Alex Yu
Pleasanton,CA
Summary
Accomplished, results-driven product manager with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of HPC and AI market. Currently responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with sales, marketing and support departments to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Product Manager
Microsoft
Mountain View, CA
04.2021 - 01.2025
- Responsible for Azure NC and NV series VM hardware strategy and segment planning
- Led product team to develop server platforms supporting various GPUs and accelerators from Nvidia and AMD
- Written Product Requirement documents for multiple platforms to capture key features and deliverables
- Developed and maintain SKU configurations from concept to Plan of Record
- Worked with product team to complete Total Cost of ownership and Performance per dollar/Wattage analysis
Technical Program Manager
Hyve Solutions
Fremont, CA
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Managed all Networking Rack programs and projects from one of the largest on-demand cloud computing providers from design hand-off to integration
- Managed Test Rack Inspection process to ensure first article build is successful and the product is ready for mass production
- Worked with sales team on RFP and SOW response
- Responsible for providing Non-Recurring engineering cost, program schedule, test and resource plan
- Created customer change order tracker to ensure all product changes are reviewed and approved with in SLA
- Created and maintained product brochure and datasheet for import license
Product Manager
Cray
San Jose, CA
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Responsible for hardware infrastructure and 3rd part networking products in Cray Supercomputer system and CS500 compute clusters
- Managed hardware requirements and configurations for non-compute nodes for the container (Kubernetes) based system deployment, scaling, and management
- Implemented system management network design for clusters larger than 10,000 nodes
- Developed a concept for directly liquid cooling in standard rack mount compute platforms to address rack-level power/density increase
- Managed non-standard product requests through sales exception process
- Created product tree and implement rules for quote configurator
WW Product Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Milpitas, CA
11.2016 - 06.2018
- Integrated, rebranded and launched SGI servers at HPE
- Responsible for product life management for Apollo 40 GPU servers
- Managed NPI and GTM strategy for Apollo 35 server supporting AMD EPYC processors
- Conducted competitive analysis and established pricing strategy
- Created product collaterals and provided sales training
- Generated product menu and implement rules for quote configurator
Sr. Product Manager
SGI
Milpitas, CA
06.2009 - 10.2016
- Managed HPC scale-out server products producing $100 million revenue annually
- Provided market and product requirement document for new product development
- Established and maintained product pricing and margin
- Written configuration requirement documentations for internal quoting tool design
- Collaborated with marketing department to define positioning and messaging, and plan market launch, public relations, and lead generation campaigns
- Developed creative sales tools by communicating product value proposition to enable team, including presentations, boilerplate, and product data sheets
- Managed networking products and strategic partnership with companies such as Mellanox, Intel, Silicom and Extreme networks
Education
Associate Degree - Computer Science
DeAnza College
Cupertino, CA01.1994
High School -
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino, CA01.1992
Skills
- Product development
- Product positioning
- Product life cycle management
- Go to market strategy planning
- Product roadmaps
- Competitive analysis
- Business strategy
- Sales enablement
- Efficient multitasker
- Creative problem-solving
- Process Improvement
Timeline
Sr. Product Manager
Microsoft
04.2021 - 01.2025
Technical Program Manager
Hyve Solutions
03.2020 - 04.2021
Product Manager
Cray
09.2018 - 01.2020
WW Product Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.2016 - 06.2018
Sr. Product Manager
SGI
06.2009 - 10.2016
Associate Degree - Computer Science
DeAnza College
High School -
Monta Vista High School