Melissa Dobbins
Product Strategist, Technology Leader, Entrepreneur, Consultant
- Role
- One Call
- Location
- Ardmore, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Dobbins
Career Highlights• Founded HR tech company career.place; impactful, efficient, equitable hiring• Led product strategy & prod mgmt. for tech orgs through acquisition & funding rounds• Managed product portfolios worth hundreds of millions with budgets upwards of $25m • Owned software product strategy, roadmaps, life cycle, architecture, development, and go to market• Drove business process design, implementation, governance, and optimization• Built AI strategy and governance for both AI work augmentation and AI product expansionBehind the job - Fun facts about the real me• I prefer speaking in front of a large crowd rather than being in one.• I love storytelling and writing, both professionally and for fun. One of my favorite pastimes is writing novels, one of which, I recently published.• I am a USC Trojans Football fan, which has not always been easy.• I live my life by two ‘wisdoms’ which have served me very well: 1) “Always be part of the solution”, and 2) “No one casts themselves as the villain of their own story”. • I have an unhealthy love of Star Wars. Want to throw me off during a meeting? Announce that “Solo is the best Star Wars movie” and watch me squirm. • My professional personality – ENTJ / Dominant – Influencer / “Captain”.• One of my downfalls is laughing… at the worst possible times. It can be very embarrassing.• I grew up thinking chocolate cake is a breakfast food.
Experience
Present
Education
University of Southern California
Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Skills
- Product Management
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Strategic Roadmaps
- Business Process Management
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Roadmap Creation
- Employee Management
- Program Management
- Market Analysis
- Product Launch
- Pricing Strategy
- Revenue Modeling
- Cost Models
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Business Requirements
- Product Marketing
- Competitive Analysis
- Customer Oriented
- Customer Analysis
- Focus Groups
- Presentations
- Lifesciences
- Nanotechnology
- Enterprise Software
- Quality Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Strategy
- Management
- Saas
- Consulting
- Integration
- Leadership
- Software as a Service (Saas)
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