IBM / CognosProduct Manager
Jan. 2003 - Jun. 2016Product owner for Cognos Finance – focusing on solving business problems within a product that covered Reporting, Budgeting, Planning and Consolidation. Product Manager for Cognos Controller and Cognos TM1 • Developed features and requirements through prototyping, development and guided beta testing. • Led the integration effort on products pushed together from various acquisitions. Defining data flow and positioning strategy to meld several diverse products into a performance management solution. • Created product roadmaps and release checkpoints to keep senior management up to date on product strategy, setting revenue expectations, and building out the plan for development resourcing. • Ran customer betas gaining crucial insight into the problems of our key customers. • Opened markets in Asia and India with onsite support of services and sales teams. Selling our teams on the strength of the product. • Analyzed Market trends and the competition to guide overall business strategy. • Owned the requirements process to translate the needs of the business, customers, and marketplace to manage the development team and stay within the business strategy. • Third level support for crucial bugs and customer problems including on site troubleshooting and consulting to install fixes and optimize system design. • Supported Sales and customer relationships building out POC’s, • Drove opportunity by creating new offerings and pricing tiers to take advantage of untapped markets and monitored competitor advances determining future product direction.