Rod Musser

About Rod Musser

Strategic product leader with 15+ years of experience driving enterprise software initiatives from conception to market success. Demonstrated ability to transform underperforming products into high-growth businesses, most recently achieving 23% year-over-year growth through improving execution and market repositioning. Track record of leading successful product launches and growing mature products, with experience managing portfolios exceeding $100M in total contract value. Combines strong business acumen with technical understanding to identify market opportunities, execute product strategies, and deliver solutions that drive significant revenue growth. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with engineering, sales, marketing, and leadership to bring innovative solutions to market.

Experience

1. Director of Product Management

   Black Duck

   Nov 2020 — Present · Tacoma, WA, US

   Lead product strategy and execution for enterprise application security testing solutions.Transformed declining product line into high-growth business, achieving 23% year-over-year revenue growth through strategic product enhancements and market repositioning.Successfully launched an intelligent directed scanning product, generating $2M+ in sales pipeline.Manage and support strategic customer relationships representing $50M+ in total contract value.Partnered with marketing to develop and execute successful campaigns, including blogs and webinars to drive product awareness and demand generation.Drive product vision and strategy for dynamic application security testing solutions across the DevSecOps lifecycle.Lead cross-functional teams across product, engineering, sales, and customer success.

Education

• UW Professional & Continuing Education

  Certificate, Data Science

• UW Professional & Continuing Education

  Certificate, Python Programming

• DePauw University

  B.A, Economics

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Databases
• Java
• Saas
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Business Analysis
• Uml
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Systems Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Software Project Management
• J2ee
• Object Oriented Design
• Leadership
• Software Design
• Soa
• Integration
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Software Development
• Requirements Gathering
• Xml
• Database Design
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Implementation
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• T-Sql
• Sql