Principal Product Manager at Amazon
San Francisco Bay Area
meForo USA, Inc.
VP Product Management
June 2016 to December 2016
Brisbane, CA
Amazon
Principal Product Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
tango.me
Vice President, Product Management
May 2011 to June 2016
Netflix
Director of Product Management
April 2009 to May 2011
Hewlett-Packard
Software Engineer
1988 to 1990
Amazon Lab126
Senior Manager of Product Management
January 2017 to October 2017
Sunnyvale, CA
Jaman
Director of Product Management (Reporting to CEO)
March 2007 to March 2009
Sling Media
VP Product Marketing
April 2006 to February 2007
America Online, Inc.
Director, Product Management
November 1999 to April 2006
Inviso
Director of Marketing
1998 to 1999
Philips Mobile Computing Group
Product Manager
1997 to 1998
Adaptec
Marketing Manager
1992 to 1997
What company does James Odell work for?
James Odell works for meForo USA, Inc.
What is James Odell's role at meForo USA, Inc.?
James Odell is VP Product Management
What industry does James Odell work in?
James Odell works in the Internet industry.
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James Odell's colleagues are Tomasz Zając, Wladyslaw Perkowski, Wojciech Freliszka, Kazunori Yanagishita, Anna Mindykowska, David Nguyen, Greg Acha, Artur Kruczyk, Marek Dabek, and Dominika Bak
📖 Summary
VP Product Management @ meForo USA, Inc. From June 2016 to December 2016 (7 months) Brisbane, CAPrincipal Product Manager @ Amazon San Francisco Bay AreaVice President, Product Management @ tango.me From May 2011 to June 2016 (5 years 2 months) Director of Product Management @ Netflix From April 2009 to May 2011 (2 years 2 months) Software Engineer @ Hewlett-Packard From 1988 to 1990 (2 years) Senior Manager of Product Management @ Amazon Lab126 We're hiring! https://amazon.jobs/alexa From January 2017 to October 2017 (10 months) Sunnyvale, CADirector of Product Management (Reporting to CEO) @ Jaman • Led product management for web-based video on demand service. Grew user base from 5000 to 1.5 million in 18 months. • Drove product strategy for web, pc/mac software, set top box, and mobile services.• Introduced streaming movie service, which immediately raised viewership ten fold over existing download service.• Brought Jaman to TiVo, AppleTV, and iPhone and introduced first legal DRM-free Studio movie downloads.• Developed a feature set uniting movie merchandising with community recommedations, ratings, and reviews.• Ran both product management and marketing functions, as needed by the business.• Achieved improvements in user experience, SEO, and SEM.• Represented Jaman on panels including Commonwealth Club and Digitial Hollywood. From March 2007 to March 2009 (2 years 1 month) VP Product Marketing @ Sling Media • Managed Sling Media’s Award Winning Slingbox Hardware and SlingPlayer software product portfolio increasing revenue 2x from the previous year. • Developed product strategy for consumer electronic products, desktop software, mobile software, and web-based applications.• Drove the release of 3 new hardware products, several desktop software releases on PC and Mac, as well as mobile software releases on Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Palm OS platforms. • Hired and managed team of product marketing managers, UI and visual designers, and technical writers.• Partnered with several companies such as Microsoft on Vista Launch, Mobile Carrier “3” to launch SlingPlayer Mobile and Slingbox to their customers, and Palm to bring SlingPlayer to the Palm OS.• Product Awards include an Emmy, PC Buyer Best Buy, Stuff Magazine Hot Buy, and Laptop Magazine Best of CES for Wireless Entertainment. From April 2006 to February 2007 (11 months) Director, Product Management @ America Online, Inc. • Managed product portfolio for worldwide instant messaging network growing it to over 35 million unique users monthly and over 1.5 billion messages daily. • Developed product strategy and roadmap for real-time instant messaging and communications products including desktop, web-based, and mobile versions.• Monetized products through various strategies including advertising-based, subscription, and individual transaction.• Collaberated with external partners to integrate communication and consumer applications across various genres including social networking, games, and mobile.• Directed large cross-functional teams to develop, release, and manage products. From November 1999 to April 2006 (6 years 6 months) Director of Marketing @ Inviso • Managed marketing effort for a new micro-display technology that provides desktop-equivalent displays for mobile Internet appliances. • Created product requirements, developed marketing strategy, and managed user studies for a new class of portable device. • Directed all marketing communications including collateral development, marketing programs, public relations, web-site creation, and trade shows. From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) Product Manager @ Philips Mobile Computing Group • Managed all aspects of award-winning Handheld PC product line, including forecasting, pricing, market requirements, and product launch. • Built relationships with third-party software and hardware developers to create mobile computing solutions.• Launched the Velo 500 handheld PC. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Marketing Manager @ Adaptec • Started new I/O management application software business for Adaptec. • Drove marketing requirements and product strategy for million-dollar investment in client-server based I/O management products. • Cross-licensed software and technology with operating system partners and third-party developers. From 1992 to 1997 (5 years)
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