Marcus Erickson

Experience

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  Pocket Soft

  Jun 1982 - Mar 1992

  Developer

  Developer of everything from handheld operating systems, life insurance proposal systems to programming tools such as linkers and virtual memory management libraries

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  Mission Critical Software

  Mar 1992 - Jun 1994

  Senior Developer

  Worked on backup/restore software to automatically back up data on LANS via migration of the data to mainframe storage.

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  NetIQ

  Mar 1995 - Nov 2002

  Product Architect / Development Manager

  Served as general product area expertise for Windows administration and security products. Investigate potential markets to help make build, buy, partner decisions. Also help design the products and drive the successful implementation from start of new products including technical architecture, user interface design and marketing and sales stories. During this period served as architect, coder, UI designer and manager of a large team consisting of development and QA.

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  NEON Systems

  Dec 2002 - Jul 2004

  Director, Client Development

  Manage development and documentation for the the client side development organization at NEON Systems. Established process and systems for builds, source control and bug tracking.

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  Thunder God Software

  Aug 2004 - Dec 2005

  Product Author

  Product Author for Idera - a company offering SQL Server management tools in Houston, TX - Initial product: SQL compliance manager (http://www.idera.com/productssolutions/sqlserver/sqlcompliancemanager). Drove development of the product through entire design lifecycle: initial conception,customer interviews, initial architecture and design, managing the team as it grew, shipping first version, maintaining subsequent versions. This has been one of the most successful products at Idera.

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  Idera

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2014

  Senior Product Manager / Senior Product Architect / Director of Development

  I managed the product lifecycle and strategy for the company’s flagship product SQL diagnostic manager, prioritizing customer engagement and market analysis to drive feature development and revenue growth. I led the design, development and architecture of SQL compliance manager leveraging customer interviews to identify key features, resulting in significant sales. I developed and standardized processes across multiple product teams to improve consistency, quality, and efficiency.• Led the development teams across all Idera product lines• Generated over $25M in sales for SQL Compliance Manager by fulfilling roles of Product Owner and Architect.• Mentored development leads by contributing to the growth of prominent software industry leaders within the Houston community.• Elevated flagship product revenue by identifying and integrating customer-driven features to retain and expand customer base.• Hired and trained many developers to create a dynamic and successful development environment. Show less

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  Campus Management Corp

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2020

  Senior Director of Product Development

  Responsible for managing multiple agile teams across technologies and in the US and India. Drive development processes including agile methodologies and best practices in process, coding, usability, product design. Leading effort to migrate multi-million line original code base from Visual Basic and C# into a modern web based cloud offering for clients using C# and AngularJs.• Steered 5-year enterprise project to transform into a cloud hosted SaaS solution; finished the ahead of schedule and under budget.• Screened and hired 150+ developers by building robust teams dedicated to creating innovative development solutions.• Implemented dashboards and metrics to effectively communicate progress to C-suite executives by maintaining focus on long-term project goals.• Conducted client tours to showcase new product features during development by reinforcing client relations and product value.• Amplified user experience by reinventing user interfaces with cutting-edge technology to meet demands of education sector. Show less

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  Station Houston

  Dec 2016 - Jun 2021

  Mentor

  Mentor providing guidance, advice and the benefit of my experience to startup software companies with a focus on software development and product management. Work with company founders to help them deal with the special challenges of starting a company and growing it. Station Houston is a new hybrid accelerator and co-working space aimed at boosting the city’s young technology companies

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  ION Smart Cities Accelerator

  Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  Mentor

  Mentored startup companies participating in the Ion Smart Cities Accelerator. This effort is targeted at building Houston as a smart city leveraging technology to make life better for its citizens. This is done with a partnership with Station Houston, Microsoft and Intel.

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  Allied Reliability

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2024

  Vice President Of Product Management

  Lead the strategic direction for product lines, consulting services, and customer solutions , focusing on meeting market demands and ensuring customer satisfaction. Managed a hybrid development team spread across the US and South America, implementing agile methodologies to improve development processes and product quality. Led team working on cloud-based system consisting of large-scale database and integration with IoT sensors for monitoring customer equipment, enhancing data-driven decision-making for clients. Promote best practices in coding, usability, automation, and product design, contributing to the consistent delivery of high-quality products and services.• Increased 100% client platform usage through the introduction of KPI-based dashboards while leading the re-architecture from ASP.NET to Blazor.• Initiated product management protocols, including creation of roadmaps and internal KPIs to align with revenue growth and cost-reduction objectives.• Facilitated successful migration of the company's main product to modernize user experience by targeting customer success with Microsoft Blazor-based dashboards.• Implemented structured, efficient, and repeatable software development lifecycle process leveraging Microsoft DevOps and Git to enhance team productivity.• Expedited time to deliver services by 50% through overhauling tools and processes significantly increasing customer engagement and generating additional consultancy revenue. Show less

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  Document Crunch

  Oct 2024 - now

  Senior Product Manager

  Driving the design and creation of AI-powered products to help construction professionals identify, understand and manage risks.