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Sean T. Lynch

Product Manager And Project Management
Washington, DC Area,MD

Summary

Forward-thinking Product Manager Offering Positive Contributions to the Organization and Delivering Revenue

Adept at managing teams, developing and leading products and services to surpass expectations and contribute significant revenue impact. Well-versed in understanding competitive landscape and leading products from inception to launch with an eye toward maximizing profitability and minimizing costs. Able to see end users' and technical perspectives of projects. Strong communicator and collaborator, talented in influencing others. Strengths include: P&L Management | Roadmaps / Strategic Planning | Customer and Vendor Interface | Resource and Team Management | Marketing & Business Requirements | Stakeholder Management | Program / Project Management | Total Cost of Ownership Budgeting | Design Analysis / Application | Contract Negotiations

Overview

20
20

+ Years of professional experience

Work History

PRODUCT MANAGER

INMARSAT
Washington, DC
01.2013 - 02.2021

As a Product Manager, Land GX services, oversaw the land portion of GlobalXpress products for the Enterprise, US Government, and Global Government Business Units.

Product Manager, GX Land

INMARSAT
01.2017 - 02.2021
  • Organized Land services across business units (BUs); Served on Government Product Team.
  • Enhanced terminal introduction process, improving time-to-market and launching 18 USG and Global Government land, sea, and air terminals in 2020, contributing millions in revenue.
  • Conducted new terminal requirements and business impacts analysis, incorporating ongoing customer requirements to lead in-life services and features by releasing enhancements contributing to revenue.
  • Facilitated major system implementation by owning Agile process stories and change in processes, then communicating information to team of 20, including Directors.
  • Conducted Fair Access Policy feature development for Aviation and BUs to increase adoption rate through effective partnership with most BUs and internal organizations.

Product Manager, Enterprise BU

INMARSAT
01.2014 - 01.2017
  • Controlled Enterprise product roadmap.
  • Tested full service on-site with manufacturer and value-added reseller (VAR) customers.
  • Contributed to sales leads of service, increasing BU’s revenue by representing product and company to customers and vendors at multiple media and NGO conferences.
  • Organized occasional use (OU) requirements development and implementation, then presented OU product and trained VAR users, adding a service which gained 65% of Enterprise GX users.

Product Manager, GX

INMARSAT
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Spearheaded requirements process for the GX Maritime service development and introduction of GX.
  • Demonstrated ownership of Core Maritime GX Managed Service requirements, initiating requirements development process improvement and administrating and updating features roadmap.
  • Achieved 5K+ migrations to GX service and generated hundreds of million in revenue through documentation of testing, training, and operational support materials for GX Maritime launch activities.

Product Manager

NII HOLDINGS, INC, Kineticom, Inc, Value Added Services
Reston, VA
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Oversaw application preload and content service offerings for Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Chile.
  • Increased efficiency in preload process 20%, generating hundreds of thousands in revenue by orchestrating mobile app preloading process.
  • Operated highly available, carrier-grade service with 99.999% uptime through effective design of product strategy and team leadership to update production content and control of vendors and in-market communications.
  • Delivered process improvement analysis and completed implementation in Q2 2013, saving tens of thousands per year in operational costs.

REALNETWORKS, INC

Previously WiderThan Americas, Inc
Reston, VA
01.2002 - 01.2012

As a Director Service Management, managed a team of developers, testers, and content managers and coordinated efforts among this team, Operations, and our customer organization to release new products which gained tens of millions in revenue yearly.

Director of Service Management

RealNetworks
01.2006 - 01.2012
  • Owned Business unit P&L and full life cycle management of key products and services.
  • Owned VerizonWireless Video on Demand (VOD) mobile services platform with client for Android, iOS, and tablets.
  • Contributed $40M+ in revenue by launching 50+ app preloads, managing Agile team in designing, updating, and releasing new versions and organizing cross-departmental teams to deliver carrier-grade service.
  • Gained valuable business through negotiation of contract with major North American carrier; Communicated functional and financial customer requirements to develop and launch, and managed live streaming events via satellite on mobile application which all contributed to service revenue.
  • Established go-to-market strategy and owned managed service roadmap and change request process which delivered tens of millions in revenue.
  • Directed porting process to new OEM devices.

Senior Manager

WIDERTHAN AMERICAS, INC, Previously Ztango, Inc
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Served as Business Unit Manager and product owner of P&L and software development life cycle of $60M project to deliver VerizonWireless VCAST RingBack Tones commercial service.
  • Interfaced directly with content providers such as Warner Music and SonyBMG.
  • Headed development and service team across multiple disciplines, creating and launching 1st US service nationally.
  • Created customer surveys and focus group questionnaires to enhance product performance.
  • Served as single point of contact for customer contract, monitoring all aspects of service to meet 99.999% SLA.

Project Manager

Ztango
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Oversaw full software development life cycle of multiple carrier projects worth $10M+.
  • Owned customer requirements as main customer point of contact to implement and support multimedia service for five North American carriers.
  • Supported growth by managing contract, SLA, and change request process and owning product P&L, scaling services, budgeting product, analyzing, and presenting results to executive team.

Senior Manager & Business Systems Analyst

NEXTEL INTERNATIONAL
Reston, VA
01.1997 - 01.2001

Implemented Nextel service in five international locations including billing and customer care systems integration, on-site training and support contributing tens of millions in revenue.

  • Oversaw installation of software programs and hardware systems to meet all operational departments' requirements.

Product Manager & Marketing Analyst, Customer Care Supervisor

AMERICAN PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS / SPRINT SPECTRUM
Bethesda, MD
01.1995 - 06.1997
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts between IT, Operations and Vendors to bring products to market.
  • Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Business & Management

University of Maryland University College

Certified Product Manager, Product Focus - undefined

Skills

Product Management

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Volunteer Work

Volunteer Master Naturalist for State of Maryland (in progress)

Volunteer with Audubon Naturalist Society, Seneca Creek State Park and the Maryland State Park system, Owl Moon Raptor Center

Timeline

Product Manager, GX Land

INMARSAT
01.2017 - 02.2021

Product Manager, Enterprise BU

INMARSAT
01.2014 - 01.2017

PRODUCT MANAGER

INMARSAT
01.2013 - 02.2021

Product Manager, GX

INMARSAT
01.2013 - 01.2014

Product Manager

NII HOLDINGS, INC, Kineticom, Inc, Value Added Services
01.2012 - 01.2013

Director of Service Management

RealNetworks
01.2006 - 01.2012

Senior Manager

WIDERTHAN AMERICAS, INC, Previously Ztango, Inc
01.2004 - 01.2006

REALNETWORKS, INC

Previously WiderThan Americas, Inc
01.2002 - 01.2012

Project Manager

Ztango
01.2002 - 01.2004

Senior Manager & Business Systems Analyst

NEXTEL INTERNATIONAL
01.1997 - 01.2001

Product Manager & Marketing Analyst, Customer Care Supervisor

AMERICAN PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS / SPRINT SPECTRUM
01.1995 - 06.1997

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Business & Management

University of Maryland University College

Certified Product Manager, Product Focus - undefined

Sean T. LynchProduct Manager And Project Management