Microsoft Practice Manager at Avtex
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- Microsoft Practice Manager at Avtex
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- Product Manager - Enterprise Messaging and Collaboration at Avtex
- Project Manager at Avtex
- Dir. of Product Development at OnlyOne
- Managing Partner, Co-Founder at Tactical Intelligence
- Director of Product Development at WorldVoice
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Tim Bakke’s Summary
First of all, I consider myself a designer.
I've designed everything from corporate identity packages to theater sets, websites to multi-media user interfaces, software to telecommunications products. I focus on the user experience of anything I am involved in.
With over 15 years of experience, I find I sit comfortably between the business and technical sides of an organization and can easily communicate in terms understandable to both.
Today I assist companies in implementing the latest in telecommunications technology - I can see the big picture, cook that down into tasks, create an action plan and get the job done.
Tim Bakke’s Specialties:
Faclitiating conversations and workshops regarding requirements for projects. Excellent problem solving and communications skills. Project management, team leadership, Competitive Intelligence, product marketing, product management, branding, corporate marketing and communicating to business leaders, customers and technology team members.
Tim Bakke’s Experience
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Microsoft Practice Manager
Avtex
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
With a singular focus on Microsoft unified communications technology (Exchange Unified Messaging and Office Communications Server) I oversee taking our offerings to market. This includes strategy/promotion, competitive intelligence, partner channel management, representing Avtex's interests to Microsoft, sales readiness and evangelism. During our past two years with the Microsoft products we've experienced healthy growth and are considered a "go-to partner" for unified communications by Microsoft.
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Product Manager - Enterprise Messaging and Collaboration
Avtex
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 10 months)
I oversaw the go-to market strategy for multiple lines of business (Microsoft and Interactive Intelligence) related to voice messaging and collaboration. This included developing partnerships, marketing campaigns and all other aspects of product strategy.
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Project Manager
Avtex
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 2005 — April 2006 (10 months)
As a project manager, I owned the success and failure of implementing innovative, integrated telecommunication solutions for our customers, whether it was a new installation or an upgrade to the latest and greatest. Typically managed a project team of engineers, on both the software and hardware side, as well as maintained an ongoing dialog with the client and their team.
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Dir. of Product Development
OnlyOne
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
November 2002 — June 2005 (2 years 8 months)
With a strong focus on user experience, assisted in the definition and articulation of OnlyOne’s products and oversaw their development with a team of engineers and outside contractors. My primary role was in the architecture, definition and strategic positioning of our web-based and unified communications technologies.
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Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Tactical Intelligence
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 6 months)
Competitive and Sales Intelligence consulting practice focusing on creating actionable, relevant information for our clients to properly position themselves in their marketplace.
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Director of Product Development
WorldVoice
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
March 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 3 months)
Oversaw the planning, research and development of a unified communications product. Assisted in setting marketing direction as well as extensive competitive analysis. Oversaw and started remote office consisting of a tiger team of developers. As a member of the executive team, participated in top-level strategic planning and discovery with companies such as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Cisco and others.
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