Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]

Current

Software Engineering Manager at Yamaha

Past

Product Manager - Applications and Services at Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Technical Project Manager at Learning Network
Web Developer at www.corporatesol.com

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Education

University of California Irvine

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Summary

-Keeping up with new Web 2.0 trends such as AJAX, RubyOnRails, RSS, and blogging.

-7 years of Product Management and Project Management experience in to deliver compelling products and services to businesses and consumers.

-Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities including creative ability to do mock ups and communicate key benefits to customers and marketing.

-Cross-functionally managed teams (developers, marketing, business development) and overseas vendors to develop custom and core applications

-Passion to deliver dominant and new creative products in the Industry to build a strong company brand without losing focus of retaining current audience of customers.

-Strong emphasis on maintaining team moral and proper ethics in the office environment.

-Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOP), design and development methods/practices.

Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Specialties:

Project Management, Product Management, Programming, AICC, SCORM, section 508 compliance, IMS Global, PMBOK, OOP, NASBA, QAS

Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Experience

Software Engineering Manager

Yamaha

(Public Company; Automotive industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

-Managed teams in Japan and Europe to centralize a global web infrastructure to reduce operating costs of having multiple CMS’s in different Yamaha subsidiaries.
-Implemented a global instance of SalesForce.com to centralize and route customer service issues to the correct subsidiary.
-Implemented a standardized micro site platform for all Yamaha subsidiaries to be able to create, deploy, and manage micro sites at a lower cost of ownership.
-Consolidated and transformed multiple customer databases into a global database instance that can be accessed by multiple subsidiaries through a standardize web service API.
-Translated business needs to technical requirements, developed test plans, scheduled milestones, and defined the deployment release plans.
Product Manager - Applications and Services

Panasonic Avionics Corporation

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MC; Airlines/Aviation industry)

April 2006 — April 2008 (2 years 1 month)

-Specialization in SDK, eCommerce, Passenger revenue generating applications, crew side applications.
-Strategically source new multi-region third party vendors, create SOWs, and manage new application developments.
-Champion of the customer. Research customer needs, the market, and the competition and determine product fit within overall strategic focus of the company.
-Translate customer needs into clear and attainable product requirements. Responsible for the Product Requirements Doc (PRD).
-Provide the ongoing definition and refinement of the product strategy, to meet both short term and long range goals, for the duration of the product’s market viability.
-Ongoing monitoring of all relevant market changes including competitive activities. Lead cross-functional teams to adjust product activities and respond appropriately to ensure product continues to meet its objectives.
Technical Project Manager

Learning Network

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2000 — April 2006 (5 years 6 months)

- Managed a team of 5-10 developers, instructional designers, and SMEs to create e-Learning courses for multiple clients from industries ranging from Tax Accounting firms (Big 5), Mortgage Banking, Motorcycle Dealer Training, HIPAA, Real Estate CE, Corporate Ethics, Enterprise Software CBTs, etc.
- System integrations with clients’ and vendors’ enterprise level LCMS platforms via e-Learning Industry Standards (AICC, SCORM) as well as custom secure socket communications and BizTalk.
- System architect of the new LCMS (Learning Content Management System) for the Learning Network.
- Managed up to four ongoing projects with different clients and overlapping schedules.
- Negotiated, systems analyzed, and adapted to client and stakeholders requirements.
Web Developer

www.corporatesol.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2000 — September 2000 (6 months)

-Develop front-end web interfaces
-Develop flash interactivity
-Formerly www.busnweb.com

Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Education

University of California Irvine

Bachelor , Information Computer Science, Studio Arts , September 1996 — June 2001

Additional Information

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Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Interests:

Photography, Contemporary Art, Web 2.0, Stuff on Engadget, Business 2.0

Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]’s Groups:

Director of Information Systems at Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) www.apex.org, Active member of Project Management Institute (PMI) www.pmi.org and PMI-Orange County www.pmi-oc.org