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Alfred Teixeira Jr

Product Manager
Simi Valley,CA

Summary

10 years of Software Product Management experience. 10 years of experience providing Pre-sales & Post-sales technical support. 10 years experience performing Pre-sales Technical and Non-technical Sales Presentations and Business Proposals. 10 years of experience working with Technical & Non-Technical Business Teams and Customers. 10+ years of experience collaborating with Marketing, Engineering, and Technical Support teams. 10 years of Project Support Experience. 6 years of Software Engineering Management experience. 4 years of Project Management Experience. 8 years of experience working remotely with off-shore development teams. including periodic on-site product collaboration to maintain scheduled milestones 9 years of domestic and international business travel experience 15 years of experience working with smart-chip/bank-card technology. 4 years of experience managing and training a technical support team. 20 years software engineering experience with 11 years of working experience with VB. NET/C#. 9 years of working experience with Visual C/C++ and Borland C/C++ Highly familiar with Windows Operating System(s) and Win32 API. Highly skilled with object oriented technology using Visual C/C++, MFC C#, VB.NET (OOA, OOD, OOP). 2 years of experience with real-time embedded software development with C programming language and Intel 8088 Assembly. Excellent Verbal, Written and Presentation Communication Skills. Flexible Technical Support Engineer with 20 years of experience helping clients maintain smooth operations. Commended for rapidly and effectively resolving downtime and efficiently integrating new hardware and components. Collaborative Technical Support Engineer specializes in exploiting internal and external relationships to synergistically tackle complex issues. Elicits aid from vendors, colleagues and other external sources to improve ticket responses. Combines personal expertise with diverse professional relationships to support maximum support quality. Technology-inclined professional possesses strong troubleshooting capabilities and customer-oriented attitude. Experienced in providing network and software support to users and developing and implementing technical solutions. Adept at analyzing system performance and security to drive optimal user experience. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Software Technical Support Engineer, Software Engineer

12.1997

Technical Support Engineer, Engineering Technician, Technical Support Manager & Manufacturing Manager

Video
04.1990 - Current
  • Salary: available upon request

Software Product Manager, Software Engineer

Zebra Technologies LLC
Los Angeles, CA
12.2008 - 08.2023
  • Technology Provider
  • Products Include: Barcode Readers and Scanners, Label and Card Printers, Handheld Computers, Smart-chip/bankcard/smart employee badge technology
  • Instituted formal software development and release procedures
  • Collaborated with technical publications to improve software documentation
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Technical Support, Strategic Accounts, Partners to develop Product Road-maps
  • Developed Annual Software Road-maps
  • Developed technical support methods to provide programming support to customer base via telephone, email, and internet
  • Developed training materials and conducted formal software training to Zebra technical support engineers
  • Managed software development and release activities
  • Conducted formal software training to Zebra Product Management
  • Conducted formal, on-site software training for customers
  • Provided on-site software development consultation to customers
  • Provided pre-sales/post-sales technical support to customers via telephone, email, internet, and in person domestically and internationally
  • Participated in the development of an online technical knowledge-base
  • Designed & wrote custom software applications for customers
  • Designed & wrote test software for Quality Assurance department
  • Designed and wrote diagnostic software for the Technical Support team
  • Successfully managed several engineering projects including planning, resource allocation, defining milestones, scheduling of milestones, and managing of engineering personnel to ensure projects were completed on time at or under budget
  • Review market research & Conduct Competitive Product Analysis
  • Implemented a quarterly release schedule for annual road-maps
  • Conducted comprehensive market research which includes competitive intelligence, and customer requirements in preparation for road-map development
  • Analyzed target market and developed personas for likely buyers as part of precursor to road-map development
  • Articulate product positioning and competitive positioning for portfolio
  • Support Sales team with customer and marketing engagements
  • Prepare product launches
  • Own Product life-cycle management for portfolio
  • Wrote MRDs (marketing requirements documents) for each software product
  • Defined KPIs for each MRD
  • Collaborated with Engineering to develop SRSs (Software Requirements Specifications) based upon MRDs
  • Conducted formal reviews of SRSs provided by engineering to ensure compliance with each MRD
  • Worked closely with Engineering during software development testing phases
  • Formal Product Presentations to Senior Management Outlining Product Roadmaps demonstrating how Current Market Research and Competive Product Analysis is addressed by the Roadmaps
  • Participated in an Intellectual Property acquisition including formal review of the software product & its design documentation to be purchased, defining the deliverables and worked with an attorney to write the technical aspects of the acquisition contract
  • Collaborated with a software team in Singapore to develop a software application to produce membership cards for the Singapore government’s community centers
  • Collaborated with a software team in Thailand to develop a software application to produce drivers’ licenses & national identification cards
  • Collaborated with a software team in Mexico to integrate one of Zebra’s Card Printers into a bankcard issuing software application.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
  • Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts to bring products to market.
  • Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
  • Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
  • Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.
  • Consulted with buyers to determine projected demand for products and services.
  • Boosted customer base penetration using creative promotional approaches.
  • Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets.
  • Oversaw preparation of marketing copy, images, videos, emails, and other collateral.
  • Continually maintained and improved company's reputation and positive image in markets served.
  • Launched successful digital marketing campaigns that achieved goals for increased website traffic.
  • Captured new customers by optimizing business strategies and launching products to diversify offerings.
  • Analyzed and reported on KPIs to validate and demonstrate success of marketing campaigns.
  • Managed budget allocation and resource utilization to maximize marketing ROI.
  • Mentored local personnel on best practices and protocols to maximize productivity.

Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, Project Manager, Product Manager

Beckman Coulter Inc
09.2000 - 12.2008
  • Member of a team that developed a new medical laboratory automation product
  • Participated as a system engineer to develop the system specification which included collaborating with a hardware engineering team based in Japan
  • Member of the software team that designed and developed the software to drive and control the hardware
  • Periodically worked on-site with the Japanese hardware team to perform system integration and further refine the software and hardware designs throughout the 4 year development process:
  • Each of the overseas collaborations lasted 4 to 6 weeks
  • Developed a patient sample tube routing algorithm for the new automation product:
  • Enabled laboratory personnel to assign prioritization rules for sample tubes
  • The prioritization rules specify how tubes are to be routed in cases of emergency tests and routine test processing
  • I also wrote the patent proposal for this algorithm and submitted the proposal for patent consideration
  • Wrote a patent proposal for the sample tube routing algorithm
  • Worked with a company attorney to submit the proposal
  • Worked with a technical writer and videographer to develop an interactive, context-sensitive online help system for the automation system
  • Included 30 second videos demonstrating usage of the system and maintenance tasks
  • Member of the software team that updated/improved existing laboratory automation software:
  • Designed and developed new features
  • Designed and development improvements to existing tube routing algorithm
  • Developed a software program to update their clinical chemistry analyzers’ databases with new chemistries:
  • Enabled customers to update their analyzers at their leisure
  • Worked with I.T
  • Department to establish a webpage for customers to access information about update(s) and download the update(s)
  • Eliminated the requirement for field engineers to visit customer labs to perform the chemistry database update(s)
  • Conducted training of field service and technical support engineers on both automation products
  • Provided assistance to field engineers and technical support engineers with customer support when required
  • Worked with marketing team to translate customer requirements into product specifications
  • Mentored junior software engineers and engineering interns.

Signatec Inc
11.1999 - 08.2000
  • Industry: High-speed signal acquisition and processing.

Sr. Software Engineer

Fabco Systems Inc
07.1999 - 11.1999

Software Engineer

Sigma Game Inc
01.1998 - 06.1999

Software Engineer

Rainbow Technologies Inc
02.1996 - 12.1997
  • Industry: Software security – Devices to prevent pirated software from operating.

