Todd Griffith

Current

• Documentation and Training Manager at Forterra Systems, Inc.

Past

• Special Projects Manager at Center for Homeland Defense and Security
• Director, Product Management at MultiGen-Paradigm
• Sales Engineer at Centric Software

• Sales Engineer / Technical Support Engineer at Coryphaeus Software
• Student Representative at Apple Inc.

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Education

• Washington State University

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Industry

Computer Software

Todd Griffith’s Summary

- Experienced product manager for an industry-leading high-end 3D modeling software package. Dual responsibilities--on the technical side, leading a software development group, running schedules and coordinating the MRD, specification, debugging, and production processes; additional product marketing responsibilities for pricing, packaging, advertising, media relations, demonstration material, and collateral production.

- Experienced corporate relationship (reseller, technology partner, key customer) manager, with a focus on international business relationships and negotiation.

- Professional small-group and large scale demo developer and presentor for customer sites, user group meetings, trade shows, and panel discussions. Hundreds of hours of professional voice-over experience for corporate and educational media.

- Specialist in turning around struggling or troubled products and projects to become more profitable and successful. Proven track record for making consistent, reliable and sensible decisions to improve the prospects for product and project success.

Todd Griffith’s Specialties:

product marketing, media relations, international business, partner negotiations, media development, competitive analysis, branding and identity, requirements definition, customer relations, technical specification, corporate communications, professional writing, public speaking, voice-over

Todd Griffith’s Experience

• Documentation and Training Manager

  Forterra Systems, Inc.

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

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  - Comprehensive documentation management and development.
  
  - Training curriculum development for customers, investors, and partners, including web-enabled and delivered modular instruction.

• Special Projects Manager

  Center for Homeland Defense and Security

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

  January 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 7 months)

  - Initially hired to assemble an in-house development team for a new eduational website and learning management system. Initiated the move away from an external, yet cumbersome, propietary system to an open-standards basis.
  
  - Designed the team's collaborative office workspace, and delivered initial replacement website ahead of schedule.
  
  - Authored scripts and developed PowerPoint-to-Flash media of over 30 on-line course modules for MA program in Homeland Security, with a smart balance of creativity relative to a schedule. Modules cover a variety of graduate-level topics, including Information Technology, Intelligence, Asymmetric Conflict, and Critical Infrastructure Protection.
  
  - Recorded dozens of hours of professional voice-over script reading for my own and other developers' course modules, as well as standard readings of regular class material.
  
  - Trained and facilitated a team of student interns in a variety of internal and partnered development projects.

• Director, Product Management

  MultiGen-Paradigm

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

  April 1999 — January 2005 (5 years 10 months)

  - Responsible for a team of developers for a product (MultiGen Creator) that generated $5 million per year, for 1/3 of company revenue.
  
  - Managed simulation industry file format standard, OpenFlight. Expanded its capabilties, and actively promoted greater accessbility to partners and customers, solidifying corporate position for all products.
  
  - Managed strategic 3rd-party partner, OEM, and customer relationships, including Boeing, AMD, Lockheed Martin, Nintendo, and Sony Computer Entertainment America.
  
  - Generated and finalized short-term partnerships with SGI on sales promotions (increased unit sales 17% for that quarter), and long-term plug-in partners to core product.
  
  - Produced corporate marketing communications in pricing, promotion, lead generation, product guides, media relations, PR, customer relations and advertising.
  
  - Successfully raised product prices by an incremental 3% in a price-sensitive market, justified by greater quality software releases.

• Sales Engineer

  Centric Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

  - Led development of demonstration material, and responsible for presentation and support of company technology to small companies, Fortune 500 firms, and investors worldwide.
  
  - Managed international pre- and post-sales customer and reseller relationships, and was interim International Sales Manager during Q1 of 1998.
  
  - Conducted customer product training at corporate headquarters and at customer sites, including Australia.

• Sales Engineer / Technical Support Engineer

  Coryphaeus Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

• Student Representative

  Apple Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  December 1994 — January 1996 (1 year 2 months)

  - Student liaison representing Apple on the Washington State University campus.
  
  - Assisted in the pre- and post-sales support of students using Apple products and was available as an on-call reference for technical support issues and sales questions.
  
  - Developed and launched Apple awareness initiatives on campus to promote Apple products.

Todd Griffith’s Education

• Washington State University

  B.A. , English , 1988 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Elected ASWSU (student government) Senator for three years - 1989-1992, Honors Program Graduate (with international emphasis), member of ASWSU film committee - 1988-1989, student representative for Student Legal Services, 1991-1992.

Additional Information

Todd Griffith’s Interests:

Organized team sports (including softball and soccer), collecting sports memorabilia, buying / selling sports collectibles on eBay, board member of condo development HOA.

Todd Griffith’s Groups:

•    Alumni of Washington State University
•    3D Visualisation and Graphics Programming

Todd Griffith’s Honors:

- Led development team during the 1997 nationally-covered (Newsweek) Bay Bridge Replacement simulation project for California Department of Transportation, in conjunction with SGI.

- Honors Program, Washington State University, 1988-1992. Emphasis in International Relations.

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