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Damon Russel
Derby,KS
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Summary
Strategic Product Management Leader with a passion for innovation and 12 years of experience leading product-market strategy and supporting implementation of innovative SaaS-based products for a highly regulated industry. Creative strategic planner with product value and impact assessment prowess. End-to-end product leader successfully bringing products from inception to rollout to eventual sunset with efficiency and speed. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
3
Certificates
Work History
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
Manager, Technology Product Management
06.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Drove 56.7% Revenue Growth over last 3 years to $82 Million annual
- Produced new sales growth of 31% over last 3 years to $30 Million annual by delivering compelling products to market
- Managed and motivated team of 3 US-based and 2 India-based Technical Product Managers to be productive and engaged in work
- Created and delivered engaging visual materials and content for annual user conference, attended by 1,000+ customer attendees
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
Product Line Manager
05.2016 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Set product strategy for product line to grow sales and revenue
- Drove New Sales Growth of 69% to $17 Million annual
- Managed team of three Technical Product Managers
- Created and delivered engaging visual materials and content for annual user conference, attended by 1,000+ customer attendees
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
Technical Product Manager
10.2010 - 05.2016
Job overview
- Drove delivery of 30+ roadmap items based on portfolio strategy
- Created functional and non-functional requirement specifications for over 40 future features
- Interfaced with design and development teams to deliver features of value
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
Senior Business Analyst
05.2008 - 10.2010
Job overview
- Assisted Business Analyst Team Lead/Supervisor manage team of 6 on-shore and off-shore designers to convert business requirements provided by product manager into functional/non-functional detailed requirements.
- Delivered quarterly product updates to market to drive positive business results
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
Business Analyst / Designer
01.2007 - 05.2008
Job overview
- Converted business requirements from Product Manager into detailed functional and non-functional requirement specification documents, use case documents, and user interface specification documents.
- Worked closely with development partners to deliver 3-5 new features per product release
Education
University of Phoenix, Wichita, KS
Bachelor of Science from Information Systems Information Technology
05.2008
University Overview
Graduated with Honors - May 2008
Skills
- Product Strategy Development
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Revenue forecasting and budgeting
- Product Backlog Management
- Data-driven Decision Making
- Cross Functional Team Leadership
- Advanced Strategic Leadership
- Strategic Thinking and Planning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Market Trends and Competitive Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Social Media
Accomplishments
- Grew Product Portfolio from 2 individual products to 2 product lines with 12+ products
- Launched 4 new software solutions resulting in annual new sales of $30 Million and Revenue of $82 Million annual
- Drove end-of-life activities for 3 aging products, resulting in additional revenues from migration activities
- Delivered B2B software solutions for professional accounting firms in US and Canada and their clients worldwide
Certification
- SAFe PMPO - Scaled Agile, Inc.
- PMC-I - Pragmatic Institute
- Situational Leadership I, II, III
- Product Management: Building a Product Strategy - LinkedIn
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence - LinkedIn
- Igniting Emotional Engagement - LinkedIn
- Empathy at Work - LinkedIn
- Leading Your Team Through Change - LinkedIn
- The Six Biases of Decision-Making - LinkedIn
- Decision-Making Strategies - LinkedIn
- Blockchain Basics - LinkedIn
- Blockchain: Beyond the Basics - LinkedIn
- Making Quick Decisions - LinkedIn
- Strategic Thinking - LinkedIn
- Solving Business Problems - LinkedIn
- Managing Up, Down, and Across the Organization - LinkedIn
- Aaron Dignan on Transformational Change - LinkedIn
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
RemoteImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsPaid time off401k matchWork from home optionPersonal development programsSoftware
CCH Axcess
Adobe Acrobat
Aha!
Pendo
Rally
Interests
Hiking
Puzzles and Board Games
Nature Photography
Animals
RV'ing
Health and Fitness
Timeline
Manager, Technology Product Management
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
06.2019 - Current
Product Line Manager
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
05.2016 - 01.2019
Technical Product Manager
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
10.2010 - 05.2016
Senior Business Analyst
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
05.2008 - 10.2010
Business Analyst / Designer
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US
01.2007 - 05.2008
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science from Information Systems Information Technology
- SAFe PMPO - Scaled Agile, Inc.
- PMC-I - Pragmatic Institute
- Product Management: Building a Product Strategy - LinkedIn
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence - LinkedIn
- Igniting Emotional Engagement - LinkedIn
- Empathy at Work - LinkedIn
- Leading Your Team Through Change - LinkedIn
- The Six Biases of Decision-Making - LinkedIn
- Decision-Making Strategies - LinkedIn
- Blockchain Basics - LinkedIn
- Blockchain: Beyond the Basics - LinkedIn
- Making Quick Decisions - LinkedIn
- Strategic Thinking - LinkedIn
- Solving Business Problems - LinkedIn
- Managing Up, Down, and Across the Organization - LinkedIn
- Aaron Dignan on Transformational Change - LinkedIn
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