Robert Blake Email Address

Vice President, Product Management

Comprehensive cloud-based SaaS solutions for equity compensation management, equity compensation reporting and disclosure management from Certent.

While starting my business career as a traditional accountant for a bank and accounting firm, I was quickly bitten by the technology bug and realized early on that helping companies rapidly develop and deliver software solutions was my calling. While I've worn many product-related hats over the years, my passion for product rests in the following: Strategy: Proposing, designing, and developing new software solutions that leverage leading technology to solve customer pain and deliver high business value Leadership: Building high-performing global product teams by leveraging Agile best practices to maximize software development life cycle efficiency and decrease solution time-to-market Evangelism: Communicating company and product benefits both internally and externally via strong go-to-market processes, and fostering collaboration across all levels of an organization via open, transparent communication Whether it’s focusing on specific aspects of the above for an established company or all of the above for a start-up, it’s the thrill of delivering customer value-based, high-quality, easy-to-use SaaS solutions in highly competitive markets that keeps me coming back for more! Specialties: Product strategy, product management, product marketing, collaboration, empowered product teams, communication, public relations, evangelism, government contracts, partner management, reporting (internal, external, regulatory, statutory), XBRL, disclosure management, disclosure research, data integration, Cloud-based solution development, SaaS.