Jonathan Goldstone

Experience

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  Shell

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Network Engineer

  Supported a variety of networks and protocols for one of the world’s largest private commercial networks

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  JOLT

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Manager, Data Communications Development

  Designed and developed a family of data communications products based on free space infra-red transmission

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  Comverse

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Hardware System Engineer

  Responsible for a custom backplane and blade solution.

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  Comverse Technology, Inc.

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  IP Networking & Security Group Manager

  Established, recruited & line managed the IP Networking & Security Research & Development Group growing it to 15 engineers in multiple teams• Overall IP Networking & Security technical authority for all Comverse product lines • Responsible for product development, complete system design, equipment specification selection & configuration, system implementation, product testing and Tier 4 support, theoretical & practical traffic analysis and simulation and liaison with all major customers• Managed all aspects of group management, development and budget control Show less

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  Comverse Technology, Inc.

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2008

  Product Management of the SS7 and SIP Products RD Group • Market positioning and strategy formulation, roadmap development and conducting regular Product Control Boards• Led one of the earliest implementations of IMS as the RFI/RFP Principal, the Proof of Concept Technical Lead and the Chief Engineer of Specification Phase (Comverse-Huawei IMS Solution for T Mobile & T Com Hungary.)• Led the Next Generation Signalling Card Vendor Selection Process and Cross Functional Evaluation Team leading to savings of $1M Show less Responsible for providing systems architecture, technology and pre-sales expertise for Customer Facing Division, frequently led workshops and produced written material and drove RFP processes• Led the Vodafone Global / UK RFP Process – Pre Sales Expert and Technical Lead of the largest voicemail RFP process dealt with by Comverse • External consultancy for Orange Switzerland • Developed customer solutions for voicemail, VXML and system integration of bundled Comverse products, provided technical evaluation support for the third party program• Responsible for Technical Due Diligence on potential partners Show less Responsible for managing software RD and product integration of Next Generation Unified Media Access Server (circuit and packet switched) for a variety of legacy and future telecom application servers. Inter-divisional, trans-Atlantic project.• Management of 20 technical personnel, led system engineering activities including the definition of a new (XML based) control protocol• Introduced new technology and working practices for improved product quality, and for reduced development time Show less

  • Director, Senior Product Manager, IMS Applications

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  • Director of Product Management, Signalling & IMS

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  • Director of Solutions Architecture (CTO), European Sales

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  • R&D Product Manager & Systems Engineer, MARS Project

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
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  Outsmart

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  Director of Product Management

  Established product management of the “Mobile Phone on a USB” product

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  Comverse Technology, Inc.

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Director of Product Portfolio Management

  Management of the product portfolio with emphasis on portfolio strategy cross-product synergies, market strategy and positioning to meet the future needs of operators. • Defined and implemented an analytical, collaborative methodology for systematically identifying disruptive technologies • Researched and evaluated the impact of new technologies and trends on the Comverse Product Portfolio and developed appropriate strategy.• Product Expert in areas of product marketing, technology, positioning and competitive landscape on several corporate level strategic review teams.• Responsible for defining cross product requirements. Show less

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  Israel Inside Out

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Managing Partner

  Incubated a consumer orientated Israel travel portal startup from inception to launch and commercial operation.• Developed and implemented the business plan and led the team and managed the marketing process.• Created the product offering including the interactive content and the web portal and designed the social media, online advertising and SEO solutions.

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  AT&T

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2019

  Product manager for DIRECTV NOW developing high performance streaming OTT (Over The Top) TV for the US domestic market (B2C). The product was launched in mid 2018 and now has around 1.8M subscribers.• Leading international teams (25+ engineers in 6 cities) developing clients and servers, with very short development cycle times, using SAFE/Agile based development processes.• Primary responsibilities are developing the Cloud Video Recording Service (client and server) and Apple client video players. Developing Over The Top (OTT) clients on a variety of platforms (Apple, Android, FireTV, Web, Roku & AndroidTV.)• Implementing a state-of-the-art user experience and user interface based on qualitative and quantitative data.• Owned, planned and delivered a major product demonstration to an AT&T Senior Executive Leadership conference.• Responsible for cross-functional coordination, collaboration and business processes with US and Israel based stakeholders. • Product evangelist championing new product concepts, client design and usability innovation for a variety of applications on different technologies that led to new business initiatives.• Specified the reporting implementation to meet contractual analytics and internal KPIs.• Developed a Kids TV application providing curated and safe content achieved 100K monthly users within 3 months. Show less

  • Senior Product Manager - DIRECTV NOW (Over The Top TV)

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

  • Senior Product Manager - Big Data

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Senior Product Manager - Unified Communications

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
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  Mobileye

  Jan 2019 - now

  Senior Product Manager