NowPublicSr. Product Manager
Sep. 2007 - Aug. 2009• Managed delivery, launch and partner development for Scan, NowPublic’s microblogging and real-time news aggregation suite. It was NowPublic’s sole revenue generating product suite. Managed cross-functional team of 9 personnel, both local and remote across multiple time zones.
• Developed product vision and requirements for key areas of the nowpublic.com property, including geolocation and dispatch tools across social media properties.
• Liased with Executive and Board to communicate progress, collaborate on requirements and market research planning.
• Worked closely with Editorial group to assess user/contributor learnings and apply to product direction planning.
• Identification of partnership opportunities and emerging technical, communication trends as they apply to the news and blogging industries.
• Managed initial implementation of analytics platform and integration (Omniture).
• Led cross-functional development teams (UI, programming,editorial,marketing,SEO) in the execution and delivery of product requirements.
• Worked with Executive in developing monetization strategies for product lines.
• Developed proposals for internal organizational changes needed to streamline and improve delivery cycle.