Tim Matthews

VP Marketing at PGP Corporation

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • VP Marketing at PGP Corporation
Past
  • VP Marketing at Ipedo, Inc.
  • Director, Product Marketing and Management at RSA Security
  • Senior Product Manager at RSA Data Security, Inc.
  • Senior System Engineer at RSA Data Security, Inc.
  • Senior Technical Consultant at Digital
  • Senior System Engineer at Digital Japan
Education
  • Union College
Connections
298 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Tim Matthews’s Summary

I am a well rounded marketing executive with a strong track record of product strategy, positioning, outbound marketing, and strategic selling. I know how to leverage marketing to take products from inception to market leadership. Having come out of Sales, I know what effective marketing looks like. Having a computer science degree and broad curiousity, I understand a wide range of technology: virtualization, SOA, SaaS, integration and security.

Tim Matthews’s Specialties:

Market awareness, lead generation, company positioning, press and analyst relations, vertical marketing, product strategy, product management, venture financing, channel sales, OEM licensing, complex transactions, unconventional thinking, dry humor.


Tim Matthews’s Experience

  • VP Marketing

    PGP Corporation

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 2008Present (5 months)

  • VP Marketing

    Ipedo, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    July 2000February 2008 (7 years 8 months)

    Responsible for all aspects of marketing, positioning, and product strategy at a leading database virtualization company.

  • Director, Product Marketing and Management

    RSA Security

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

    January 1998July 2000 (2 years 7 months)

    Responsible for product strategy, product marketing, P&L across multiple product lines at a leading Internet security vendor. Managed team of six product management and product marketing managers. Worked with sales management to double revenue of developer tools to over $50M. Introduced new line of PKI server products to bridge developer and enterprise sales organizations. Conducted strategic sales and licensing deals for CEO.

  • Senior Product Manager

    RSA Data Security, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 1996January 1998 (1 year 11 months)

    Brought on to start product management function in company. Worked to define requirements for all developer products, and to help close strategic sales. Introduced line of Java developer tools. Created firewall and VPN interoperability consortium. Helped create and promulgate S/MIME e-mail standard.

  • Senior System Engineer

    RSA Data Security, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 1995March 1996 (1 year 1 month)

    First system engineer brought on to accelerate technical sales of RSA's security software. Worked directly with major customers, including Apple, Bank of America, BEA, Cisco, Netscape, Wells Fargo and others.

  • Senior Technical Consultant

    Digital

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

    July 1992March 1995 (2 years 9 months)

    Senior technical specialist supporting large automotive, electronics and government acccounts. Focus on client-server computing and emerging internet technology.

  • Senior System Engineer

    Digital Japan

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

    January 1990July 1992 (2 years 7 months)

    Senior technical liaison to US and European companies operating in Japan. First U.S. college new graduate hired to work at Digital Japan.


Tim Matthews’s Education

  • Union College

    BS, Computer Science, 19851989

    Dean's List Honor Society
    Senior Project in Neural Network Learning

    Activities and Societies:
    Union Rugby, Public Speaking Champion, Chi Psi

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Tim Matthews’s Groups:

CMO Council
Silicon Valley American Marketing Association, CMO Club

  •    Silicon Valley American Marketing Association member
  • Pragmatic Marketing Alumni member
  •    RSA Alumni member

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