John De Oliveira

Sr. Product Manager

Austin, Texas Area

Current
  • Sr. Product Mgr., New Product Innovation at Dun & Bradstreet / Hoovers Inc.
  • VP, Product & Technology at ActCentric
  • Executive Director at The Cyc Foundation
Past
  • Principal Consultant at Objective Mastery
  • Director, Customer Solutions at Cycorp, Inc.
  • Executive Director, Information Technology at Fulcrum Direct, Inc.
Education
  • Regis University
  • The University of New Mexico
  • Le Moyne College
Connections
252 connections
Industry
Computer Software

John De Oliveira’s Summary

Over twenty years of diverse management, development and marketing experience. A highly accomplished, multi-faceted senior manager possessing hands-on skills with next-generation information technologies. Valuable experience in conceiving, selling and launching successful strategic information initiatives. Effective and passionate leader able to build teamwork and inspire individuals to perform at their best. Solid reputation for doing more with less.


John De Oliveira’s Experience

  • Sr. Product Mgr., New Product Innovation

    Dun & Bradstreet / Hoovers Inc.

    (Public Company; DNB; Information Services industry)

    November 2006Present (3 years 1 month)

    Product development for Internet-based business information products. Hoover's is the leading supplier of business information, including information about companies and industries.

  • VP, Product & Technology

    ActCentric

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    November 2006Present (3 years 1 month)

    ActionItem helps people get things done together. ActionItem.com is a web-based application, with a full-featured free version, that delivers a unique collaboration and agile productivity environment for small teams and large companies alike.

  • Executive Director

    The Cyc Foundation

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2006Present (3 years 9 months)

    The Cyc Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the enrichment and utilization of the open source portions of the Cyc knowledge base—the world’s largest repository of machine-readable, common-sense knowledge.

  • Principal Consultant

    Objective Mastery

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    May 2006February 2007 (10 months)

    Developing Web applications using Ruby on Rails, including e-commerce, social networking and knowledge management solutions.

  • Director, Customer Solutions

    Cycorp, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    August 1998May 2006 (7 years 10 months)

    Project manager and artificial intelligence researcher also doing knowledge engineering at Cycorp, home of the Cyc Project. Also help with Business Development and Marketing. Managed the OpenCyc and ResearchCyc projects from birth to release.

  • Executive Director, Information Technology

    Fulcrum Direct, Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1995July 1998 (3 years 7 months)

    Top information technology officer for Fulcrum Direct, a $90 million direct marketer of proprietary children's apparel brands (with a circulation of 40 million catalogs annually). Managed growth from $3M to $90M revenue in 3 years. Became an Equity Partner in the firm in 1996. On executive management team; participated in corporate strategic decision-making.


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