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Senior Product Manager

Verio is the leading provider of innovative online business solutions for SMBs worldwide. Services include IaaS, cloud and SaaS products, online business tools, and hosting solutions. As a subsidiary of NTT Communications, Verio supports its operations with NTTUas highly reliable and scalable Global Tier-1 IP Network and 150 global datacenters.

Product management, marketing and technical sales professional and manager with a unique blend of business and technical savvy and experience in software, hardware, wireless networking, web hosting and related information technology. Strong technical background in software and hardware development, OSS/BSS, GUI, e-commerce, network management, WiFi, WiMAX, VoIP, mobility, end-to-end networking, PCI security, IPv6 compliance, web hosting technologies. Experience working in small as well as large corporate environments; successfully covers a variety of roles in culturally diverse teams. Strengths include planning, communicating, technical skills and customer relationship management. Strong management, analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills. Strong initiative, innovation and big picture vision.•Product management responsibilities for a variety of product and service lines including SaaS products, PCI (Payment Card Industry) security compliance, FACTA compliance, PC Backup, Domain names (DNR/DNS), CRM, Ordering Provisioning and Billing System, web hosting servers and services, API development and strategy, and infrastructure integration and applications, IPv6 compliance and strategy, OSS/BSS and marketplace.•Manage gathering, examining and assessing of requirements for development of new software/hardware products. Manage timelines, pricing, revenue projections, competitive analysis and business justification for new product development.•Manage creation of customer self support portal and Single Sign on (SSO) technology•Go-to-market strategies for new products including channel selection; lead customer interaction, training, outbound communications strategies, trade presence and partnerships.•Create and manage customer facing marketing material content including brochures, spec sheets, product comparisons and application scenarios. Manage tech. writing dept. to create help systems and documents for products and manuals for systems and software.Specialties: Process Improvement • Contract Analysis • Sales Strategy • Mentoring • Customer Service • Training • Systems Integration • Project Leadership • Team Leadership • Budget Control • Wireless Networking • Analytical / Financial Skills • PCI Security Compliance • Performance Optimization • Software • OSS/BSS • App Marketplace • Competitive analysis • Wireless Broadband Access • VoIP • Networking • TCP/IP • SNMP • Hardware development