Mike Showalter

Current

General Manager at CultureMob

Past

VP Product Management at CultureMob
Content Manager at Marchex
Group Product Manager at Serials Solutions

Product Manager at Markethaus
Content Manager at Usedbooks.com
Co-Founder and Director of Marketing at ThoroVision
Research Manager at The Washington Firm
Information Services Specialist at NorthWestNet

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Education

University of Washington
San Jose State University
Cabrillo College

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Mike Showalter’s Summary

Software product manager with broad experience in bringing Web-based software to market.

Mike Showalter’s Specialties:

product management process, market positioning, market and functional requirements documents, business cases, go-to-market strategies

Mike Showalter’s Experience

General Manager

CultureMob

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; PQE; Computer Software industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )
VP Product Management

CultureMob

(Internet industry)

August 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Manage all product management activities for this start-up focused on local events discovery.
Content Manager

Marchex

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MCHX; Internet industry)

February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)

Led content acquisition and integration efforts for the Marchex OpenList project, which put local business directory data and aggregated user reviews on more than 140,000 domains.
Group Product Manager

Serials Solutions

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; PQE; Computer Software industry)

April 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 10 months)

First product manager hired at this startup focusing on software and data for the library industry. I managed the road maps, created market requirements documents, and led go-to-market efforts for multiple hosted software and data products that serve more than 1,800 academic and special library customers worldwide.
Product Manager

Markethaus

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

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

First product manager hired at this startup that built online marketing software for new car dealers and automotive service centers. Company folded after inability to raise additional capital. I created both market and functional requirements documents, and managed the development efforts of our offshore development team.
Content Manager

Usedbooks.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

One of the first employees for this software company that linked in-store POS/inventory systems at used bookstores across the country with a consumer-focused e-commerce site. Company folded after inability to raise additional capital. I served in content, marketing, QA and product management roles.
Co-Founder and Director of Marketing

ThoroVision

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

1995 — 1999 (4 years )

Led marketing, sales and support efforts for an installed software package that helped users analyze and bet on horse races. Included a recommendation engine driven by statistical analysis of more than 150,000 previous races.
Research Manager

The Washington Firm

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

Built and led a new research department for this human resources consulting and recruiting company. Developed methodology for using the Internet and other online and print research tools for finding passive candidates, candidate sources and new business for the company.
Information Services Specialist

NorthWestNet

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

1993 — 1995 (2 years )