Rob Sprague

About Rob Sprague

I’m a results-oriented, hands-on product and project manager with extensive experience in the software industry. I am experienced in product development planning, architecture, design, and delivery utilizing waterfall and agile methodologies. I employ strong analytical skills with proven, effective and accurate problem solving. I am customer focused and enjoy working directly with customers and partners to understand and prioritize their requirements. I have a proven track record of delivering high quality products and services on time and on budget. I am a self-motivated leader and team player with history of coordinating all phases of product / project-based efforts while managing, motivating and guiding engineering as well as customers.In my current role as Product/Offering Manager of Watson AI Platform Team at IBM I Spearheaded the Watson AI Platform and Portfolio Solutions Product Management Team. Led coordination across Watson, IBM Cloud and Cloud Pak for Data teams to build, market, sell, and deliver Watson solutions on any public or private cloud. Managed hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, PaaS, and SaaS as well as on-prem. Owned Watson platform prioritization and trade-offs between customer experience, performance, and operational support.Prior to that, I worked as Product Manager in the Security (DLP and ECM space.I obtained a bachelor\'s degree in Industrial Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.If you would like to discuss my background or have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me through my profile.TECHNICAL SKILLS PM Tools: MixPanel, Product Board, Segment, Amplitude, Chartio, Medallia, TableauDevelopment Tools: Jira, GitHub, Aha, RTC, Rally, Figma, Balsamic, MS Project, MS VisioPlatforms: OpenShift, Windows, Linux (RHEL/UBI, Ubuntu, CentOS, CoreOS), UnixCloud: CI/CD (Jenkins/Tektron), Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Micro-service, Opensource ArchitecturesLanguages: VB, Java, Python, C#, SQL, XML, HTMLDatabases: PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra, Elastic Search, ETCD, Redis, RabbitMQ, SQL, OracleNetworking: HTTP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, SSH, FTP, SFTP, SSL, TLS, SMTP

Experience

1. Senior Product & Project Manager

   Sprague Consulting Group

   Sep 2024 — Present · Holly Springs, NC, US

   Provide technical consulting services specializing in Project Management, Software Product Management, Business Process Analysis and workflow automation

Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  BS - Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Onbase
• Management
• Information Security
• Problem Solving
• Pre-Sales
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Business Analysis
• Analysis
• Sql
• Visio
• Saas
• Scrum
• Business Intelligence
• Process Management
• Enterprise Content Management
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Erp
• Ms Project
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Requirements Gathering
• Document Imaging
• Integration
• Oracle Sql
• Document Management
• IT Strategy
• Sdlc
• Workflow
• Software Implementation
• IT Management
• Software Project Management
• Project Management
• C#
• .net
• Business Process Improvement
• Dlp