Lead Product Manager - ID Verification, Mobile & Wireless at TNS
Greater Seattle Area
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- Product Manager - Lead on ID Verification, Mobile & Wireless at TNS
- Director of Product Management & Marketing at Kiha Software
- Past
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- Senior Product Manager at WhitePages.com
- Director of Product Strategy -- Online software systems at Global Planit
- Writer at Beyond Microsoft: Next Generation of Software Innovation - forthcoming book
- Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft
- Senior Program Manager / Group Manager at Corel / Softquad
- Senior Product Strategist / Product Management Lead at Adobe Systems - Advanced Technology Group / Internet Products Group
- Director of Business Development at Saltmine
- Product Manager / Internet Project Manager at Saltmine
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Ned Hayes - nednotes.com’s Summary
Cross-functional team leader for successful product planning and positioning. I help product organizations succeed and find new markets. Marketing strategist and market researcher for mobile and online products -- team coordination, market metrics, and software product management.
Ned Hayes - nednotes.com’s Experience
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Product Manager - Lead on ID Verification, Mobile & Wireless
TNS
(Public Company; TNS; Computer Software industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Director of Product Management & Marketing
Kiha Software
(Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Product leadership, fast-moving product life-cycle management for stealth mobile start-up. Lead for mobile product management and product planning. Marketing management, creative messaging development, go-to-market strategy and product planning. Version 1.0 product market research: lead for primary market research.
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Senior Product Manager
WhitePages.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
Strategic product direction for mobile and large-scale data products, business management, and program resources planning for WhitePages.com, the leader in online and mobile contact information. Product planning work focused especially on "Claim Your Identity" -- identity verification products that leveraged WP's large dataset of ID information. Market research and customer need assessment, leading to product requirements and market definition.
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Director of Product Strategy -- Online software systems
Global Planit
(Telecommunications industry)
2004 — August 2007 (3 years )
Co-led international consulting group in mobile product development, market research, customer primary research and software product direction -- providing online and mobile solutions to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and institutions of higher education: clients include Boeing, 3M, Target, Thomson-West, Children's Home Society, many other clients. Emphasized expertise in online identity, commerce, transactions and mobile development: led team in delivering best-in-class engineering solutions. Marketed our work to corporate and government clients.
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Writer
Beyond Microsoft: Next Generation of Software Innovation - forthcoming book
(Computer Software industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
Researched and wrote book "BEYOND MICROSOFT: The Next Generation of Software Innovation" after leaving Microsoft (for the second time). My agent is Jeff Gerecke, in New York City.
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Senior Technical Evangelist
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Worked with Microsoft business partners and ISVs to promote co-development solutions in the "SecureOffice" and "Secure Operating System" environments, aimed at delivering secure transactions within Windows Vista and Windows 7 environments. Met with customers and partners as part of ongoing customer requirements evaluation work. Partner relationships included Adobe, Corel, Sun Microsystems, and many others.
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Senior Program Manager / Group Manager
Corel / Softquad
(Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
Collaborated with with product managers, engineering team, marketing team, and enterprise sales to create solid enterprise XML product features, ship multiple XML-related products on time, and promote products in the market place. Drove market research and customer needs into product plan. Developed and owned product plans, strategic forecasts, and business revenue plans to chart future of new XML products, including XBRL forecasting, XSLT transform products and XMeTaL ActiveX.
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Senior Product Strategist / Product Management Lead
Adobe Systems - Advanced Technology Group / Internet Products Group
(Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Worked with senior engineering team to plan for Adobe's future product line: created 5-10 forecasts for Adobe executives, planned market strategy & acquisitions, and long-range business management. Mobile, multi-modal and next generation advanced products: created and owned primary and secondary market research rounds. Leapfrogged competition by focusing on emerging mobile and multi-modal technologies.
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Director of Business Development
Saltmine
(Internet industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Managed client relationships for largest independent Web services company on the West Coast. Analyzed market space and customer needs, presented new products and services.
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Product Manager / Internet Project Manager
Saltmine
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Led product direction and online software development project direction for many Web software projects, ranging from Wizards of the Coast, BP, Amazon, Microsoft Careers, Mid-America Exec. Search, VoiceStream Wireless, Continental Savings Bank, Washington Mutual, etc.