Electrical Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Engineering Manager

HomeVue Health Systems Inc
07.1992 - 02.1996

FutureVideo Products Inc
02.1989 - 07.1992

Education

MBA - International Business & Finance

University of LaVerne

BBA - undefined

University of LaVerne

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BSEET ITT Technical Institute

AA -

ASEET ITT Technical Institute, Fullerton Community College
09.1988 - 09.1991

Certificate: Windows Programming With MFC -

California State University
Fullerton, CA

Certificate: COM + Component Object Module -

California State University

Certificate: Microsoft Visual Basic.NET -

California State University

Associate of Arts - Engineering

Fullerton Community College
Fullerton, CA

Skills

  • TECHNICAL SKILLS:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Visual BasicNET
  • Microsoft C#
  • Microsoft Visual C/C
  • Borland C/C
  • Java
  • Intel 8088 Assembly
  • PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY:
  • Microsoft Foundation Classes - MFC
  • Component Object Module – COM
  • NET Assemblies
  • Microsoft Access
  • SQL Server 2000
  • ADONET
  • TCP/IP & Windows Sockets
  • SNMP
  • WEB TECHNOLOGY:
  • ASPNET, XML, HTML, JavaScript
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS:
  • Windows OS, Android OS, Some familiarity with iOS and Linux
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Computer Hardware Knowledge
  • Help Desk Support
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Technical Support Triage
  • Critical Thinking
  • Closing Tickets
  • Support Ticket System Management
  • Software and Hardware Issues
  • Remote System Analysis
  • Computer System Diagnostics Software
  • Maintenance Requests
  • Customer Inquiries
  • Customer Accounts Management
  • Service Desk Team Management
  • Application Support
  • Video Conferencing
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Organizational Skills
  • Technical Documentation
  • Problem Simulation
  • Training Junior Team Members
  • Technical Presentations
  • Training Materials
  • Diagnosis and Troubleshooting
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Leading Software Development Teams
  • Incident Response
  • Sales Presentation
  • SOP Development
  • Diagnose Faults
  • Case Support
  • Creative Issue Resolution
  • Root Cause Support
  • Support SOP Writing
  • Client Relationships
  • Software Evaluation
  • Support End-Users
  • Customer Communication and Empathy
  • Resolve Technical Problems
  • Image Building
  • Friendly and Patient
  • Responding to Technical Questions
  • Analytical and Methodical
  • Collaborative Team Player
  • Read Technical Manuals
  • Issue and Resolution Tracking
  • Microsoft Windows and Office
  • Employee Computer Support
  • Bug Fixes
  • Case Notes
  • Software Release and Rollout

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balancePaid time offCareer advancementPaid sick leaveHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingPersonal development programs

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
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Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 10 staff members.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Collaborated with team of 30 in the development of Medical Laboratory and Automation System.
  • Achieved Market-share Increase/Overcame Barrier to Conversion by introducing Rapid Application Development Software for Card Printer/Smart Card Encoding Printers.
  • Achieved Saving a Key Account through effectively helping with the resolution of a software development task the Key Account requested assistance with.
  • Achieved successful trade-show demonstration by completing new software product introduction with accuracy and efficiency.

Software

Microsoft Office

C,C#, VBnet, Java, Java Script

Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, Android Studio

Timeline

Software Product Manager, Software Engineer

Zebra Technologies LLC
12.2008 - 08.2023

Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, Project Manager, Product Manager

Beckman Coulter Inc
09.2000 - 12.2008

Signatec Inc
11.1999 - 08.2000

Sr. Software Engineer

Fabco Systems Inc
07.1999 - 11.1999

Software Engineer

Sigma Game Inc
01.1998 - 06.1999

Sr. Software Technical Support Engineer, Software Engineer

12.1997

Software Engineer

Rainbow Technologies Inc
02.1996 - 12.1997

Electrical Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Engineering Manager

HomeVue Health Systems Inc
07.1992 - 02.1996

Technical Support Engineer, Engineering Technician, Technical Support Manager & Manufacturing Manager

Video
04.1990 - Current

FutureVideo Products Inc
02.1989 - 07.1992

AA -

ASEET ITT Technical Institute, Fullerton Community College
09.1988 - 09.1991

MBA - International Business & Finance

University of LaVerne

BBA - undefined

University of LaVerne

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BSEET ITT Technical Institute

Certificate: Windows Programming With MFC -

California State University

Certificate: COM + Component Object Module -

California State University

Certificate: Microsoft Visual Basic.NET -

California State University

Associate of Arts - Engineering

Fullerton Community College
Alfred Teixeira JrProduct Manager