Technical Development Manager at Retail Pro, Inc.
Sacramento, California Area
Technical Development Manager at Retail Pro, Inc.
Sacramento, California Area
Senior product specialist with demonstrated experience in software requirement and design, defect analysis, customer service, technical support, internal process implementation, and personnel management.
• Strong analytical skills resulting in problem identification and creative solution implementation.
• Strong ability to identify a creative solution to a problem. Collaborates well within a team to ensure objectives met within deadlines. Works well independently to drive a result.
• Passionate customer advocate.
Customer advocate, product specialist, product manager, technical advisor, implementation manager.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; RTPR; Computer Software industry)
April 2008 — Present (9 months)
Responsible for training of technical departments for new business partners from pre-sale to certification process.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; INTU; Computer Software industry)
December 2002 — March 2008 (5 years 4 months)
• Led cross-functional teams as product manager, creating new software features
• Evaluated defects from support center and recommended changes and enhancements as a customer advocate to the engineering staff
o Documented new feature requirements and product design specifications
o Contributed to a net increase of 20% for customer Net Promoter score
• Implemented processes to optimize escalation time for cases requiring engineering expertise. Data from 6 level 2 support agents turned around in less than 8 hours
• Analyzed support cases, identified trends and initiated corrective measures
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 9 months)
• Recruited, installed, trained and supported 5 to 8 beta sites for 3 releases of software
o Consolidated beta feedback and proposed improvements to engineering
o Created tester execution plans, monitored activity, and reported product defects
• Implemented and executed beta test plans ensuring rigorous beta testing
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 4 months)
• Evaluated requirements and collaborated on feature implementation for more than 20 national and international enterprise customers
• Analyzed operations, conducted on-site visits, and recommended best practices
• Acted as senior technical and training advisor for the enterprise IT departments
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — January 1997 (1 year 1 month)
• Directed support, training and shipping departments for growing VAR network
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1993 — January 1996 (3 years 1 month)
Supervised technical staff in support of large customer base pus growing VAR network technical staffs.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1992 — January 1993 (7 months)
Software technical support for growing direct sales customers.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)
June 1979 — March 1992 (12 years 10 months)
• Lead instructor at submarine training facility
• Supervised shipboard personnel
1984 — 1985