Frank S. Lazgin

Experience

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  McDonald's

  Jan 1970 - Jan 1971

  French Fry Person & Cashier

  High School job.

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  NJ Department of Transportation

  Jun 1973 - Sept 1973

  Surveyor

  Worked with field survey crew to layout new roads in Trenton, NJ.

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  Thermo Electron Corporation

  Aug 1975 - Aug 1983

  Mechanical Engineer

  Design, build and test new methods to improve energy efficiency for the continuous casting of steel and paper drying industrial processes.

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  GE Aerospace

  May 1984 - Aug 1984

  Finance Intern, Aircraft Engine Group
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  Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)

  Jun 1986 - Aug 1993

  Marketing, Factory Automation
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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Sr. Product Manager

  Managed PC server and desktop products and options, including ethernet, video and hard disk drives for the North America, European and Asian markets. Brought to market one server and two PC products and managed $80 million on-going, worldwide business. Lead cross-functional teams and supported worldwide product announcements.

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  NEC Technologies

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Sr. Product Manager

  Product manager for NEC's Server business start up operation. Grew business revenue from $0 to $10 million per year. Responsible for business planning and product management of Low end, Mid-range and High-end, Intel Pentium PC Server products and server management software.

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  Kronos, Inc

  Aug 1997 - Aug 1999

  Sr. Product Manager

  Product manager for Kronos’s Workforce Management software application and telephone interface with Oracle and SQL server database support. Product interfaced to Peoplesoft, SAP and other ERP vendors to support payroll and labor reporting. Accomplishments include business planning, product requirements, including new features, performance, quality targets, supported environments and time-to-market goals. Managed customer beta programs, and time-to-market trade off decisions.

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  BeFree, Inc.

  Aug 1999 - Feb 2001

  Sr. Product Marketing

  Product manager for two releases of Be Free’s leading performance marketing and internet advertising product which supported increased sales from $5.3 million to $19.7 million from 1999 to 2000. Led two product releases during a period when Be Free grew from 100 to 300 employees. Accomplishments include developing customer requirements, product requirements, project management, sales & customer service training. I defined new product features and improved the customers ROI by introducing fraud detection & reporting features. Show less

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  SmartOrg Inc./ Product Strategy Consulting

  Feb 2001 - Jul 2004

  Product Marketing

  Responsible for marketing and sales in New England of consulting services and Decision Advisor software, which is a product, portfolio management and decision support application, developed by SmartOrg, Inc. Solutions quantify program risk and value, and determine the product portfolio of maximum value. Accomplishments include lead generation, customer presentations and account management.

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  Tyco Int'l. Ltd., Lexington, MA

  Jul 2004 - Dec 2006

  Product Management & Marketing

  Responsible for business and financial planning, product specifications and meeting schedule and gross margin targets for Tyco’s Video & Access Control security software applications and for third party integration products that supported a $55 million per year business. Led cross-functional teams using the Six Sigma Rally Point process to release 8 new products and develop forecasts, Pro Forma P&L and capital required to generate incremental business. Responsible for software and hardware products, including Axcess, Inc. RFID tags for asset tracking, EMC AutoStart & RepliStor high-availability products, video integration with American Dynamics, NICE, Verint and Integral, Inc, Digital Video Recorder vendors, Visitor Management with STOPware, and integration of Human Resource applications using iWay Software Inc., integration SOA tools to create a competitive and complete product offering and to generate incremental revenue. Show less

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  Teamstudio, Inc.

  Dec 2006 - Mar 2007

  Sr. Product Manager

  Software Asset Management for Lotus Notes. Responsible for developing and implementing product marketing and product management plans to increase revenue for 8 Teamstudio, Inc. software tools used by software developers of IBM Lotus Notes applications. Accomplishments included developing business cases, product value propositions, product announcements, white papers, ROI tools, customer presentation, trade show support and sales training.

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  Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

  Aug 2007 - May 2010

  Sr. Product Manager
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  Product Strategy LLC

  May 2010 - now

  Product Manager