MATT AMEL
P.O. Box 110894
mamel2000@yahoo.com
Fax: (603) 849-5675
Campbell, CA 95011
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Phone: (408) 866-4615

HIGHLIGHTS
    Product Management—New Product Launch:
  • Developed MRD and PRD based on market research, competitive analysis and customers' needs.
  • Managed and motivated extended, cross-functional product teams throughout development and launch.
  • Launched several successful new products for international market for both large companies and small startups (Oracle, Aurigin, Lucida).
    Product Management—Technical:
  • Led iterative development of new products using object oriented methodology for enterprise applications.
  • Led architecture design and implementation of ASOS interfaces for multimedia applications at Bell Labs.
  • Developed enterprise applications from technical specifications in C++, using both Relational (Oracle) and Object Databases.
    Product Management—Marketing/BizDev:
  • Signed new customers, created new sales and distribution channels through alliance with new partners.
  • Identified new opportunities, repositioned products for new markets ($20M annual revenue).
  • Defined pricing strategies, created ROI/TCO tools for sales teams, conducted sales force training.
    Advisory Boards and Standards Bodies:
  • Advised VCs and investment banks (Fidelity, Brahman, Lone Pine…) on new and emerging technologies and companies.
  • Actively participated and promoted solutions in industry forums and standard bodies (TMF, ITU-T, SIF, OBF…)
  • Made contributions to study groups and development of new telecom standards.
BS Eng. Cum Laude with University Honor, 1988; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
MS Mathematics 1989; The Ohio State University
MS Computer and Information Science 1991; The Ohio State University
ABD Completed PhD course-works (KDD/data mining); The Ohio State University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LUCIDA, INC Campbell, CA 2001-2002
Director of Product Management (Telecom Business Management Solutions)
  • Led the product management team, defined product, managed product development process.
  • Launched first release of business intelligence application for telecom.
      AURIGIN SYSTEMS, INC Cupertino, CA 2000-2001
      Director of Product Management (Intellectual Property Management Solutions)
    • Managed all aspects of on time launch of web-based KM solution with reduced staff and resources.
    • Created business cases, proposed new offerings for new revenue streams, developed technical requirements.
    • Negotiated partnerships, managed licensing of new technologies (text clustering).
        ORACLE CORPORATION Redwood Shores, California 1998- 2000
        Product Director, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Infrastructure -Communications Industry
      • Created new revenue streams; delivered CRM solutions for telecom industry.
      • Expanded sales channels; supervised partnerships, proposals; trained account execs on new technologies.
      • Articulated strategic visions, authored Statement of Direction and strategic planning documents.
          LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, BELL LABS Columbus, Ohio 1991-1997
          Software Architect
        • ·Led the development of ASOS interfaces enabling network operators to manage the workflow, planning, surveillance, provisioning and continuous testing of their multifunctional networks.
        • Led competitive analysis and product definition for LDAP/DNS, and Internet caching product.
        • Designed the architecture for TMN-Q3 interfaces for multimedia streaming applications.
        • Managed development and QA teams for network database applications.
            IBM San Jose, CA 1986, 1987
            Quality Assurance Engineer (Internship)
          • Designed, coded and automated test cases for PL/I Compiler in the new CMS/XA environment.