David Platt

Current

Director of Product and Market Management at BLR®—Business & Legal Resources

Past

Director of Product Management at Infopia, Inc
Product Manager at Infopia, Inc
Implementation Manager at Infopia, Inc

Technical Project Manager at Convergys/AT&T Managed Internet Service

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Education

University of Utah
State University of New York at Albany

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

BLR.com

David Platt’s Summary

Experienced product manager balancing short term tactics and long term strategy, specializing in Software-as-a-Service and online applications. Involved with all aspects of software productization including customer interaction, UI design and technology/marketing partnerships.

David Platt’s Specialties:

Business Process Development & Management, Product Strategy, Software Integration, Website Branding & Identity, Application Development, User Interface Design

David Platt’s Experience

Director of Product and Market Management

BLR®—Business & Legal Resources

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Director of Product Management

Infopia, Inc

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

November 2005 — May 2008 (2 years 7 months)

Plan and execute quarterly software releases. Manage a team of product managers focused on software product and partner integrations. Work closely with the CTO to increase development output while reducing software bugs. Create and maintain Technical Specifications and Marketing Requirements Documents. Evaluate, negotiate, and initiate partner integrations.
Product Manager

Infopia, Inc

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

October 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Provided technical sales support and assisted in close of new contracts. Acted as product evangelist to drive increased feature adoption. Created technical specifications for client software development projects.
Implementation Manager

Infopia, Inc

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

December 2002 — October 2004 (1 year 11 months)

Managed new client implementations (website design, training, business process creation) using Infopia's Marketplace Manager application. Created and managed client marketing efforts focused on online product placement involving website, online marketplaces, and search engine optimization.
Technical Project Manager

Convergys/AT&T Managed Internet Service

(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

October 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Internet Service group provisioned and supported Wide Area Network circuits providing dedicated internet and telephony services to businesses nationwide. Coordinated circuit installation, equipment selection and configuration, and DNS administration.

David Platt’s Education

University of Utah

MBA , Information Systems & Ecommerce , 2002 — 2003

David Eccles Community of Scholars - Dean’s Fellowship
State University of New York at Albany

Bachelor of Science , Management Information Systems , 1995 — 1999