Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]

Software Engineering Manager at Yamaha

Location: Orange County, California Area
Industry: Information Technology and Services

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Sherman Wong [shermanwong@gmail.com]'s Overview

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

Education

University of California Irvine
University of California, Irvine

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- Managed and coached a group of multi-disciplined software engineers local/remote in the requirements definition, development, implementation, and support of web applications.

- Managed 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.

- Acted as a liaison between executive teams and engineers to report dashboard status of projects and facilitate decisions between stakeholders.

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

- Keeping up with the latest web trend technologies (Social Media/Networks, Mobile Apps, Location Based Services, OAuth, Facebook Connect) and assessing how they fit into the company brand.

- 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.

- Ability to source, qualify, negotiate, and nurture relationships with third party vendors for projects that require specialized knowledge.

- Hands-on knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) design, SDLC, and agile development methods to track project progress and ability to identify opportunities to compress project tasks.

Specialties

Project Management, Product Management, SDLC, SCRUM, Agile, RUP, AICC, SCORM, section 508 compliance, IMS Global, PMBOK, OOP,

Software Engineering Manager

Yamaha

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Music industry

April 2008 – Present (3 years 10 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; Aviation & Aerospace 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; E-Learning 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

April 2000 – September 2000 (6 months)

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

University of California Irvine

Bachelor, Information Computer Science, Studio Arts

September 1996 – June 2001

University of California, Irvine

Websites:

Interests:

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

Groups and Associations:

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