Experience

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  Nlyte Software, a Carrier Company

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • VP, Products

    • Jul 2022 - Present

    In this role I am responsible for the entire product lifecycle, including strategy and planning, product management, and release management for all Nlyte products.

  • VP of Business Development

    • Mar 2019 - Jul 2022

    Responsible for driving new growth through the creation of valued partnerships with industry leading companies to expand Nlyte’s business and portfolio. In addition to developing new business relationships, I have an instrumental role in formulating the strategy and routes to market for new initiatives.

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  Vertiv Co

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Director, Portfolio Management

    • Feb 2016 - Mar 2019
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    In this role, I led the portfolio management of all products in the IT Systems business unit of Vertiv, which includes data center software as well as all IT appliances and embedded compute technology. I was responsible for ensuring executive awareness through reporting and presentation as to the state of the business, product roadmaps, launch plans, and customer interactions. Success entailed heavy collaboration with internal teams from Engineering to Sales and Professional Services to ensure that all parties were educated and prepared to deliver value to customers based on a common understanding of customer needs.

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  Emerson Network Power

  • Manager, Software Product Planning

    • Nov 2012 - Feb 2016

    In this position I managed a multi-national team of 20+ Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Application Engineers focused on strategic roadmaps for all Data Center software platforms. In addition to gathering, decomposing, and successfully relaying product requirements from the market to engineering, this team was also responsible for ensuring that finished product achieved user acceptance and adoption as well as assisting in the development of marketing and sales enablement tools and educating field teams frequently. Additional job responsibilities included frequent business development opportunities to explore ‘buy, build, or partner’ possibilities.

  • Sr. Product Manager

    • Dec 2010 - Nov 2012

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  SirsiDynix

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Product Manager

    • Apr 2009 - Dec 2010

  • Competitive Analyst

    • Apr 2008 - Apr 2009

  • Sr. Sales Consultant

    • Nov 2004 - Apr 2008

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  Sirsi Corporation

  • Software Development
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Supervisor, Client Care

    • Jul 2002 - Nov 2004

  • Software Trainer

    • Jun 1999 - Jul 2002

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  Henry County Board of Education (Georgia)

  • High School Teacher

    • Jul 1998 - Jun 1999