Michael Kaczmarek
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Colleen Louw
I had the pleasure of working with Michael on 2 of Verisign's large scale programs – the rollout of DNSSEC and implementation of IPv6. He is one of the few people I've met who is able to think and plan strategically while still having a handle on all of the details. While working in his PMO, I always admired his depth of knowledge about project and program management and his dedication to seeing our work performed with discipline and excellence, things he didn't shy away from doing himself. He is not afraid to ask the challenging questions and conducts his work with passion and a genuine desire to do the right thing to ensure results are delivered for his stakeholders.
Art Coleman
While I was in SW-QA and Mike managed projects being developed, he did NOT try to by pass QA, nor short shift the QA process. He encouraged the Developers and QAers to work together in ways to test the software and find solutions to problems that were found in QA. Often the problems were some aspect of scale that arose from Developers having only a few boxes to initial test projects on and QA had a full size production equivalent system. Mike fully grasps that maintaining 100% up time for a critical global system means motivating people to work together towards the common goal.
Colleen Louw
I had the pleasure of working with Michael on 2 of Verisign's large scale programs – the rollout of DNSSEC and implementation of IPv6. He is one of the few people I've met who is able to think and plan strategically while still having a handle on all of the details. While working in his PMO, I always admired his depth of knowledge about project and program management and his dedication to seeing our work performed with discipline and excellence, things he didn't shy away from doing himself. He is not afraid to ask the challenging questions and conducts his work with passion and a genuine desire to do the right thing to ensure results are delivered for his stakeholders.
Art Coleman
While I was in SW-QA and Mike managed projects being developed, he did NOT try to by pass QA, nor short shift the QA process. He encouraged the Developers and QAers to work together in ways to test the software and find solutions to problems that were found in QA. Often the problems were some aspect of scale that arose from Developers having only a few boxes to initial test projects on and QA had a full size production equivalent system. Mike fully grasps that maintaining 100% up time for a critical global system means motivating people to work together towards the common goal.
Colleen Louw
I had the pleasure of working with Michael on 2 of Verisign's large scale programs – the rollout of DNSSEC and implementation of IPv6. He is one of the few people I've met who is able to think and plan strategically while still having a handle on all of the details. While working in his PMO, I always admired his depth of knowledge about project and program management and his dedication to seeing our work performed with discipline and excellence, things he didn't shy away from doing himself. He is not afraid to ask the challenging questions and conducts his work with passion and a genuine desire to do the right thing to ensure results are delivered for his stakeholders.
Art Coleman
While I was in SW-QA and Mike managed projects being developed, he did NOT try to by pass QA, nor short shift the QA process. He encouraged the Developers and QAers to work together in ways to test the software and find solutions to problems that were found in QA. Often the problems were some aspect of scale that arose from Developers having only a few boxes to initial test projects on and QA had a full size production equivalent system. Mike fully grasps that maintaining 100% up time for a critical global system means motivating people to work together towards the common goal.
Colleen Louw
I had the pleasure of working with Michael on 2 of Verisign's large scale programs – the rollout of DNSSEC and implementation of IPv6. He is one of the few people I've met who is able to think and plan strategically while still having a handle on all of the details. While working in his PMO, I always admired his depth of knowledge about project and program management and his dedication to seeing our work performed with discipline and excellence, things he didn't shy away from doing himself. He is not afraid to ask the challenging questions and conducts his work with passion and a genuine desire to do the right thing to ensure results are delivered for his stakeholders.
Art Coleman
While I was in SW-QA and Mike managed projects being developed, he did NOT try to by pass QA, nor short shift the QA process. He encouraged the Developers and QAers to work together in ways to test the software and find solutions to problems that were found in QA. Often the problems were some aspect of scale that arose from Developers having only a few boxes to initial test projects on and QA had a full size production equivalent system. Mike fully grasps that maintaining 100% up time for a critical global system means motivating people to work together towards the common goal.
Credentials
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Project Management Professional
Project Management Institute, Inc.May, 2007- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Engineer
State of Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and RegulationMay, 1997- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Spirion
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Product
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Feb 2022 - Present
Responsible for developing and evangelizing the vision, strategies, and tactics for the successful launch and expansion of products into new and existing markets. Responsible for developing and evangelizing the vision, strategies, and tactics for the successful launch and expansion of products into new and existing markets.
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Neustar, Inc.
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President Of Product Management
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Dec 2018 - Jan 2022
Head of product for the Security Solutions business unit. Defined the long-term strategic plan which led to the initiation of several new initiatives and the launch of new products expanding business unit reach into adjacent markets in the areas of application security, threat intelligence and security appliance enhancement. Head of product for the Security Solutions business unit. Defined the long-term strategic plan which led to the initiation of several new initiatives and the launch of new products expanding business unit reach into adjacent markets in the areas of application security, threat intelligence and security appliance enhancement.
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VERISIGN
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President - Product Management | Product Marketing
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2013 - 2018
Led both product management and product marketing teams with full P&L accountability. Developed and defined e-product vision and strategies ensuring the successful execution of roadmap within extreme budgetary constraints.
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Director | Senior Director Program Management
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2006 - 2013
Led PMO responsible for end-to-end delivery of full portfolio of strategic programs and projects. Controlled a multimillion dollar budget, coordinating and implementing software development, global infrastructure deployments and enterprise risk management projects.
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Account Manager
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2006 - 2006
Built and piloted account management initiative and group for the Operations and Infrastructure organization.
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Senior Manager - Networking | Security
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2004 - 2006
Managed all networking and security initiatives across the whole of Verisign.
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Operations Manager
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2003 - 2004
Managed team of technical professionals in the day-to-day maintenance and delivery of all products.
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Program Manager
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2000 - 2003
Provided project management for Verisign’s largest software and infrastructure implementations.
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Lockheed Martin
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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System Engineering Manager
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1997 - 2000
Managed the systems engineering for the Solid Rocket Motor Disposition in Russia Program to support Department of Defense needs. Managed the systems engineering for the Solid Rocket Motor Disposition in Russia Program to support Department of Defense needs.
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Tetra Tech
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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700 & Above Employee
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Environmental Engineer
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1995 - 1997
Coordinated the integration of the Storage and Disposition of Weapons Usable Fissile Materials Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (S&D PEIS). Coordinated the integration of the Storage and Disposition of Weapons Usable Fissile Materials Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (S&D PEIS).
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SRS Technologies
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Defense & Space
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1 - 100 Employee
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Engineer
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1992 - 1995
Provided daily client interface and technical, programmatic, and administrative support to the Ballistic Missile Targets Program Integrator. Developed and analyzed target program studies, produced briefing materials, and actively participated in working group meetings and analysis sessions. Provided daily client interface and technical, programmatic, and administrative support to the Ballistic Missile Targets Program Integrator. Developed and analyzed target program studies, produced briefing materials, and actively participated in working group meetings and analysis sessions.
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Education
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1994 - 1996
The Johns Hopkins University
Masters of Engineering, Environmental Engineering -
1987 - 1992
University of Maryland
BS, Aerospace Engineering
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