Bob Levy

Current

• General Partner at a Private Capital Partnership

Past

• Sr. Product Manager at IBM
• Lead Product Manager at IBM
• President at Boston Product Management Association

• Project Leader at FastLane Technologies Inc.
• Entrepreneur at Virtual Developments Inc.

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Education

• Dalhousie University
• Dalhousie University

Recommended

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Connections

369 connections

Industry

Investment Management

Bob Levy’s Summary

LEADERSHIP
- Acquisition Case, Growth & Integration
- Turnaround & Repositioning
- Concept, delivery, mature & sunset/EOL

MANAGEMENT
- Product Management, Development, Docs, QA, IT
- Recruiting & Motivating (including non-profit volunteers)

BEST PRACTICES
- Product Management
- Development

Bob Levy’s Specialties:

Product Management & Marketing, Strategy, Negotiation, Acquisitions & Evangelism, Investment Management

Bob Levy’s Experience

• Sr. Product Manager

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2006 — 2009 (3 years )

  Drove integration of this acquired product line across multiple IBM divisions & brands. Triple-digit y1 & sustained double-digit growth. Multiple products spanning concept, delivery, roadmapping and sunset/EOL.

• Lead Product Manager

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

  Managed portfolio of functional test automation tools including the award-winning IBM Rational Robot, Functional Tester and Manual Tester.

• President

  Boston Product Management Association

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 8 months)

  Co-founded this non-profit association, establishing the foundation for its presence today as the largest regional association for product management and marketing professionals in the world.

• Project Leader

  FastLane Technologies Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Built team to enhance Windows NT/2000 enterprise directory management product.

• Entrepreneur

  Virtual Developments Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years )

  Built profitable software and Web consulting practice from the ground-up.

Bob Levy’s Education

• Dalhousie University

  MBA , Entrepreneurship , 1996 — 1998

  • TARA research scholarship (Web Mining)
  • 9th National High Tech Management Case Competition finalist

• Dalhousie University

  BSc , Computer Science , September 1991 — May 1996

Additional Information

Bob Levy’s Interests:

sailing, travel

Bob Levy’s Groups:

Boston Product Management Association

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Pragmatic Marketing Alumni
•    Boston Product Management Association
•    Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org
•    Dalhousie University MBA
•    Dalhousie University Alumni
•    Product Management
•    IBM Rational Enthusiasts
•    Financial Risk Management Network
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    Agile
•    Product Management Professionals
•    Pragmatic Marketing Certified
•    Rational Alumni
•    Future Trends

Bob Levy’s Honors:

• Goldberg-Schulich award for Entrepreneurship
• IBM Invention Achievement Award

Bob Levy’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch