management - Implemented a process in the form of a checklist, to curb products going to clients with bugs and bad nomenclature - Successfully reduced re-working and all associated costs
• Executive Engagement - Prepared and delivered pre-sales presentations to senior management of Fortune 500 and other international companies - Ensured high quality, customer-tailored and effective presentations which delivered key messaging and enabled the company to grow both its client and partner bases
• Process Reengineering - To overcome a continuous backlog of project work, reviewed existing processes to identify key areas for development and further improvement - Identified anomalies and developed a new business process mapping for the project management team, through mapping out the entire workflow of information from client initial contact, to project commencement, completion and delivery
• Innovation - Developed the strategy and planning of a centralised system to automate the integration of multi-channel revenues, product analytics and account management - Projected to significantly increase visibility across the product line

Jul 2008 – Aug 2008 · 1 mo · Summer Internship

• Executed, delivered and presented to the executive board, a due diligence report and strategic plan to improve the positioning of an academic institution - Work involved:
• Benchmarking of competing institutions
• Interviewing key stakeholders
• Building of innovative case studies, financial estimates and analytical scenarios

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Montreal, Canada Area

• Managed a 5-person programming team through the complete Project Lifecycle, designing and developing high quality software solutions for clients
• Reduced human error and enhanced optimisation by designing and building an automated log system for a client`s call centre - Decreased agent input requirements from 2 minutes to 45 seconds, which eliminated 8-10 hours of weekly work for the marketing staff and 2 days of monthly work for the Marketing Director
• Managed an internship programme including interviewing, training and performance reviews

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Montreal, Canada Area

• Supervised projects and coordinated tasks to ensure quality-control and on-time delivery.
• Responsibilities:
• Consulted and advised current and prospective clients on optimal strategies to position and enhance web presence.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr · Montreal, Canada Area