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What's your ideal work environment?

A place where petty office politics are put aside for the greater good. A place where the "best idea" wins, no matter the source.

Posted @ 12:56PM, February 10, 2009 by Bill Walsh | Permalink
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Work history

Motorola October 2006 to the present
Senior Product Manager, Mobile Search and Advertising

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How would you describe your time at Motorola?

Roadmaps and manages multi-million dollar M-Commerce initiatives.

Continually sells vision and revenue potential of Location Based Services (LBS), Mobile Search, and Mobile Advertising to internal stakeholders and senior management.

Partners with global Motorola teams, vendors, and
customers to commercialize unique end-to-end mobile search concepts/experiences and capture global market share.... read more
Motorola September 2005 to October 2006
Senior Solutions Architect

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How would you describe your time at Motorola?

Conceptualized, designed, and managed development of customer-specific end-to-end wireless video surveillance solutions for B2B and B2G markets.

Defined value proposition, authored whitepapers, devised sales tools, and directed proof-of-concept lab testing for clients such as City of
Atlanta, Oakbrook Mall, McDonalds Corporate, and New York City.

Delivered systems architected to integrate legacy data and expand capabilities seamlessly.

Researched, conducted due diligence, and selected 3rd party suppliers who added value to product portfolio.

Primary role in closing $1 million sale to Miami-Dade Police Department.
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Motorola December 2002 to September 2005
Manager, Mobile Multimedia Applications

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How would you describe your time at Motorola?

Strategic planner and tactical manager of multimedia initiatives. Mentored and led team of five, including recruitment and training.

Sourced, qualified, and negotiated contracts with vendors.

Orchestrated road-mapping of application support of the company???s global cellular phone
portfolio with customers and internal resources.

Saved $10 million in development costs, slashed time-to-market, and streamlined access to new market cash flows by selecting and managing a cadre of highly qualified 3rd party vendors.

Envisioned, designed, and developed marketing requirements for all audio/video/imaging applications, features, and accessories, eg. iTunes, MP3 player, camera phone. Project managed first M-commerce product.

Applications designed now used on 100+ million devices worldwide.
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Education

Northwestern University (Kellogg) February 2009 to the present
Post-MBA Program

How would you describe your time at Northwestern University (Ke...?

Candidate for the Post-MBA Program. Still need to commence. Possible late 2009/2010 start.
Keller Graduate School of Business April 1995 to June 1998
MBA, Marketing
st. norbert college September 1986 to May 1990
BA, Communications
Nazareth Academy High School September 1982 to May 1986
College Prep

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