ABOUT ME

WHO AM I?

I am a product manager based out of Raleigh, NC. My passion is helping companies deliver outcomes that create client value. I do this by being a client advocate, doing in-depth market evaluation, and looking at competing products to identify unique ways to drive revenue while focusing on the most important thing...customer loyalty and satisfaction.

My ideal company is one that has the courage to allow for radical change, with the promise of significant growth. I fundamentally believe that startup culture is not limited to small organizations. Building empowered, highly effective, and passionate teams of thought-leaders is my strength.

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Being in product, my skills branch widely across client advocacy, sales, marketing, strategy, finance, and Engineering. What I'm best at, is using my knowledge in these various areas to lead groups building products people love.

CYBERSECURITY

95%

PROGRAM & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

95%

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

85%

MARKETING

80%

SALES

70%

EDUCATION

2010-2012

GEORGIA TECH

MASTERS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Management of Technology, Venture Entrepreneurship Focus. International Residency in China and South Korea.

2001-2005

MISSISSIPPI STATE

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Bully Linux Users Group (2003-2006)

IEEE (2003-2006)

Association for Computing Machinery - ACM (2003-2006)

CERTIFICATIONS

2021

SILICON VALLEY PRODUCT GROUP

INSPIRED & EMPOWERED TRAINING


2019

PRAGMATIC


PMC-1 - FOUNDATIONS

2014

GEORGIA TECH

LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT

EXPERIENCE

2022-now

MICROSOFT

PRINCIPAL SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGER, APPLIED RESEARCH

Responsible for getting the tools, data, and programs executed to support the security research teams.

- Microsoft Security Copilot: Designed and manage implementation of a framework for research teams to programmatically measure quality of non-deterministic LLM outcomes of our latest AI skills at scale.

- Data Access: Building platforms for advanced threat research, countermeasure development, and SOC remediations.

- Coordinate and plan Engineering commitments quarterly based on research voice, business needs, prioritization, and resource availability.

- Hosting a monthly Security wide tools and data showcase to help teams share and collaborate.

- Building strategy, OKRs, roadmaps, and businesses cases for ongoing and net-new programs.

2017-2022

SECUREWORKS

DIRECTOR / SENIOR MANAGER, PRODUCT

Full ownership of the Endpoint portfolio including Endpoint, IOT/OT, and Endpoint Cloud technologies.

- Chosen from Secureworks as one of the first Product Managers to join an internal incubator, which has built a product from scratch that is now generating over 100 million dollars worth of annual reoccurring revenue in 18 months and employees over 350 people.

- Hired, managed and trained 5 product managers to become exceptional individual contributors.

- Started and led an entrepreneurial associate program to help mentor and train new product managers.

- Responsible for managing partnership relationships with various 3rd parties

- Create and curate sales messaging, pricing, SKUs, go-to-market strategies and sales plays.

- Used client focused outcomes to build feature prioritization and strategy in Jira. Worked with the Engineering team to ensure stakeholder requirements are fully scoped for Engineering implementation.

2015-2017

PHONONIC

DIRECTOR, PRODUCT EXECUTION

Established and managed product delivery through International manufacturing partners in China. Team included Quality, Regulatory, Total Cost, Supply Chain, and Product Lifecycle Management.

- Established 2 new manufacturing partners in China, including RFQ generation, facility layout, and line ramp activities.

- Developed, implemented, and trained change and release management processes via integration of a PLM system now used by the whole organization.

- Launched twelve successful SKUs into manufacturing over two years.

2008-2015

COMVERGE

DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING

Lead the Engineering organization through transformative change. Demonstrated an ability to deliver, organize and cultivate highly-motivated teams. Managed budget, resource allocation, and customer alignment to product delivery.

- Championed change management to implement agile customer requirement driven processes including unit testing, functional testing, and continuous integration.Reduced development time by 75 % and dramatically improved quality.

- Lead development and released four Cellular / Wi - Fi products that are currently being deployed in over 500, 000 homes.

- Product management including continuous communication with our customers to ensure product met expectations, cost, and delivery timelines.

WHAT I DO

PRODUCT STRATEGY & EXECUTION

Build and deliver a product clients love.

USER EXPERIENCE & METRICS

Measure user feedback, capture usage statistics, and build systems to obtain fast feedback on new outcomes.

MARKET ANALYSIS

Compare strengths and weaknesses in the market. Identify competitors and next-best options. Find market gaps and test with users.

FINANCIAL METRICS

Set baselines, measure, and track growth. Utilize opportunity costs to determine real-value of investment.

ENGINEERING STRATEGY

Build the "right" product, not just work off a project plan. Stack rank client outcomes, and communicate this value to the team. Encourage innovation and enable bottom's-up idea generation.

SALES & GOTO MARKET

Curate content for pre-sales. Assist in sales roadmap and strategy presentations. Document clear competitive data, and help build presentation materials.

FAVORITE BOOKS

CONTACT ADDRESS

Raleigh, NC

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcurtdennis/

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