Carolyn Pampino

Professional Experience
   
BroadVision, Inc; Waltham MA(Acquired Interleaf)  
A leading provider in eCommerce and Portal software with a focus on Enterprise Self Service. Interleaf was acquired for our expertise in Content Management, XML, and Wireless (WML) vision.
Senior Director Engineering
July 2002
  Provide direction and innovation for enterprise content management integrated with the BroadVision products
  Responsible for developing and shipping product with agreed upon features on time with predictable schedules
  Responsible for managing the development, QA, and technical publications teams
  Interact with Product Management and Senior Management on product strategy and features
  Responsible for a team of 40+ engineers located in 4 geographic areas (Waltham MA, Toronto, UK, Moscow)
  Establishing a predictable product release schedule with phases, milestones, and regularly updated tasks
  Establishing best practices within engineering
  Recruiting to develop a world class engineering team by assessing team strengths and weaknesses to fill the gaps
  Liaison with HeadQuarters in Redwood City CA, on product direction and integration points
  General manager for the Boston engineering office, reporting to a Vice President of engineering in CA.
   
Director of Product Management, Enterprise Content and Site Management
Acting Director of Engineering
4/01-9/01
  Provide direction and innovation for enterprise content management integrated with the BroadVision One-To-One Enterprise platform
  Turned around misguided perceptions of the product and product team in 3 months
  Simplified product pricing and product name to streamline sales
  Prepare and gain consensus on product vision, goals, and roadmap
  Identify gaps in existing product and define ways to strengthen the offering and gain competitive advantage
  Executing against the strategy for product definition, deliverables and time frames
  Conduct industry analyst visits and customer meetings
  Study research provided by industry analysts and track industry standards as they relate to the product
  Harnessing disparate efforts and defining areas of convergence in an exciting and innovative metaphor
  Explore new technologies, new market opportunities and new product ideas
  Seek technology partners to expand product offering
  Mentor Product Managers in collaborative approach to negotiating product releases
   
Director of Competitive Intelligence for Product Management
4/00-4/01
  Successfully launched a new organization in a field office (non-HQ)
  Generated awareness and positive feedback in less than 1 year
  Led a team in creating competitive materials for competitors in Application Server, e-Commerce, Portal and Content Management applications
  Self-taught competitive intelligence methodology and conducting competitive campaigns
  Versed in the dimensions of competitive intelligence
  Led team toward the next level of data analysis and strategic thinking
  Let team toward designing a personalized, collaborative and dynamic competitive portal for internal use, using BroadVision products
  Served the needs of Product Managers, Sales and Sales Engineers
   
Interleaf, Inc;  
Product Manager; Director of Engineering; - BladeRunner
4-99 - 1/00
  Participated in acquisition discussions with BroadVision
  Directed the design and development of an XML based Enterprise Content Management solution; shipping the 1.0 and 1.5 versions on time.
  Collaborated with VP of Engineering, CTO, and product management on product direction and roadmap
Work with product management, project lead, implementation & QA to prioritize features based on need, product usage & available resources
  Attended customer presentations and site visits
  Helped early adopter customers understand the value of XML and XSL for their business
  Defined & presented proposals for solving for complex issues
  Established and enforced engineering process which included requirements gathering, project scope definition, project planning and functional design specifications. Also included development phases of implementation, feature freeze/bug fixing, code freeze/regression, ship
  Multiple speaking engagements for the team, the senior managers and off site management retreats 
  Responsible for staffing and reviews of cross-functional managers (Dev, QA, Doc, Design) in disparate geographical locations
   
Application Design Manager - BladeRunner
8/97 - 4/99
  Led functional designers on an XML based Content Management System
  Member w3c XSL working group
  Defined and documented the product business model
  Provided prototypes, functional and user interface design specifications
  Provided user interface design dialogs to the implementation team
  Conducted demonstrations for industry analysts and executive management
  Collaborated with marketing to develop and present the message
  Led the design and development of an animated tutorial
  Responsible for the creation of splash screens, CD art, icons, logos and packaging
   
Various Positions – Interleaf, Inc ; Bitstream, Xyvision
1988-97
  Project Manager  
  Quality Assurance Manager  
  Quality Assurance Engineer  
     
Education  
  Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. BFA with University Honors, 1988  
  MIT/Sloan “Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations”
Emerson College - Certificate in Web Production;
 
  Contextual Inquiry - InContext Design;  
  Designing Complex User Interfaces - Usability Engineering;  
  Extensive reading on business related books covering both timeless and timely topics  
     
Other Relevant Experience  
  Speaking engagements and education within the organization and outside of the organization  
  BVUG 2000 – BroadVision User Group meeting, Orlando Florida: The Power of XML, XML Content Management,  
  BVISION 2001 BroadVision User Group meeting, Las Vegas NV – BroadVision One-To-One Publishing  
  Software Council Fellowship Program- Product Development Process, Internet Technologies  
  Customer meetings  
  Industry analyst presentations  
     
     
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