the Aptitude to learn details quickly, the Drive to make improvements and think big, and the Optimism to collaborate with teammates and win customers.

"Brian brings initiative and learning that outpaces his peers, allowing him to master a wide range of roles and situations." - paraphrased from reviews by former bosses.

From decades of experience in the software development business, working for 5 different startups and several Fortune 100 companies, I developed many strong skills for freelance work- please refer to points below.

Freelance Management and Marketing Skills from Career Experience:

• Repeatedly led the most challenging projects, particularly new product development.
• Adapted and succeeded to the dynamics in five startups as well as Fortune 100 firms
• As Product Manager, won "Most Innovative Business Intelligence Application" annual industry award.  Led the development of new products at six companies
• Created product strategy and roadmaps at four companies.  As VP of Product Management, responsible for presenting product strategy and results to the board and potential investors
• Market, Customer, and Competitive research and analysis at 4 different startups, also created SWOT analysis, five forces models, customer analytics data capture and modeling
• As manager of transformation of services for consulting firm, created solution scorecards, offering framework/template, and KPI data capture and modeling including ratio analysis.
• Built value model for clients to communicate benefits they can achieve from the optimal use of the system.  Led customer focus group to identify needs and concerns and align product message to improve satisfaction and loyalty.
• As Customer analytics project manager: captured data from customer interactions, modeled attributes and outcomes, and identified prioritized changes to improve satisfaction, upselling, and retention.
• In business development role, Proposal lead or editor on multiple winning proposals at multiple firms.  Wrote articles and created presentations used to speak at business seminars in both US and Europe.
• As Director of Product Marketing, and as product manager- authored and edited product collateral, web content, articles for industry magazines, and sales presentations.

Freelance Technical Skills from Career:

• Training and experience in requirements definition, system analysis and design
• Certifications in Data Analytics as well as Machine Learning
• Training and deep experience with Excel/Google Sheets, VBA for Excel programming
• Expert python skills with data and mapping APIs, ML, NLP, and Visualizations
• Training and experience with SQL and database design and management

Education:

MBA degree, George Mason University, VA; Management with a concentration in Finance

BA Psychology, University of Colorado, CO; senior honors selection