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Product Manager

user interface designer, application marketer, networker.

My name is Bryan, and I have over 8 years of experience managing development for web, mobile, and SaaS products.

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About Me

Quick Career Timeline

  • CBS Interactive - Associate Product Manager
  • Telcentris, Inc. - Product Manager
  • Digital Standard, Inc. - Product Specialist
  • The University of Arizona - College of Management Intern
  • PeopleSoft, Inc. - Marketing and Sales Intern

Education

  • The University of Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and minor in Business Administration, August 2005

Skills

  • Leadership & Team Building
  • Recruiting & Mentoring
  • Tradeshow Presentations
  • Public Speaking
  • Front end web development

Work Experience

Associate Product Manager

CNET Content Solutions, a CBS subsidiary, is the most popular global supplier of technical product information for major online retailers and distributors. I am responsible for product management of CNET’s ContentCast product line. During my first year, I grew the primary ContentCast Logo Service 2.5 times in both installations and ROI provided to clients. Some of my efforts are as follows:

  • Partnered with Sales team to maintain partner relationships with Newegg.com, Costco.com, Target.com, Zones.com, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, and over 20 others.
  • Managed content syndicated to e-commerce product pages on behalf of manufacturer customers including Microsoft, Lenovo, Dell, and Cisco.
  • Managed the Logo product roadmap, and communicated directly with Directors and VPs to manage ongoing expectations. Created requirements and wire-frames for every new release.
  • Managed web software development teams through entire development life cycle including hotfixes and releases.
  • Kept account management team focused and motivated in both local office as well as offshore in Europe and Russia.
  • Built and trained teams on new support systems to improve efficiency of support team processes as customer base increased.

Product Manager

I was responsible for launching “VoxOx”, a communication service to call and text message friends in any community including Facebook, Skype, Gmail and more. Our initial closed-beta VoxOx launch attracted a starting community of 250,000 users communicating to 20 million of their friends. VoxOx won the Stevie Award for “Best New Software/Service of the Year”. Our major product releases raised millions of investment dollars. Responsibilities to note include:

  • Increased product awareness by getting product covered by leading industry publications Engadget, Mashable, Download.com, Gizmodo, Fortune, and over 100 others.
  • Created over 100 requirements documents with wire-frames.
  • Managed software development teams through entire development life cycle.
  • Coordinated all work to local as well as offshore teams in Costa Rica. Kept team focused and motivated.
  • Assisted in interviewing and hiring of new employees.

Product Specialist

Restructured Digital Standard mobile application platform “Saki Mobile” to gain over 4 million new users in 6 months. As a Product Specialist, I performed several critical roles for a 10 person company around product management and support. I also filled in as web developer for marketing promotions. My daily duties were the following:

  • Analyzed industry trends, providing insight to senior management on a daily basis.
  • Tracked and managed incoming revenue from online advertising partnerships as both a publisher and client.
  • Wrote product requirements and creating wireframes.
  • Set up and managed efficient support system fielding 100+ user requests daily.

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