skazi

Title

Director of Product Line Management

Joined Netgear

September 2017

skazi
ABOUT skazi

Accomplished Product Management and Product Marketing leader with track record of building and scaling innovative new software solutions for both startups and public companies. Solid experience in Enterprise, B2B, B2B2C cloud platform, SaaS and mobile platforms -- from ideation, opportunity sizing, strategic planning, product and service definition and prioritization, development, positioning, pricing, GTM and operationalizing. Built subscription models and orchestrated direct sales through online e-commerce. Worked across multiple departments to operationalize complex direct Sales and multi-tier Channel distribution, purchase, order fulfillment, and renewals. Defined and drove new processes and improved efficiencies across Agile development. Hired, coached and built highly productive product management, UX, product marketing and engineering teams. Led multiple cross-functional teams to accomplish business outcomes. At NETGEAR she did Full lifecycle product management with P&L responsibility for NETGEAR's strategic Insight Cloud-based Network Management software solution and Services to make Wi-Fi and wired networking easy for SMB, MSP/ISP and end-users. I lead products/solutions visioning, defining and prioritizing product features and functionality and setting the roadmap. I also drive releases and ongoing evolution, while helping grow Sales and scale across direct and channel. Built a set of web and mobile applications with a cloud backend to remotely configure, monitor, manage and report on networks and Wi-Fi and wired connected devices. Additionally, built and operationalized a subscription-based services model to support growing multiple services business. Added a marketplace for Add-On Security and Analytics Services. Helped define 3rd party partner integrations and API strategy. Successfully scaled the business to grow quarter-over-quarter.