Ed Devinney

Current

Director of Product Management at AARP
King of all I survey at Red Branch (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Manager of Product Intelligence at AOL LLC
Adjunct Professor at George Mason University School of Management
Product Development Manager at AOL LLC

Senior Product Manager at AOL LLC
Senior Product Manager at AOL France
Managing Partner at neophase Consulting LLC
Product Manager at Engenia Software
Multiple at America Online (AOL)
Technical Manager & Sr Software Developer at America Online
Sr Member of Technical Staff at EO, Inc.
Sr Member of Technical Staff at GO Corporation
Software Engineer at Visix
Unix Software Engineer at Visix Software
Research Software Engineer at Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS)
Research Software Engineer at IRIS/Brown University
Macintosh Software Engineer at Cricket Software

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Education

Pragmatic Marketing
George Mason University - School of Management
Drexel University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Ed Devinney’s Summary

Product manager and technologist with keen customer focus, interested in building, delivering and marketing consumer high-tech products that significantly affect our everyday lives.

Building on a dynamic leadership career combining product development, product/market launch, and strategic planning I can effectively reinvent or enhance company image, raise market share, outpace competitors and increase visibility in target segments. Astute business manager highly valued for expertise interpreting corporate vision and strategy, translating objectives into tactical plans and providing decisive leadership to multi-functional teams.

Eligible to live and work in the USA and EU. Languages include: French (intermediate) and German (advanced beginner).

Ed Devinney’s Specialties:

Product line development & launch, marketing operations, staff management, team direction, flagship products & technical delivery, cost reduction, revenue growth, customer-centric focus, customer satisfaction, product launch, Pragmatic Marketing, PDMA, ACM, IEEE, product marketing, product management, technical management, Macintosh & Cocoa development, consumer product development, mobile web e-commerce

Ed Devinney’s Experience

Director of Product Management

AARP

(Internet industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Product strategy, product management and online product development for the 50+ audience.
King of all I survey
Red Branch (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Wine and Spirits industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Designing and building mobile products including a language learning app and a mobile social product for the beverage industry.
Manager of Product Intelligence

AOL LLC

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Internet industry)

April 2007 — December 2007 (9 months)

Defined product scorecard methodology and executed strategic product analysis for senior executives.
Adjunct Professor

George Mason University School of Management

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2002 — December 2007 (6 years)

Taught undergraduate courses in Information Management and Strategy. Advisor for selected students in the Bachelor of Independent Studies program.
Product Development Manager

AOL LLC

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Computer Software industry)

February 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Led the AOL Macintosh product development team, designing and launching new AOL experiences on the on the Macintosh platform.

o Reestablished focus, reenergized team and secured resources to serve an influential user segment that had been neglected and underserved for 4+ years.
o Overhauled outdated AOL Macintosh experience by creating a totally new clean and light consumer experience.
o Leveraged no-cost promotion opportunities to grow usage of AOL Radio on Mac 33% month over month – usage zoomed from virtually zero to 22,000 daily uniques in 9 months.
Senior Product Manager

AOL LLC

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Telecommunications industry)

February 2002 — February 2006 (4 years 1 month)

Raised revenue, increased efficiency and reduced costs for the DSL and Voice Services lines of business by reinforcing business systems to support order, fullfilment and customer care processes and systems.

Responsible for B2B whitelabel Voice over IP product, AOL Voice Services products and back office implementation of AOL's bundled DSL business.
Senior Product Manager

AOL France

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)

o Developed online sales and customer care solutions supporting the launch of AOL France's Internet telephony offering.

o Revitalized relationship between US and French product and development teams.
Managing Partner

neophase Consulting LLC

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)

Partnered with an independent automotive repair shop to design and prototype community, diagnostic and workflow solutions for independent shops. Managed business affairs and business development of self-funded startup.
Product Manager

Engenia Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)

Created 3rd party developer program, maintained relationship with key corporate investor. Evangelized customer- and product-centric processes and culture in a tech-heavy startup.
Multiple

America Online (AOL)

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1994 — 1998 (4 years)
Technical Manager & Sr Software Developer

America Online

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AOL; Computer Software industry)

1994 — 1998 (4 years)

Managed desktop software development teams for Windows and Macintosh releases of v4.0 of AOL’s flagship product. Senior developer on Macintosh client team.
Sr Member of Technical Staff

EO, Inc.

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

1993 — 1994 (1 year)

Developer of ISV-supporting Ink and Text components of PenPoint 2.0, a pioneering Japanese-language mobile operating system.
Sr Member of Technical Staff

GO Corporation

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

1992 — 1993 (1 year)

Developer of ISV-supporting Ink and Text components of PenPoint 2.0, a pioneering Japanese-language mobile operating system.
Software Engineer

Visix

(Online Media industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year)
Unix Software Engineer

Visix Software

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year)
Research Software Engineer

Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS)

(Computer Software industry)

1989 — 1991 (2 years)
Research Software Engineer

IRIS/Brown University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

1989 — 1991 (2 years)

Brought commercial development expertise to Intermedia, a pre-WWW hypermedia environment developed by IRIS for a variety of corporate research sponsors including Apple and IBM.
Macintosh Software Engineer

Cricket Software

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

1987 — 1989 (2 years)

Ed Devinney’s Education

Pragmatic Marketing

Practical Product Management 2000 — 2000
George Mason University - School of Management

MBA , EMBA , 1998 — 2000

Graduated with honors.

Activities and Societies:

Beta Gamma Sigma
Drexel University

BS , Computer Science , 1982 — 1987

Activities and Societies:

Phi Kappa Sigma, Association for Computing Machinery
MFS

Additional Information

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Ed Devinney’s Interests:

Consumer-market high tech products, Pragmatic Marketing, Macintosh/Cocoa product development, high performance driving, recreational cycling, Rennlist.