John Eaton

Current

Product Manager at Xpanxion Inc.

Past

Director Product Management at FSDashboard
Product Manager at Marketworks Inc
Director of Content at AuctonNexus

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Education

Troy University in Montgomery
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Austin Peay State University

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Industry

Internet

John Eaton’s Summary

Senior Product Manager with detailed experience developing enterprise ecommerce platforms, web portals, Web 2.0 communities and automation tools. Also specialize in 3rd party integrations and working with off-shore teams. Developed extensive auction integration tools with an Oracle-driven inventory management system at Marketworks (formerly Auctionworks and now part of ChannelAdvisor as their MarketplaceAdvisor offering). eBay Certified Engineer since the certification begun in 2003. Worked with teams using MS .NET, JAVA and PHP on various databases (Oracle, SQL and MySQL) with firm technical understanding of capabilities and limitations.

John Eaton’s Specialties:

Strengths in: Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Market Requirements Analysis, Product Management, Strategic Planning, Tactical Implementation, Partner Liaison, Customer Service, User Interface Design.

John Eaton’s Experience

Product Manager

Xpanxion Inc.

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

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Product Manager working with various account projects for enterprise and mid-sized companies, designing both web and install-base software. Act as interface between client and off-shore teams, gathering and refining business requirements into coherent application functional specifications, providing product vison, successful execution experience and training.
Director Product Management

FSDashboard

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

October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)

Provided industry expertise investigating new Fantasy Sports opportunities with an aggregation application (FSDashboard) with cross-platform tools and remote access via WAP and Mobile appliances (Boost Mobile). Created portal "ScreamingSports.com" using Web2.0 principles with ground-up design and implementation (successfully released in February 2007). Designed Facebook widgets for both FSDashboard and ScreamingSports and two Fantasy Sports on Facebook applications (ScreamingSports Fantasy Football and Fantasy Hockey).
Product Manager

Marketworks Inc

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

September 1999 — October 2006 (7 years 2 months)

Senior Product Manager delivering Product Vision, Requirements Gathering and technical implimentation guidance to multiple teams on multiple products/projects.
Director of Content

AuctonNexus

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Provided all website content, help files, instructional documentation and technical writing for functional specifications in development design.

John Eaton’s Education

Troy University in Montgomery

AA , Business Management , 1990 — 1992
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Mechanical Engineering 1982 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Army ROTC, Scabbard and Blade Military Fraternity
Austin Peay State University

Computer Science 1980 — 1982

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Chi, Alpha Lambda Delta, Gamma Beta Phi, ROTC, Army ROTC Superior Cadet recipient, Sophomore Class Representitive

Additional Information

John Eaton’s Interests:

Vintage Toys, Major Matt Mason, Shogun Warriors, Zeroids, Billy Blastoff, Colorform Aliens, Mid Century Modern, Modern Design, VehiCROSS, Rally Racing, Science Fiction, Woodworking, Tool and Machinery Restoration

John Eaton’s Groups:

DOCOMOMO, eBay Certified Engineer, Gwinnett Woodworkers Associaton, Isuzu Vehicross, Old Woodworking Machines, Northcrest Neighbors, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Life Loyal Sig