Mark Waddoups

About Mark Waddoups

Product Management leader with over 15 years of experience and success in SaaS based and mobile products. Avid practitioner of applying Continuous Discovery and Product Thinking principles to test BEFORE you build and create products that solve real user needs and add value to the organization. Love leading and mentoring other product managers in a \"player/coach\" role to drive desired outcomes. Solid experience in Agile development (Scrum / XP), establishing data points to measure success, product marketing and online conversion as well. I thrive in collaborative environments and am skilled at removing barriers, interfacing with stakeholders and clients, resolving conflicts and delivering results throughout the product lifecycle. Experience speaking business Japanese as well. Specialties: Product Thinking centered Product Management, Lean Start-Up experimentation, SaaS based products, customer interviews, web analytics, adobe experience manager, user interaction and usability experience design, vendor relations, strategic product marketing, website optimization and conversion, e-commerce, project management, product features sets, technical business requirements, business and market analysis, jobs-to-be-done, client to business and business to business models, requirements gathering, SCRUM and XP agile product management, marketing, consultative sales and IT liaison, customer service.

Experience

1. Sr Product Manager

   Utah State Board Of Education

   Jan 2022 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Develop the strategy for managing State of UT student records including transcripts, learning profiles, front end access points and data visualization- Execute on roadmap to replace antiquated architecture using Domain Driven Design and Micro Front End principles- Establish and mentor other product owners in continuous discovery, goal-oriented design and data driven prioritization techniques to improve outcomes.

Education

• Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Executive Program

• Brigham Young University

  BA. Communications, Public Relations Emphasis

Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Marketing Strategy
• Direct Sales
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Product Launch
• Marketing Management
• Enterprise Software
• Team Leadership
• Product Evangelism
• Web Applications
• Sales
• Competitive Analysis
• Safe
• Start-Ups
• Customer Service
• Marketing Communications
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Vendor Management
• Saas
• E-Commerce
• Voice of the Customer
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Product Marketing
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• B2b
• Marketing
• Account Management
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Market Research
• Business Process
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Business Planning