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FREDERICK JOHN

Atlanta

Summary

Dynamic product leader with a proven track record at Amazon, driving $22M in Year 1 revenue through innovative strategies. Expert in Agile methodologies and team development, I excel in crafting product roadmaps that align with market needs, achieving a 9% growth rate while mentoring a global team of over 100 product managers.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

HEAD OF PRODUCT (L7), AWS Marketplace Services

Amazon
Atlanta
09.2022 - 11.2024
  • Company Overview: AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services and accounts for $8B out of AWS's $80B annual revenue.
  • STL (Single Threaded Leader) for all Marketplace procurement, billing, and integration software
  • Led a 12 person team of senior PMs responsible for design, development, and delivery of products
  • Partnering with the Head of Product Development to empower a 280-person Product team to deliver on critical AWS Marketplace functionality
  • Heading up AWS's first 'Sponsored Ads' program that will allow customers to pay-to-play using ads bringing in $22M in Year 1 and on target to achieve $70M+ in Year 2
  • AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services and accounts for $8B out of AWS's $80B annual revenue.

GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

DIEBOLD NIXDORF
Atlanta
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: Diebold Nixdorf is the $4.5B industry leader in the ATM/Banking domain with a vast portfolio of Software products to Tier 1 Banks, Credit Unions, and Regional Banks in over 160 countries.
  • CPO for the entire Global Banking Software portfolio with $550M annual revenue; direct report to the SVP of Software. Delivered an annual growth rate of 9% by managing a team of 74 global product managers, growing to about 100 in less than 12 months.
  • Evangelized a growing Product team of over 1000 software professionals by building, managing, releasing, and supporting products in a Lean, Agile method. Reduced technical debt by 30% YoY while adding critical new features in each release which grew new business revenue by 12%.
  • Published product roadmaps to leadership (including the CEO and Board) by justifying business priorities and conducting market competitive research from a target revenue perspective.
  • Closely partnered with Development, Professional Services, Managed Services, and Sales - single point of contact for these groups to ensure they were able to sell, support, and delight clients.
  • Diebold Nixdorf is the $4.5B industry leader in the ATM/Banking domain with a vast portfolio of Software products to Tier 1 Banks, Credit Unions, and Regional Banks in over 160 countries.

VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT - CLOUD ENGINEERING

DELOITTE LLC.
Atlanta
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Company Overview: As part of the Big 4, Deloitte leads in both Management Consulting and Product Innovation and services across several domains. Over $23B in revenue and more than 120k US based employees.
  • Complete Product ownership of research, design, development, and delivery of flagship Cloud Migration product, ATADATA with over $125MM in annual revenue. Led a team of 10 Product Managers, 56 Product Developers, and 12 Product Delivery professionals.
  • Built, trained, and mentored the entire Product team to re-design the legacy product into a NextGen 2.0 product utilizing the new .NET Core framework and a brand-new UI/UX in under 18 months.
  • Implemented 3-month releases and 2-week sprints to adopt true agility and iterative delivery of MVP releases to market. Generated quick pilots and rapid adoption of product. Sales grew 150% YoY.
  • Sponsored and led the new innovation arm of Deloitte's Cloud Engineering team to incorporate new AI techniques in rightsizing for cloud environments. Partnered with a pilot client to achieve real world results and used that to fine tune the AI algorithm in real time.
  • As part of the Big 4, Deloitte leads in both Management Consulting and Product Innovation and services across several domains. Over $23B in revenue and more than 120k US based employees.

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, TLM

ADP
Alpharetta
01.2014 - 01.2017
  • Company Overview: ADP is the leader of HCM (Human Capital Management) and Workforce software with around 57k employees worldwide and over $15B in revenue across 140 countries.
  • Chief Product Owner for the TLM (Time & Labor Management) suite within HCM offering for SBS (Small Business) and MA (Major Accounts). Managed a team of 5 Product Managers servicing 5 Scrum teams. Product used by 55,000 clients in 3 continents with an annual revenue of $600MM.
  • Consolidated 7 different 'Time' solutions within ADP's portfolio into 2 simple products, one for SBS and one for Majors; new solution was easier to sell and drove a 160% sales volume increase in 2015.
  • Championed adopting Agile methodologies within TLM, both in Product Management and Product Development; investment in automation and adoption of TDD models improved quality by 225%.
  • Delivered the 'first within ADP' APIs to internal ADP MarketPlace (app store). Partnered with CPO's across the enterprise to seamlessly integrate TLM into overall HCM product suite.
  • Spearheaded effort to work with the innovation labs in New York to implement next generation UI layer (called Redbox) to our newly redesigned TLM product.
  • ADP is the leader of HCM (Human Capital Management) and Workforce software with around 57k employees worldwide and over $15B in revenue across 140 countries.

