Shane Pearson

Current

• Vice President at SAP

Past

• Vice President, Products at Gnip, Inc.
• Vice President, Marketing and Product Management at BEA Systems, Inc.
• Vice President, Platform Product Management at BEA Systems, Inc.

• Group Product Manager at BEA Systems, Inc.
• Senior Product Manager at Vignette Corporation
• Product Development Consultant at SAP Labs

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Education

• Purdue University
• Purdue University

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Shane Pearson’s Summary

Proven executive with demonstrated experience in creating, launching, transforming and managing products and services to deliver innovative and compelling business value in highly competitive industries. Experience in business and brand strategy, business development, product marketing, product management and operations with demonstrated ability to build, recruit, lead, and manage world-class teams that consistently and efficiently deliver in demanding environments.

Shane Pearson’s Experience

• Vice President

  SAP

  (Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  November 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Vice President, Products

  Gnip, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  September 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for product development, marketing and sales.

• Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

  BEA Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Computer Software industry)

  October 2005 — May 2008 (2 years 8 months)

  Responsible for marketing and product management for products, solutions and services in the portal, collaboration, social software, and business process management markets.

• Vice President, Platform Product Management

  BEA Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Computer Software industry)

  November 2004 — October 2005 (1 year )

  Responsible for coordianting platform planning and strategy for the current BEA product portfolio as well as leading product planning to define and prioritize new business opportunities.

• Group Product Manager

  BEA Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Computer Software industry)

  January 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 11 months)

  Initially, Group Product Manager for WebLogic Portal, but expanded to include WebLogic Workshop in 2004. The role responsibilities included business planning, product strategy and product design. In addition, the role included cross-functioinal coordination for internal (sales, marketing, services, etc) and external groups.(partners, customers, and analysts)

• Senior Product Manager

  Vignette Corporation

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; VIGN; Computer Software industry)

  December 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Traditional product management position - define a product opportunity and create an executable product plan. Worked on several interesting projects which really did not pan out during the "boom" dot com days, but it was a good experience.

• Product Development Consultant

  SAP Labs

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  July 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 6 months)

  Similar to a program manger position, but also responsbile for a percentage of time doing product implementation at customer sites. My areas of expertise were sales and distribution and customer relationship management.

Shane Pearson’s Education

• Purdue University

  MS/MBA , Finance, Technology Management

• Purdue University

  BS , Industrial Management and Engineering