Yyyyyy x. yyyyyy

0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 00000

Phone: (xxx-xxx-xxxx

Abc@xyz.com

 

 

Seasoned Business & Technology Professional eager to contribute significant talents in product development and management toward supporting a progressive company in maximizing revenues, market share, and performance.

 

 

                       Operations Management                                Product Management & Marketing

                       Strategic Planning                                         Competitive Analysis

                       Program Leadership                                       Vendor and Client Negotiations

                       Relationship-Building                                      Personnel/Team Leadership

                       Cost Control And Savings                             Software Engineering

 

 

Alcatel-Lucent/Lucent Technologies/AT&T - Naperville, Illinois                                                                  1988 to Present

Senior-level Product Manager (Carrier Business Group Applications CTO)                                             2007 to Present

         Apply dynamic leadership talents to direct cross-functional global team in strengthening product portfolio, increasing revenues, reducing R&D costs, and managing supplier relations.

         Spearhead cost-benefit analysis to effectively execute business decisions related to products and suppliers.

         Demonstrate exceptional organizational skills in administering annual budget, completing performance evaluations for team members, and delivering coaching to maximize efficiency and productivity.

         Strategically defined and implemented product life-cycle processes for hardware and software platforms and assembled data vital to executive-level review and investment decisions.

         Expertly negotiate contracts with leading hardware and software suppliers and customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific region.

         Enhanced supplier management by instituting new license tracking, reporting and purchase order issuance process.

         Championed solutions spanning ATCA, INTEL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CORBA ORB, Eclipse IDE, Oracle, Oracle-Times-Ten, JAVA, Solaris, and other emerging technologies.

 

Senior-level Product Manager (Application Solutions Group / MiLife® Platforms)                                       2005 to 2007

         Successfully led cross-functional team in boosting revenue to $250M, consolidating multiple platforms, and slashing R&D and unit expenses by 30%.

         Decisively provided business and technical recommendation yielding 65% cabinet cost savings and 33% footprint savings.

         Motivated and managed team in conceptualizing and creating platform solution which captured 70% system-level cost savings.

         Exercised outstanding analytical skills to clarify comprehensive set of business and technical requirements for emerging and next-generation application server.

         Formulated proposals for several hardware and software re-design proposals and price discounts to decrease product costs.

         Directed efforts of 15 product managers and product marketing managers in supporting technologies such as Java, CORBA ORB, RTDB, SNMP, LDAP, Oracle-TimesTen, PCI, cPCI, ATCA and BCT-H based software and hardware technologies.

 

 

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Professional Experience continued

 

Senior-level Product Manager (Next Generation Hardware and Software Solutions)                                     2000 to 2005

         Oversaw R&D, factory, supply chain, maintenance, marketing, sales and product management areas for 6 products, introduced next-generation platforms, and cost-effectively administered $5.3M budget.

         Entrusted to negotiate vendor contracts valued up to $100M and manage complete product development process from inception to worldwide launch; produced $100M in revenue during 5-year role.

         Created and negotiated business plan designed to secure $15M of annual revenue; prepared associated marketing collateral, sales presentations, and workshops to maximize desired outcome.

         Expeditiously completed high-profile project in 8 months requiring team leadership over 100 professionals; generated 28% ROI and held accountability for profit and loss.

         Saved $15M by streamlining R&D activities and exhibited exemplary expertise with Alcatel-Lucent s HLR, Payment, RingTones, SMSC, Parlay Gateway, Presence Server, IMS solutions, Wireless Solutions, Product Life Cycle processes, and Micrososoft® C Office Suite products.

         Delivered key technical and business presentations and was on the panel at several industry conferences.

 

Product Manager (VOIP, ISDN/PSTN Telephony & Wireless Solutions)                                                        1999 to 2000 

         Assigned accountability for $6M budget and orchestrated introduction of 7 products worth $110M.

         Proficiently managed telecom and IT-based solutions consisting of current and next-generation technology, supervising full lifecycle development and deployment.

         Employed well-honed management acumen in leading efforts of developers, customer support engineers, product marketing managers, vendor managers, supply chain managers, product engineers, and pre-sales engineers.

         Leveraged advanced knowledge of call center applications and VOIP technology to finalize agreements with third-party vendors, deliver product/sales presentations to company executives, and manage R&D portfolio ranging between $5M and $60M.

 

Earlier roles:

 

Product Manager (Government Required Products)                                                                                    1997 to 1999

Cross-Business Unit Project Manager (Government Required Products)                                                     1995 to 1997

Software Engineer (Digital Telephony Switching Hardware/Software)                                                           1988 to 1995

 

 

Three-time Winner, Employee Excellence Award & Bell Labs President s Award

Two-time Winner, Network Systems Group s President s Award and Above & Beyond Recognition Award

Member, International Engineering Consortium (IEC)

 

 

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2008

Master of Science in Communication (MSC), Managerial Program

 

Illinois Institute Of Technology, Stuart School of Business, Chicago, IL, 1999

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing

 

DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1988

Master of Science (MS), Computer Science

 

 

Fluency in English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi