VP of Product Management
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Product Management Consulting (Self-employed)
- Past
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- VP of Product Management at SNOCAP
- VP of Product Management at Friendster
- VP and General Manager at Yahoo
- Director of Production - E-Commerce at Yahoo
- Senior Producer - Media at Yahoo
- Senior Product Manager at Lotus Development Corp
- Product Manager at Lotus Development Corp
- Associate Product Manager at Reference Software Intl
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
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John Briggs’s Summary
20 years of product management experience. Proven ability to build and lead teams of product managers responsible for all aspects of creation, development, implementation, and ongoing management of consumer-facing applications.
I am also advising a few early stage start-ups on how to structure their product development teams, role definition within those teams, and how to streamline their product development process. Past clients include StubHub, Danoo, BoredAt and Maria Health.
John Briggs’s Specialties:
Product Management, User Experience Design
John Briggs’s Experience
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Product Management Consulting
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
2002 — Present (7 years)
I am also currently consulting for various VC's as well as advising a few early stage start-ups on how to structure their product development teams, role definition within those teams, and how to streamline their product development process.
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VP of Product Management
SNOCAP
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for all aspects of creation, development, implementation, and ongoing management of the SNOCAP product line. This includes:
• Hiring and managing product management, design and
usability teams.
• Managing the product development process
• Manage the product roadmap and oversee creation of PRD’s, functional specs and UI designs.
Products include:
• SNOCAP MyStore - launched 6/06
• SNOCAP Website (for artists) launched 7/06
• SNOCAP Linx - launched 8/06
• SNOCAP MyStore for MySpace - launched 11/06 -
VP of Product Management
Friendster
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2003 — July 2004 (9 months)
• Hired and managed product management, design and usability teams.
• Managed product roadmap and oversaw creation of PRD’s, functional specs and UI designs.
• Grew user base from 2 million to 10 million worldwide during 2004. -
VP and General Manager
Yahoo
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; yhoo; Internet industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Ran the most profitable of Yahoo’s five business units.
- Managed a 40 person team
- P & L responsibility
- $80 million in revenue and 1.5 billion page views per month in 2000
- Ranked #1 in usage and reach by Nielsen/NetRatings (6/03) -
Director of Production - E-Commerce
Yahoo
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; yhoo; Internet industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
Led Yahoo’s overall e-commerce initiative. Wrote product justifications and product plans, defined business models, managed the development process, launched properties, oversaw business development and managed a 100+ person commerce team. Properties included:
- Yahoo! Classifieds – launched 2/97
- Yahoo! Yellow Pages – launched 6/97
- Yahoo! Auctions – launched 9/98
- Yahoo! Store/Shopping – launched 11/98
A June, 2003 survey by Nielsen/NetRatings, ranked all four commerce properties in the top 3 in both usage and reach: Shopping (#2), Classifieds (#1), Auctions (#2), Yellow Pages (#2). -
Senior Producer - Media
Yahoo
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; yhoo; Internet industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Launched first non-search related services on Yahoo. Wrote product plans, managed the development process, led business development, hired and managed producers. Properties included:
- Yahoo! News – launched 1/96
- Yahoo! Weather – launched 2/96
- Yahoo! Sports – launched 3/96
- Yahoo! Finance – launched 4/96
A June 2003 survey by Nielsen/NetRatings, ranked all four media properties in the top 3 in both usage and reach: Finance (#1), News (#2), Sports (#2), Weather (#3). -
Senior Product Manager
Lotus Development Corp
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
Managed Lotus’ line of desktop applications. Responsible for defining and implementing a common UI and integrated feature set across Lotus’ “suite” of desktop applications. Managed third party relationships. Managed a team of product managers. SmartSuite consisted of the following products:
- Lotus 1-2-3
- Lotus Ami Pro
- Lotus Freelance Graphics
- Lotus Approach
- Lotus Organizer
In June of 1995, SmartSuite was ranked #1 in the Office Suites category by Software Digest. -
Product Manager
Lotus Development Corp
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years)
As product manager for the first Windows word processor, I was responsible for the following:
- Defining the feature set
- Designing the user interface
- Managing the development process
- Third party marketing relationships
- Presented Ami Pro to the press, customers and at tradeshows
In June of 1992, Ami Pro was ranked #1 in the word processing category over Microsoft Word and WordPerfect by Software Digest, PC Magazine, PC Computing, PC World and Byte magazine. -
Associate Product Manager
Reference Software Intl
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year)
- Created a vertical “Government Edition” which enabled Grammatik to become the GSA-approved grammar checker used across all government agencies.
- Responsible for third party marketing programs.
