About Me
Nothing gets me more excited than seeing people use my products. I've got over 20 years of experience in portfolio management, product management and product development in internet-of-things, smartphones, connected devices, mobile apps & services, semiconductors, connected car and consumer electronics.
I've defined, managed & shipped dozens of products, including real innovations like blank-page definition of some of the world's first smartphones over fifteen years ago. My passion for making great products is as great today as it was then. I want to help you make yours.
Along the way, I've established product management & portfolio planning organizations--and set the processes to make them work--at both startups and multinationals, and with clients big & small. I've also recruited and helped clients to recruit lots of product and portfolio managers. Quality has definitely improved over time, but it's still hard to find people who stretch all the way from market opportunity mapping through to product definition and on to launch & lifecycle management.
I'm equally adept in both technical and commercial environments--and not just with software and services but also with hardware, sourcing and production. I've spent time on the factory floor, and I know what it really takes to ship a product.
My products have shipped internationally from the beginning. Developing globally appealing products and managing local variation is second nature.
My toolbox includes:
I've defined, managed & shipped dozens of products, including real innovations like blank-page definition of some of the world's first smartphones over fifteen years ago. My passion for making great products is as great today as it was then. I want to help you make yours.
Along the way, I've established product management & portfolio planning organizations--and set the processes to make them work--at both startups and multinationals, and with clients big & small. I've also recruited and helped clients to recruit lots of product and portfolio managers. Quality has definitely improved over time, but it's still hard to find people who stretch all the way from market opportunity mapping through to product definition and on to launch & lifecycle management.
I'm equally adept in both technical and commercial environments--and not just with software and services but also with hardware, sourcing and production. I've spent time on the factory floor, and I know what it really takes to ship a product.
My products have shipped internationally from the beginning. Developing globally appealing products and managing local variation is second nature.
My toolbox includes:
- Product portfolio planning, product roadmapping, development and product lifecycle management
- Opportunity analysis and market requirements gathering
- Strategy, brand, product and proposition definition
- Product and portfolio management consulting and coaching
- Customer & partner relationship management, including suppliers, manufacturers/ODMs and network operators
- Line management and department building
- Business process creation
- Benchmarking, competitive intelligence & consumer research
- Broad & deep understanding of wireless technology, trends & services
- Diverse OS, user interface & application layer software experience
- Proficiency in a variety of project management paradigms for both hardware & software, including Agile
- Presentation development & delivery
- Press and analyst relations
- Truly international experience - Direct work in the US, the UK, China, Taiwan, France and Germany, plus frequent contact with and travel to colleagues, suppliers and partners in many other countries