John Taylor
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
High-energy, self-driven product and technology professional with exceptional communication skills and an extensive background in the following broad-based competencies:
- PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
- PRODUCT OWNER
- TECHNOLOGY MGMT
- REQUIREMENTS MGMT
- TEAM INTEGRATION
- TECH PROJECT MGMT
- PROCESS DEFINITION
- AGILE DEVELOPMENT
An experienced leader in the integration of multi-site and multi-cultural teams with dissimilar processes Proven ability to cultivate business relationships with key decision makers and lead projects on a global basis to achieve corporate goals Expertise in User Story development and management
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Director Product Portfolio Planning
Aristocrat Gaming Technologies
Las Vegas, Nevada
02.2023 - 05.2024
- Responsible for the high-level pre-project, pre-business case product specifications and market analysis for new product opportunities
- This required working closely with the product management, development and commercial teams as well as with operators within the industry to build a high-level definition of the product opportunity and to obtain estimates related to its development and deployment
- The role additionally required working with the Commercial and Finance teams to build a preliminary value statement for each opportunity
Global Sr. Director Business & Technical Requirements Management
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
Las Vegas, Nevada
01.2002 - 01.2023
- Direct the elicitation of Business Requirements and the development and management of all Technical Requirements, Player UI and Protocols (SAS & G2S) for much of the IGT product portfolio with a multi-site team of Business Systems Analysts
- Management of global department spanning 10 countries and 90 team members
- Development and management of all departmental budgets
- Mentoring of new members of the department
- Work across departments, to develop and manage strategic plans, strategies, and processes
- Work with the development and business partners to ensure fulfillment of all business, technical, and jurisdictional requirements, as well as User Stories and Use Cases for R&D and Client Delivery projects
- Work as part of IGT’s RFP response team, defining the functional gap between the customers requirements and IGT’s base products
- During customer delivery projects, work directly with the customer and the development teams to scope out and fully define all customer driven changes and enhancements to the systems and gaming machines that are in scope for the delivery
- Management of the INTELLIGEN Player UI during customer delivery projects based on the customer requirements and product in scope for each delivery
Global Product Line Manager – Server-Assisted Gaming
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
- Managed the development of the Business Case for the global Server-Assisted gaming product line within an international multi-site, matrix organization
- Drove the build vs. buy decisions, business case adherence, content management, and business requirements specifications for the product line.
- Managed the development of all product User Stories related to the operation and management of the product.
Department Manager/Lead Engineer – Technical Product Requirements
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
- Manage a multi-site (Graz Austria and Scottsdale Arizona), multi-team department consisting of engineers and specialists in order to define and manage the jurisdictional and technical product requirements and solution descriptions for all gaming machines and casino bank controllers
Enea OSE Systems – Technical Product Manager
Enea Teksci
01.1994 - 01.2002
- Company Overview: Enea Teksci is an international engineering consulting company that specializes in the development of high-availability embedded systems
- Position entailed managing team of engineers in Sweden, France and Russia that operated outside of the standardized development organization at OSE Systems
- These teams primarily developed and supported board support packages that were OSE compliant as well as developed architecture ports for the OSE Delta RTOS
- The primary work location was in Sweden
- Enea Teksci is an international engineering consulting company that specializes in the development of high-availability embedded systems
Boeing/NASA - Sr. Software Engineer
Enea Teksci
Houston, Texas
- The project was to provide a real-time simulation of the Russian supplied Command and Control elements for the International Space Station
- This simulation was then used to test against the US Command and Control units
- The work location was split between Moscow, Russia and Houston, Texas
Motorola – Sr. Software Engineer
Enea Teksci
- Designed and developed real-time embedded and workstation-based software for the Iridium Satellite that implemented hardware tests covering the system level requirements for the Iridium Communications Satellite computers
Education
BS -
Western Washington University
Pragmatic Marketing Product Management Training -
GTech Global Leadership Development Management Training -
Skills
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Versatile Team Player
- Collaborative Leadership
- Effective Organization
- Effective Communication
Timeline
Sr. Director Product Portfolio Planning
Aristocrat Gaming Technologies
02.2023 - 05.2024
Global Sr. Director Business & Technical Requirements Management
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
01.2002 - 01.2023
Enea OSE Systems – Technical Product Manager
Enea Teksci
01.1994 - 01.2002
Global Product Line Manager – Server-Assisted Gaming
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
Department Manager/Lead Engineer – Technical Product Requirements
IGT (GTech/Spielo International/Atronic)
Boeing/NASA - Sr. Software Engineer
Enea Teksci
Motorola – Sr. Software Engineer
Enea Teksci
BS -
Western Washington University
Pragmatic Marketing Product Management Training -
GTech Global Leadership Development Management Training -
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