Helen Mills
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Bill McKinley
I recruited Helen to Agilent Technologies directly from Glasgow University where she came highly recommended by both the teaching staff and head of the EE MEng Dept.Helen proved to be an exceptionally gifted individual having demonstrated skills in Strategic Planning and Product Marketing Management. Helen is highly motivated, has excellent communication skills and is highly dependable. During Helen's career at HP/Agilent she was one of the highest ranked employees and was well known amongst all of the senior management teams around the world. Helen would be a tremendous asset to any organisation. Bill McKinley
Ian Reading
Helen is one of the most naturally talented marketing professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She displays a unique ability to blend excellent leadership, judgment, negotiation and people skills with strong technical ability. Helen quickly climbs learning curves. She internalizes market trends and understanding from well executed customer meetings to provide clear focus and technical leadership to product development teams. She has written excellent application notes, magazine articles and product literature that persuasively express product capabilities. Helen has been a motivational coach and trainer for world-wide sales teams. I’m delighted to recommend Helen; she brings focus and sound judgment to any team. She’s a natural leader and pleasure to work with.
Bill McKinley
I recruited Helen to Agilent Technologies directly from Glasgow University where she came highly recommended by both the teaching staff and head of the EE MEng Dept.Helen proved to be an exceptionally gifted individual having demonstrated skills in Strategic Planning and Product Marketing Management. Helen is highly motivated, has excellent communication skills and is highly dependable. During Helen's career at HP/Agilent she was one of the highest ranked employees and was well known amongst all of the senior management teams around the world. Helen would be a tremendous asset to any organisation. Bill McKinley
Ian Reading
Helen is one of the most naturally talented marketing professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She displays a unique ability to blend excellent leadership, judgment, negotiation and people skills with strong technical ability. Helen quickly climbs learning curves. She internalizes market trends and understanding from well executed customer meetings to provide clear focus and technical leadership to product development teams. She has written excellent application notes, magazine articles and product literature that persuasively express product capabilities. Helen has been a motivational coach and trainer for world-wide sales teams. I’m delighted to recommend Helen; she brings focus and sound judgment to any team. She’s a natural leader and pleasure to work with.
Bill McKinley
I recruited Helen to Agilent Technologies directly from Glasgow University where she came highly recommended by both the teaching staff and head of the EE MEng Dept.Helen proved to be an exceptionally gifted individual having demonstrated skills in Strategic Planning and Product Marketing Management. Helen is highly motivated, has excellent communication skills and is highly dependable. During Helen's career at HP/Agilent she was one of the highest ranked employees and was well known amongst all of the senior management teams around the world. Helen would be a tremendous asset to any organisation. Bill McKinley
Ian Reading
Helen is one of the most naturally talented marketing professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She displays a unique ability to blend excellent leadership, judgment, negotiation and people skills with strong technical ability. Helen quickly climbs learning curves. She internalizes market trends and understanding from well executed customer meetings to provide clear focus and technical leadership to product development teams. She has written excellent application notes, magazine articles and product literature that persuasively express product capabilities. Helen has been a motivational coach and trainer for world-wide sales teams. I’m delighted to recommend Helen; she brings focus and sound judgment to any team. She’s a natural leader and pleasure to work with.
Bill McKinley
I recruited Helen to Agilent Technologies directly from Glasgow University where she came highly recommended by both the teaching staff and head of the EE MEng Dept.Helen proved to be an exceptionally gifted individual having demonstrated skills in Strategic Planning and Product Marketing Management. Helen is highly motivated, has excellent communication skills and is highly dependable. During Helen's career at HP/Agilent she was one of the highest ranked employees and was well known amongst all of the senior management teams around the world. Helen would be a tremendous asset to any organisation. Bill McKinley
Ian Reading
Helen is one of the most naturally talented marketing professionals I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She displays a unique ability to blend excellent leadership, judgment, negotiation and people skills with strong technical ability. Helen quickly climbs learning curves. She internalizes market trends and understanding from well executed customer meetings to provide clear focus and technical leadership to product development teams. She has written excellent application notes, magazine articles and product literature that persuasively express product capabilities. Helen has been a motivational coach and trainer for world-wide sales teams. I’m delighted to recommend Helen; she brings focus and sound judgment to any team. She’s a natural leader and pleasure to work with.
Experience
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The High School of Glasgow
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United Kingdom
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teacher of Mathematics
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Aug 2013 - Present
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Teacher of Mathematics
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
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Agilent Technologies
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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2004 - 2009
• Managed successful launches of multi-million £ product lines to worldwide customer base and sales force. Created and maintained marketing launch plan and managed launch team to ensure project was on-track. Delivered new technology and product training, demos, press articles and marketing literature to meet target sales.• Owned product forecast, pricing and discontinuance strategy for product portfolio to meet revenue and profit and revenue targets. Worked with multi-functional team to ensure product costs and future development plans would enable products to remain competitive.• Performed application testing and published technical article to demonstrate benefits of new product and test methodology. Increased the visibility and credibility of the solution, which in turn led to increased customer leads, demos and sales.• Developed technical application notes and training for customers and application engineers • Delivered high quality technology and product training to a worldwide sales force using both face-to-face and web-based delivery. Show less
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Senior Product Planning Engineer
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2000 - 2004
Defined product strategy and established executable implementation plans to achieve business goals.• Led cross-functional strategy team to recommend project investments and resourcing for multi-million £ product line to senior management. Demonstrated ability to analyze market opportunities from both a financial and strategic perspective in order to influence business strategy.• Defined a product development strategy with principal design engineers that optimized technology re-use and enabled more products to be developed with fewer resources. • Effectively engaged with key customers and partners to identify opportunities and clearly define customer needs. Involved regular communication and relationships with major international companies. • Employed new approaches for gathering customer requirements which allowed high-quality customer information to be gathered at minimal cost. • Created compelling value propositions for new solutions• Developed clear requirements and product specifications for development partners to design new products.• Analyzed competitors products and strategy to ensure market share goals could be achieved. Show less
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Product Manager
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1996 - 2000
Responsible for product launches, field training and product line management
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Education
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1990 - 1996
University of Glasgow
European M.Eng, Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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