Kevin Melzacki

Product Manager at TicketsNow, a Live Nation /Ticketmaster Company (LYV)

Location: Greater Chicago Area
Industry: Entertainment

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Kevin Melzacki's Overview

Current

Product Manager at TicketsNow.com

Past

Owner at KMM Consulting Group
Manager Strategy and Business Development at Laidlaw Education Services
Manager of Loss Prevention at JCPenney

Education

Lewis University

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Over 19 years Product Management experience creating, managing, developing and deploying products for clients such as the NFL, NHL, MLB, USGA, USTA, JCPenney, and St. Louis Public Schools. Lead product integration efforts from mergers and acquisitions. Developed long and short term strategic plans for products with yearly revenues in excess of 100 million dollars and saw them through to successful completion.

Specialties

Product Management
Strategic Planning
Business Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Business Process Mapping
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Improvements

Product Manager

TicketsNow.com

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry

March 2008 – Present (3 years 11 months)

NFL Ticket Exchange, US Open Tennis, Accertify Fraud Solution, Ticketmaster TicketFast Integration, Electronic Delivery, and Instant Delivery.

Owner

KMM Consulting Group

June 1993 – April 2009 (15 years 11 months) Greater Chicago Area

Developed enterprise application to track credit card fraud, retail theft, and merchandise returns. Sold application to Fortune 500 Company.

Developed Inventory Management System with bar code scanning capabilities and integration with QuickBooks.

Developed web based application to track visitors within trade shows using RFID tagging.

Developed applications to track assets (heavy equipment, vehicles, etc.) leaving and entering facilities.

Network Design, Implementation, and Maintenance in Microsoft Environment.

Website hosting and development for e-commerce sites with sales from $175,000.00 to $3,000,000.00 per year.

Manager Strategy and Business Development

Laidlaw Education Services

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; LI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry

March 2001 – November 2007 (6 years 9 months) Naperville, IL

Strategy development, execution, and teaching across the organization.

Drove business case development for high potential initiatives.

Made recommendations on implementation plan for high potential initiatives.

Assisted regional and area business development staff to identify and validate attractive core growth opportunities.

Acted as the lead with PMO to communicate requirements for capital and human resources for potential projects

Identified information requirements for key performance metrics and worked with functional areas to implement.

Projects:

GPS Implementation for St. Louis Public Schools to monitor arrival and departure times and develop efficient routes.

Charter Bus Services: Website, Salesforce.com Integration with Website and Google AdWords, Process Improvement and Standardization, Project Reporting and Analysis, Training

Manager of Loss Prevention

JCPenney

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; JCP; Retail industry

June 1991 – January 1995 (3 years 8 months)

Developed and implemented enterprise software to track merchandise returns, retail theft offenders, credit card fraud, and fraudulent checks.

Conducted internal and external fraud investigations working with banks, credit card companies, and law enforcement agencies.

Worked with functional managers to implement programs targeted to reduce inventory shortages and reduce risk.

Volunteer Experience
- Director of Communications (Board Member)
  
  Naperville Diamonds Softball Association
  - Children
  September 2011 – present (5 months)
  
  Entering our 18th year, the Naperville Diamonds Softball Association has over 32 teams participating in the 2011 season.
  
  Naperville Diamonds is a competitive girl’s fast pitch softball program for players 7-18 years of age. It is our philosophy to put together the best talented teams in our Tournament program, while, at the same time, developing players in our League division.
- Manager and Coach
  
  Naperville Diamonds Softball Association
  - Children
  August 2009 – present (2 years 6 months)
  
  Entering our 18th year, the Naperville Diamonds Softball Association has over 32 teams participating in the 2011 season.
  
  Naperville Diamonds is a competitive girl’s fast pitch softball program for players 7-18 years of age. It is our philosophy to put together the best talented teams in our Tournament program, while, at the same time, developing players in our League division.
Volunteer Interests
- Causes I care about:
  - Children
  - Education
- Organizations I support:
  - Naperville Diamonds Softball Association
  - Plainfield Community Consolidated School District #202
  - Plainfield Soccer Association
  - St. Mary Immaculate Parish

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Lewis University

Graduate coursework MBA with core in Finance
Undergraduate coursework in Information Technology Management

Attended Seminars In:

-Project Management
-Six Sigma
-Conflict Management
-Marketing Strategy
-Valuation
-Derivatives
-Due Diligence