Masters of Information Systems, Information Technology @
Boston University Questrom School of Business
About:
Experienced technical product manager with the business acumen to develop product roadmaps, the technical proficiency to lead scrum teams, and the communication skills to clearly relate with customers and engineers alike.
Senior Product Manager @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Program Manager @ • Marketed VMware’s open innovation program through presentations, documents, and social media, resulting
Experienced technical product manager with the business acumen to develop product roadmaps, the technical proficiency to lead scrum teams, and the communication skills to clearly relate with customers and engineers alike.
Senior Product Manager @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Program Manager @ • Marketed VMware’s open innovation program through presentations, documents, and social media, resulting in a growth in participation in by 72.5% from 2012 to 2013.
• Trained 4 new hires, providing them with the technical, organizational and product information to increase their success. From July 2013 to May 2015 (1 year 11 months) Product Manager @ • Led a scrum team of four engineers on the “vCenter to vCenter Virtual Appliance Converter.”
o Developed requirements based on conversations with dozens of customers.
o Architected features and specifications understanding the technical tradeoffs.
o Provided clarification of required features via written and in-person communication.
o Validated functionality and architecture with dozens of customers.
• Managed product strategy and development on a 12-person scrum team for “Project NEE”.
o Interviewed 20+ customers in two months to understand customer requirements and turned those requirements into user stories and functional specifications.
o Prioritized functional specifications and user stories for 2-week sprints.
o Constructed 3 pricing and packaging options as go-to-market options for review with executive leadership and pricing committee.
• Designed and led implementation an internal self-service product to automate and optimize manual processes based on observations and interviews. The product feature optimized the time spent on the process by over 90%.
• Performed total available market sizing for corporate training, higher education and K-12 education markets and incorporated sizing into product backlog decisions. From May 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 3 months) Project Analyst @ • Anticipated problems and formulated risk mitigation plans accordingly while communicating blocking issues before they became critical.
• Provided regular updates to senior management to ensure alignment of goals, timelines, and expectations and to recommended potential corrective actions as appropriate.
• Designed and optimized processes, templates, and tools for broad use at VMware. From June 2011 to May 2012 (1 year) MBA & MSIS @ Degrees:
Master of Business Administration
Master of Science in Information Systems
Accolades:
Graduate with High Honors
President - MS-MBA Association
LEAD Scholarship
Chairman - 7th Annual International Business Strategy Technology Case Competition From August 2010 to May 2012 (1 year 10 months) Account Executive, Content Producer, and Product Manager @ From August 2008 to August 2010 (2 years 1 month) Freelance Career @ Corporate and commercial video producer, video editor, web designer, and voice over artist. From May 2006 to August 2008 (2 years 4 months)
MBA & MS Information Systems, Business @ Boston University Questrom School of Business From 2010 to 2012 BA, Technical Journalism @ Colorado State University From 2004 to 2007 Todd Valentine is skilled in: Strategy, Product Management, Business Analysis, Cloud Computing, Product Development, Project Management, Management, Program Management, Marketing, Networking, Virtualization, Business Strategy, Enterprise Software, Product Marketing, Competitive Analysis
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