Chris Scott

About Chris Scott

Senior Product Marketing Manager with a long and successful track record in the ever-evolving domain of semiconductors and consumer electronics. Have applied strong marketing, product development, program management and application engineering background to manage several generations of products for the Smart Assistant, Chromecast, STB, TV and DVD markets. Passion towards continued evolution in this space, with emphasis on machine learning/deep learning applications, infrastructures and devices, including cloud-based/data center solutions, software solutions and Edge AI-enabled IoT, smart assistants, displays, phones, automotive ADAS/AV, cybersecurity and the like. Interested in product management roles in the cloud services/data center, end-user product and the semiconductor component sides of the business.Competencies include- Product Marketing - Developed and implemented NPI go-to-market plans. Analyzed market size (TAM), addressable market analysis (SAM), prepared SWOT analysis with competitors’ products and projected roadmaps. Created: sales collateral, internal websites, field sales training, product literature, marketing programs, product promotions and demonstrations- Product Management - Defined complete product structure: Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) creation, project timelines, resource allocation, negotiation for engineering resources, business cases for corporate approval, project management, product lifecycle management. Created strategic and near-term roadmaps. Created product family SKUs and managed product launches. Explored and executed cost-down opportunities with Operations. Handled business operations tasks for customer and distributor demand management- Team Management - Managed technical marketing team tasks in most recent roles, managed software QA teams in prior roles- Customer Focus - Closely worked with customers and sales teams for requirements gathering. Participated in sales meetings. Presented product details and roadmaps. Lead cross-functional teams to solve product issues (e.g. bugs, continuity of supply). Acted as Program Manager for tier-1 customer projects- Partner Focus - Negotiated terms and managed contract compliance with several IP vendors. Handled non-royalty IP reporting obligations directly and supported Finance on royalty reporting. Managed IP certifications. Acted as point man on IP audits- M&A - Managed transition of product line to a new company. Managed tasks both pre- and post-acquisition. Tutored cross-functional teams at new company to get them up to speed quickly.

Experience

1. Senior Product Project Manager

   Axiado Corporation

   Jan 2020 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Product Marketing
• Ic
• Consumer Electronics
• Roi Development
• Return on Investment
• Usb
• Product Requirements Definition
• Hdmi
• Product Launch
• Dvb
• Business Case Preparation
• Semiconductors
• Hardware Design
• Competitive Analysis
• Market Opportunity Analysis
• H.264
• Trade Shows
• Soc
• Technical Writing
• Hardware Architecture
• Dvd
• Product Requirements
• Qam
• Mpeg2
• Customer Engagement
• Isdb
• Market Analysis
• Customer Presentations
• Product Demonstration
• Processors
• Mpeg
• Dtmb
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Display Technology
• Technical Marketing
• Data Sheets
• Digital Audio
• Digital Tv
• Atsc
• Digital Video