Platform Product Manager; Fishing Coach
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Platform Product Manager at eBay
- Past
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- Disruptive Innovation Team Lead at eBay
- Disruptive Innovator at eBay, Inc.
- Quality Assurance Engineer at eBay
- Technical Writer at eBay, Inc.
- Helpdesk Lead at Portland State University School of Business
- Lead Theater Manager at Portland State University Theater Arts Department
- IT Intern at Portland Art Museum
- Web Developer at Webridge
- Education
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- Portland State University
- Portland State University
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Rolf Skyberg’s Summary
If you teach someone to fish, they will never go hungry. I will bring you a rod, show you the spot, and teach you the right rhythm.
I am always looking for the "one theory" that would tie it all together, and acquiring whatever skills it takes along the way. Along the way I have played the role of evangelist, product manager, researcher, designer, inventor, prototyper, and innovator.
I digest large problems, illuminate overlooked knowledge, and advocate for the possible. I seek to help people get the right things done, and understand why they are doing it.
Rolf Skyberg’s Experience
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Platform Product Manager
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (4 months)
Responsibilities include:
- gathering business requirements from internal and 3rd party sources
- creating and business requirements documents
- designing product registration workflows
- providing direction on application catalog and adjacent products -
Disruptive Innovation Team Lead
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
January 2008 — August 2008 (8 months)
Perform all roles of a Disruptive Innovator (tracking, analyzing, and synthesizing business and environmental trends) while also actively managing a small tiger-team of engineers focused on generating proof-of-concept and production-ready code to inspire eBay's future direction.
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Disruptive Innovator
eBay, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Internal innovation consulting, product management, ideation, strategic vision. Synthesize, discover, research, present and apply internet industry trends and directions while evangelizing internally and externally.
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Quality Assurance Engineer
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
October 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Participated as part of eBay's college rotational program, brought in at the ground floor and trained across all aspects of eBay's business by performing quality assurance on many products and services.
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Technical Writer
eBay, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ebay; Internet industry)
June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)
- Designed document classification schema and migrated legacy procedural documents into online repository.
- Extracted information stored in email threads and integrated it with existing documentation.
- Performed quality assurance on iPortal software changes and filed tickets for bugs found. -
Helpdesk Lead
Portland State University School of Business
(Education Management industry)
April 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 3 months)
- Provided user support for computer lab available to 20,000+ students.
- Performed preventative hardware and software maintenance.
- Designed and deployed automation scripts for managing machine uptime to maximize machine availability for users. -
Lead Theater Manager
Portland State University Theater Arts Department
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)
March 2002 — January 2003 (11 months)
- Installed, maintained, and operated theatrical lighting and sound equipment for 60-seat Graduate Theater space.
- Designed and constructed robust "standard" set pieces to be re-used in many productions.
- Offered equipment training and technical assistance to production leaders. -
IT Intern
Portland Art Museum
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
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Web Developer
Webridge
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 1 month)
- Assisted in development of database-driven online applications using DHTML, XML, Javascript, a proprietary development environment Visual SourceSafe, and SQL Server.
- Wrote and extensively edited user manuals for online applications.
- Performed QA on online application and presented reports of findings.
Rolf Skyberg’s Education
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Portland State University
BS, Business Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, 1999 — 2002
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Portland State University
MS, System Science, 2002
Rolf Skyberg’s Contact Settings
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