Principal Product Manager, International at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Principal Product Manager, International at LinkedIn
- Board Member / Trustee at Posner-Wallace Foundation
- Past
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- Group Product Manager at eBay Inc.
- Prototype Development and Planning at BMW
- Vice President – Legal and Financial Affairs, Corporate Treasurer at Precitec Inc.
- Environmental Law Paralegal at Sidley Austin
- Foreign Service Officer Intern at U.S. Department of State
- Consultant at Paraguay - Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social
- Education
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- Thunderbird School of Global Management
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
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Nico Posner’s Summary
I am an experienced business leader of product management and product marketing teams. My proven team management, team building, consensus, negotiation and cross cultural communication skills combined with my strong technical acumen consistently drive solutions for large, complex problems. I am adept at bridging consumer-centric front-end web applications and technology infrastructures, combining analysis and project execution, balancing costs and time to market. I am an innovative product strategist, focused on meeting current and future user needs and a multi-lingual MBA with consistent international work experience, education, and focus.
Nico Posner’s Specialties:
• Developing world class user experiences for large global consumer internet websites.
• High-velocity consumer social networking and e-commerce environments.
• Search, search intelligence, structured data, data tools, web and client applications.
• Internationalization.
Nico Posner’s Experience
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Principal Product Manager, International
LinkedIn
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
• Leading LinkedIn's international product team. Drive strategy to grow global user base, activity and revenue. Determine global go-forward plan for international partnerships and new languages.
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Board Member / Trustee
Posner-Wallace Foundation
(Philanthropy industry)
1988 — Present (21 years )
Founded in 1957, the Posner-Wallace Foundation supports organizations in the United States, Latin America and Israel focused on youth, education, women, social services, food and self-sufficiency programs and community development, including promotion of pluralism and democratic institutions.
Our mission is to provide limited financial support, technical assistance and organizational development in selected geographical areas. We work with "enabling" organizations of other grant-makers and philanthropy intermediaries.
Current emphasis also includes Program-related investment and other financial products to give "leverage" for charitable gifts/loans; and support for more effective utilization of technology concepts in grant-making and organizational development. We give general operating support and multi-year grants.
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Group Product Manager
eBay Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
January 2001 — November 2008 (7 years 11 months)
Group Product Manager - Buyer Experience (2008)
• Leading eBay product vision for Microsoft's Cashback program; a multi-million dollar strategic partnership between Microsoft, eBay and PayPal.
Group Product Manager - New Platforms (2008)
• Managed two distinct commerce platforms supporting eBay's B2B Private Marketplace business and eBay's natural search engine.
Group Product Manager - New Business (2007)
• New business opportunities: local commerce and social networking.
Senior Product Manager - Selling Platform Solutions (2006 - 2007)
• End to end solutions for top sellers: inventory management, CRM, accounting and research tools.
Senior Product Manager - Search (2004 - 2006)
• Search intelligence, recommendations, and global search redesign.
Product Manager - Search (2001 - 2004)
• Parametric search and search intelligence products.
Country Product Manager - Germany (2001)
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Prototype Development and Planning
BMW
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BMW; Automotive industry)
June 1999 — December 1999 (7 months)
• BMW Headquarters - Munich, Germany
• Managed streamlining of vertical supply chain consisting of 80+ Fortune 500 global suppliers, delivering on time, on budget prototypes enabling factory scheduling to save over $1 million per day -
Vice President – Legal and Financial Affairs, Corporate Treasurer
Precitec Inc.
(Industrial Automation industry)
June 1996 — June 1998 (2 years 1 month)
• Established US headquarters of $10 million German high-tech laser component manufacturer for industrial robotics applications.
• Established sales, service and manufacturing center, increasing annual sales to $1.2 million. -
Environmental Law Paralegal
Sidley Austin
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
June 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 1 month)
• Supported bringing Fortune 500 corporations into compliance with EPA regulations while protecting their business assets from undue mediation costs.
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Foreign Service Officer Intern
U.S. Department of State
(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)
January 1995 — June 1995 (6 months)
• US Consulate in Leipzig, Germany
• Reported on political and economic impact of local legislation on the emerging economy of former East Germany. -
Consultant
Paraguay - Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social
(Government Administration industry)
October 1994 — December 1994 (3 months)
• Paraguayan Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
• Analyzed effectiveness of World Bank and IMF funded Public Health projects in Paraguay.
• Recommendations presented to the Paraguayan President.
Nico Posner’s Education
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Thunderbird School of Global Management
MBA , International Business, Technology, Finance and Strategy , 1998 — 2000
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University of Colorado at Boulder
BA , International Affairs, German , 1990 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduated with cum laude honors
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Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Study Abroad Year , Political Science , 1992 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Karate, Fencing
Additional Information
Nico Posner’s Websites:
Nico Posner’s Interests:
• Languages: English (native); German (fluent); Spanish (business level fluency) • Software skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, HTML, Dreamweaver, Business Objects • Activities: Spending time with my family, Trustee - charitable family foundation, scuba diving, photography, sailboat racing, classical piano, snowboarding.
Nico Posner’s Groups:
• The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) http://www.scip.org/
• Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society
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Common Sense Advisory, Inc. -
Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence -
Uni Tübingen Alumni -
Thunderbird Global Private Equity Center (TPEC) -
G11n - Globalization Professionals -
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Posner-Wallace Foundation
Nico Posner’s Honors:
• Top Global Product Manager at eBay (2006)
• US Government Security Clearance Level: Secret (1995)
• 8 Patents pending - Search Recommendations, Contextual Advertising and Content, Parametric Search and Popular Search Algorithms, Instant customer loyalty reward redemption program and paid search targeting methodology.
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