Andrew Nagy

About Andrew Nagy

Innovative technology product executive and geek with an extensive history in product leadership and product development in large-scale Software-as-a-Service solutions. 20+ years of work in driving product innovation and strategic growth. Experience covers build and selling analytics platforms, award wining search and discovery technology, and ERP systems with complex workflows in both the consumer market and in the B2B market. Leveraged A/B testing, machine learning and generative AI to build massive product adoption with experience in building multiple products from $0 to 8 figures in ARR in under 5 years all while consistently exceeding growth goals. Have managed multi-million dollar products, nationally grant funded software projects, founded globally adopted game-changing open source software, prototyped applications for dot-com startups, and presented at national and international conferences- Winner, Best Enterprise Search Product award from the Software and Information Industry Association- Founder, The open source product VuFind, used by research institutions around the world and winner of the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration- Founder, The open source Structures_DataGrid component, one of the most popularly used PEAR components for the PHP programming language- Mastered public speaking through countless presentations at national and international conferences- Specialize in leading go-to-market strategy development, working closely with sales and marketing teams to drive product adoption- Respected team leader helping to forge teams and lead initiatives that create successful product teams and exceed growth goals year over year- Right-click on a Mac.

Experience

1. Director of Saas Innovation

   EBSCO Information Services

   Aug 2016 — Present · US

   As a Technology Evangelist for this leading information services company, we work tirelessly to help build and grow the leading SaaS technology for the research and library industry. Uniquely positioned at the intersection of product development, technical pre-sales, and strategic business development, Andrew works to design enterprise-scale solutions for academic and research institutions. Support roadmap prioritization, solution sales engineering and reporting on current customer and prospective customer feedback to align product goals with market needs. Directly support both the field sales team and the inside sales team to exceed product growth goals while working closely with product management to ensure product and market fit for expanding product line.

Education

• Cornell University

  Certificate, Executive Leadership

  2013 — 2014

• Syracuse University

  B.S., Information Management and Technology

  1998 — 2002

• Villanova University - College of Arts and Sciences

  MS, Computer Science

  2005 — 2008

• Villanova University - School of Business

  MTM, Master of Technology Management

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Saas
• Product Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Web Applications
• User Experience
• Scrum
• Open Source
• Cloud Computing
• Product Evangelism
• Information Architecture
• Usability Testing
• Databases
• Enterprise Software
• Voice of the Customer
• Start-Ups
• Product Development
• E-Commerce
• Database Design
• Strategic Partnerships
• Software Engineering
• Public Speaking
• Community Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Architecture
• Mobile Applications
• Analytics
• Big Data
• Web Services
• Business Intelligence
• Php
• Search
• Leadership
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Web Development