patrick stanko: Principal Product Manager in longmont, CO
patrick stanko
Principal Product Manager
longmont | United States
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Derive Sytsems
Principal Product Manager | 10/2017 - Current
Reporting to our CTO, responsible for overall product development activities for our connected device and automotive SaaS business. Guide cross functional agile teams through product/feature discovery, definition, sprint planning, design, backlog grooming and development. As a Certified Scrum Master, employ leading agile practices. Preserve budgetary constraints, provide justification for why we may need to deviate from plan and understand tradeoffs. Champion and grow junior and mid-level team members.
- Managed on-boarding of Derive’s first major enterprise client with a product still in beta at time of launch
- Manage day to day activities of customer pilot program and identifying product improvements
- Manage mobile app parity across Android and iOS mobile platforms
- Manage embedded hardware device iterations
- Launched Derive’s first ever Android mobile app to the Google Play Store
- Manage new sales enablement toolset presently increasing sales leads
-Constructed new Early Adopter Program for platform generating platform interest and sales conversions
- Improve and protect Derive’s brand and market presence by trademarking key features
Indeed
Senior Manager - Product Development & Engineering PMO | 01/2017 - 10/2017
Guide a team of 15+ globally dispersed Program Managers. Partner with Engineering and Product Management business unit owners to deliver on key objectives for our organization.
-Successfully delivered on a “First 90 Day Plan”
- Implemented new vision and goals of a newly formed PMO
- Enacted leading program management practices
- Identified and promoted top performing personnel as well as coach those struggling
- Improved group performance by introducing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Cobb Tuning
Senior Program Manager | 05/2017 - 01/2017
Provide authentic leadership and direction as we formed a new PMO. As an influential member of the Executive Committee I represented the PMO and was responsible for managing and communicating portfolio health.
- Managed the refresh of the company’s mission statement
- Created and drove adoption of a newly defined product development process
- Managed purchase of software solutions used to manage product development activities
- Implemented simple tooling to score and prioritize projects across eight different OEM platforms and help mitigate resource constraints
Guidespark
Senior Program Manager | 10/2014 - 05/2016
Managed 20+ key content solutions and software initiatives; led projects cradle to grave. Represent and evangelize the PMO across the organization.
- Managed introduction of newly formed Content Services Project Management Office (PMO)
- Delivered new enterprise digital asset management system for Content Services group
- Implemented lean process changes resulting in savings via reduced vendor and procedural overhead
Synapse Product Development
Program Manager | 08/2012 - 09/2014
Delivered some of the world’s most famous technologies and experiences. Managed all project and customer management aspects from ideation to delivery.
- Managed the development and delivery of Synapse’s largest enterprise customer
- Defined the Program Management role, as well as manage rollout of the PMO
- Increased sales conversion rates by engineering new early engagement process
Microsoft Company
Lead Program Manager | 07/2008 - 08/2012
Responsible for managing onshore/offshore engineering teams delivering software solutions from $500K - 3M.
- Managed delivery of new HR portal servicing all of Microsoft’s employee base
- Co-Authored case study providing insights into newly implemented security model
- Developed both static and dynamic UX mockups driving alignment across development and business teams
- Authored functional specs as they related to business requirement alignment
Microsoft Company
Lead Software Test Engineer | 06/2006 - 07/2008
Managed testing of high-profile releases for Microsoft’s Human Resources IT department.
- Created automated UI test suite improving overall quality and reduced test cycles
- Created SQL stored procedures as test cases increasing throughput and breadth of test cycles
Education history
Bowling Green State University
BA | 1990 - 1994
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