Michael Walton

Current

• Director of Product Management at Nuance Communications
• Vice President of Product Management at Jott Networks

Past

• Product Manager at Orbitz.com
• Product Manager, Digital Video at Amazon.com
• Senior Associate at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants

• Technical Architect at eAssist.com
• Founder/Consultant at Ideacode (formerly Wired F/X)

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Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
• North Carolina State University

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• Jott
• Nuance

Michael Walton’s Summary

Marketing and Product Management executive focused on building compelling online consumer products and services. Over 10 years of experience in Digital Media, E-Commerce/Retail, Mobile and High-Tech industries.

Michael Walton’s Specialties:

Building and launching online consumer products and services. Product Management. Product Marketing. Online Marketing. Market Research. Strategic Analysis. Competitive Analysis. Data Analysis. SEO. SEM. CRM.

Michael Walton’s Experience

• Director of Product Management

  Nuance Communications

  (Public Company; NUAN; Computer Software industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Director of Product Management for Nuance's Voice-to-Text Division including the Voicemail-to-Text and Jott services.

• Vice President of Product Management

  Jott Networks

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Oversee product management, product marketing and customer support for Jott’s mobile, voice-to-text services including Jott Assistant, Jott Voicemail, Jott for Salesforce & Jott for iPhone
  
  Acquired by Nuance Communications in 2009.

• Product Manager

  Orbitz.com

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OWW; Internet industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  Responsible for identifying and defining personalization and customer relationship management (CRM) opportunities for the company's web properties including Orbitz.com, Cheaptickets.com, eBookers.com and Away.com

• Product Manager, Digital Video

  Amazon.com

  (Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  Responsible for launching and growing the Amazon Unbox Movie & TV Downloads store.

• Senior Associate

  Diamond Management & Technology Consultants

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; DTPI; Management Consulting industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Management consultant focused on advising Fortune 500 companies on innovative ways to leverage technology to grow and sustain their business.

• Technical Architect

  eAssist.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

  Consultant for a VC-backed startup providing web-based marketing and customer service software; Led client engagements across the Media, Retail, High-Tech, and Telecom industries

• Founder/Consultant

  Ideacode (formerly Wired F/X)

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  Founder of a company specializing in the development and delivery of open source software and services

Michael Walton’s Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA , Marketing, Strategy, Entrepreneurship , 2004 — 2006

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science , Computer Science, Minor - Business Management , 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Michael Walton’s Websites:

• Jott
• Nuance

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