Nathan Winters

Current

Founder at FollowNathan.org

Past

Product Manager at Rotohog
Co-Founder at Involved Learning LLC
Founder at Workshop 313 Multimedia Studio

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Nathan Winters’s Summary

By nature I am an ambitious entrepreneur type and have been managing, leading and delivering quality applications and products to both large and small businesses for over 6 years. Building sustainable products and strategic partnerships is my top priority. I enjoy working diligently to accomplish and exceed goals both individually and as a team leader.

Nathan Winters’s Specialties:

• Project management, organization, control and leadership.
• Modeling product definition and deployment.
• Managing complete application development lifecycle.
• Building strategic partnerships.
• Leading products from whitepaper to deployment.
• Define and writing functional specifications and business requirements.
• Analytical and strategic thinking.
• Designing rapid prototypes and models.
• Passion for understanding market landscapes and competitive matrix.

Nathan Winters’s Experience

Founder

FollowNathan.org

(Fund-Raising industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

Follow Nathan on a nomadic, interactive and adventurous 3,500 mile bike ride across America starting in Maine and ending in Washington State starting in the summer of 2009. This journey is all about adventure and exploration and is dedicated to bringing awareness and support to land and nature conservation.
Product Manager

Rotohog

(Privately Held; Sports industry)

April 2008 — November 2008 (8 months)

Managed, lead and deployed multiple fantasy sports applications rolling out to over 150,000 end users in multiple languages and time zones.

• Managed and owned a strategic partnership with major media company in Brazil.
• Analyzed application performance, documented issues, and created action plans to create solutions and ensure quality upon application delivery.
• Defined and created business and technical requirements.
• Lead efforts from marketing to engineering on all phases of application development.
• Controlled and managed QA environment.
• Analyzed, strategized and studied revenue and user flow trends to ensure success.
• Collaborated with executive management in strategic decision making.
Co-Founder

Involved Learning LLC

(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

February 2004 — January 2008 (4 years)

Co owned and managed academic software company delivering secure online grading and testing solutions for teachers and academic institutions nationwide.

• Co-Owned and lead everyday operations.
• Lead database and application designer through application architecture and functionality.
• Worked across all phases of SDLC to ensure traceability, quality and requirements fulfillment.
• Responsible for user experience and overall usability.
• Lead QA, sales and customer support efforts.
• Analyzed and developed competitive matrix for academic software landscape.
• Lead marketing and business development efforts.
Founder

Workshop 313 Multimedia Studio

(Internet industry)

2003 — 2006 (3 years)

• Managed designers and developers to deliver quality products.
• Analyzed and assessed clients business needs.
• Designed, defined and developed UI and usability designs and requirements.
• Analyzed client needs and challenges to deliver “tight fit” products.