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, HOSPITALITY

NCR CORPORATION
Alpharetta
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Company Overview: NCR is one of the leaders in Point of Sale, Retail, Supply Chain, and Hospitality software with over 34k employees servicing over 180 countries worldwide with over $6B annual revenues.
  • Product Lead for the Cinema division of Hospitality line of business with over $32MM in revenue leading a team of 5 Product Managers and working closely with a Product Engineering team of 40 engineers.
  • Conducted market analysis, defined high level goals / vision for new B2C Cloud-based Cinema solution that replaced 16-year-old legacy system. Delivered on target of a 'one year to pilot' goal.
  • Managed project that defined high level epics, groomed the backlog, broke down into user stories, helped dev teams with estimates, provided wireframes / mockups, and verified product output.
  • Developed B2B SaaS solutions for Site / HQ users, including mobile apps (Pulse RealTime).
  • NCR is one of the leaders in Point of Sale, Retail, Supply Chain, and Hospitality software with over 34k employees servicing over 180 countries worldwide with over $6B annual revenues.

SR PRODUCT DEV MANAGER / PRODUCT MANAGER

JDA / REDPRAIRIE / BLUECUBE SOFTWARE
Alpharetta
01.2000 - 01.2013
  • Company Overview: RedPrairie acquired BlueCube Software in 2006 which later was acquired by JDA in 2011. JDA provides world class Supply Chain, Inventory, Warehouse, and Transportation Management software.
  • Held roles of increasing responsibility from Developer to Dev lead, to Dev Manager, and Product Owner. Worked on products including JDA's Time & Attendance, Shift Connect, and Employee Connect systems.
  • Designed / delivered JDA's first 'Global Contract Management' solution for the EU.
  • Designed, developed, and delivered a supply chain solution for Caltex in Australia; project spanned over two years with $25M revenue with 5,000+-man days of work by a team of 17 people.
  • Volunteered for Country Manager role to offshore development program in Bangalore, India. Hired and mentored over 70 devs and QEs spread across five very different and unique project teams.
  • RedPrairie acquired BlueCube Software in 2006 which later was acquired by JDA in 2011. JDA provides world class Supply Chain, Inventory, Warehouse, and Transportation Management software.

Education

EMERGING CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER CERTIFICATION -

Stanford Graduate School of Business
California

MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) - AI

The University of Georgia
Athens, GA

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (BE) - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

University of Madras
India

Skills

  • Chief product owner
  • Product Strategy
  • Market Surveys
  • B2B
  • B2B2C
  • Product Roadmaps
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Agile Methodologies
  • XP
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • SAFe
  • Pragmatic Marketing Framework
  • Team Development
  • Mentoring
  • P&L Management
  • Budgeting
  • Sales to Senior Leadership
  • KPI Definition
  • Startup Development

Personal Information

Title: Chief Product Owner

Community Leadership Affiliations

  • Volunteer as a Mentor for veterans seeking to transition into a professional career with ACP (American Corporate Partners).
  • Serve as pro bono social media consultant for two charities, Angels Among Us and Poor Paws Rescue.
  • Assisted a B2C startup (Niche Video Media) to apply for and secure a $150K Angel Investment.
  • Member of advisory board for startup (AlertOps) providing Product Strategy, operational, and marketing coaching / mentoring.

Certifications Honors

  • "Bar Raiser" at Amazon; exclusive certification achieved by 1% of Amazonians.
  • Member of Forbes Technology Council for the past 5 years.
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from the Scrum Alliance.
  • "REFUSE TO LOSE" award at Deloitte for exemplifying persistence and innovation.
  • "EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION" award winner at the 2015 ADP Meeting of the Minds event.

Timeline

HEAD OF PRODUCT (L7), AWS Marketplace Services

Amazon
09.2022 - 11.2024

GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

DIEBOLD NIXDORF
01.2020 - 01.2022

VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT - CLOUD ENGINEERING

DELOITTE LLC.
01.2017 - 01.2020

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, TLM

ADP
01.2014 - 01.2017

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, HOSPITALITY

NCR CORPORATION
01.2013 - 01.2014

SR PRODUCT DEV MANAGER / PRODUCT MANAGER

JDA / REDPRAIRIE / BLUECUBE SOFTWARE
01.2000 - 01.2013

EMERGING CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER CERTIFICATION -

Stanford Graduate School of Business

MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) - AI

The University of Georgia

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (BE) - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

University of Madras

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