Director of Product Management at Iron Mountain Digital
Greater Boston Area
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- Director of Product Management at Iron Mountain Digital
- Past
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- Director of Product Management at NMS Communications
- Web Project Manger at Lewtan Technologies
- Engineering Project Manager at Banyan Systems
- Principal Engineer at SystemSoft
- Entrepreneur and Engineer at Intelligent Music
- Education
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- University of New Hampshire - Whittemore School of Business and Economics
- State University of New York at Stony Brook
- State University of New York at Albany
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David Asher’s Summary
Entrepreneurial leader in product management, product marketing, and strategic business planning for communications, computer, and networking industries.
* Led multiple product innovations from concept to revenue
* Bridge between engineering, sales, operations, and executives
* Technical depth and critical analysis in all marketing functions
* Extensive customer relationship building, public speaking, publishing
* Managed teams in engineering and marketing, up to department level
David Asher’s Specialties:
* Networking: IP protocols, XML, web development, network security
* Telecom: VOIP, SIP, IMS, VoiceXML, speech processing, video processing
* Software: PLCM, SCM, release process, project management
* Hardware: Computer architecture, embedded systems, analog electronics
* Intellectual Property: Patent writing, technology licensing
David Asher’s Experience
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Director of Product Management
Iron Mountain Digital
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
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Director of Product Management
NMS Communications
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; NMSS; Telecommunications industry)
2000 — 2006 (6 years)
Launched the Vision Server product line which enabled a business transformation from board-level sub-component vendor to server-level infrastructure vendor – giving NMS customers dramatically shorter time-to-market.
* Created the business strategy for introducing Vision Server products
* Aligned stakeholders: exec staff, ops, sales, marketing, engineering
* Intensive business development to create first wins
* Initiated technology licensing partnerships with outside innovators
* Numerous industry and corporate publications and presentations
* Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process for a product portfolio
* Created MRD and PRD creation within a product management group
* Data focus: frequent market analysis and sales analysis; product ROI
* Initiated critical operational processes (e.g. online software licensing) -
Web Project Manger
Lewtan Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
Lewtan is the premier provider of software and services for the Asset-Backed Securities industry, which converts receivables into marketable fixed-income securities. Created the ABSNet paid-subscription website which transformed a traditional fax-based process into a real-time online platform for bond information and analysis.
* Proposed a web approach over traditional distribution methods
* Formed a team spanning web coding, database, and data collection
* Managed commercial website deployment
* Introduced personalization, searching, graphic analysis, newsfeeds
* Devised a website architecture based on XML to publish large amounts of data and facilitate information interchange with corporate partners including bond rating agencies -
Engineering Project Manager
Banyan Systems
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Networking industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years)
Banyan provided the VINES network operating system to Fortune 1000 companies and other large enterprises. Initiated the company’s first web project which enabled Banyan’s customers to securely access network resources (email, file, print, directory) from a web browser anywhere on the Internet – and dramatically reduce their remote dial-up connection costs.
* Conceived the Banyan Intranet Connect web project in 1995
* Performed market analysis to defined the product and features
* Initiated the project as a skunk works
* Project manager and principal system architect
* Managed the cross-functional team
* Led 3 releases on schedule and budget -
Principal Engineer
SystemSoft
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years)
* Embedded programming for laptop PC-BIOS firmware in US and Japan
* Initiated and developed a multi-language setup utility with resource compiler, dramatically reducing the time required for engineers to perform user interface customizations. -
Entrepreneur and Engineer
Intelligent Music
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
1988 — 1993 (5 years)
Intelligent Music was a startup with a mission to develop and market TouchSurface sensor technology (pressure-sensitive touch pads) to the laptop and music instrument markets.
* Intensive invention and development in sensors, analog and microcontroller electronics, embedded control software, signal processing, and thick-film manufacturing techniques.
* Together with the President comprised the key management team responsible for business planning, fund raising, technology licensing, product strategy.
* Extensive marketing and business development with OEM computer industry leaders.
* Licensed the technology to Stratos Product Development Group, Seattle.
David Asher’s Education
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University of New Hampshire - Whittemore School of Business and Economics
MBA , Executive MBA , 1995 — 1997
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
MS , Electrical Engineering , 1984 — 1987
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State University of New York at Albany
BS , Physics, Computer Science , 1979 — 1983
Additional Information
David Asher’s Groups:
Member: ACM, IEEE
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Banyan Systems - Alumni -
NMS Communications
David Asher’s Honors:
Patents
USP 5,008,497 - Touch Controller
USP 5,159,159 - Touch Sensor and Controller
USP 5,327,160 - Touch Sensitive User Interface for Television Control
USP 5,689,285 - Joystick with Membrane Sensor
