| CHRISTIAN S. NOBS [email protected] WWW.CHRISTIANNOBS.COM OBJECTIVE Product Management position with profit-and-loss responsibility. Business should be rapidly growing and/or implementing new technologies. Leverage my skills achieved through 10 years of hands-on technology and consulting work experience plus completed MBA and BSEE. EXPERIENCE * Product Management - Gathered customer feedback, researched user needs, valuated requests, and prioritized features to develop the product roadmap and vision. Defined product requirements in detailed PRDs that included user interface and system architecture specifications. Negotiated resource requirements and scope for rapid Web service releases every 6-8 weeks. * Project Management - Lead teams of consultants and engineers on highly technical projects. In charge of managing tight time constraints, demands from multiple stakeholders, and completing projects within budget. Secured additional projects and built customer confidence. * Strategic Planning - Developed system architecture for new Satellite-based broadband communication service resulting in lower cost of ownership for the carrier and flexible deployment of new services. Skilled in developing technical solutions and writing business cases. * Software Development - Managed the software development life-cycle, including requirement definitions, gap analysis, test cases, development, deployment, release control, and change management. This structured approach reduced debugging time and improved operation functionality. * Financial Management - Responsible for $500,000 on-site project budget. Reduced expenses and maintained budget stability through weekly cost analysis, accurate vendor and contractor payments, and contract negotiations. EMPLOYMENT Qualys, Inc. (03/2002 - present) Redwood Shores, CA Product Manager - Web Applications * Developed 3 automated lead flow applications (i.e. http://freemap.qualys.com) to provide prospects instant gratifications, process leads into Onyx-CRM, and create QualysGuard trial accounts without manual intervention. Generated 10,000 qualified leads per quarter for partners and inside sales. * Responsible for feature roadmap and execution of 8 production releases of the on-demand network security audit and vulnerability management Web service QualysGuard. Major features included: dynamic reporting, distributed management, selective vulnerability scanning, network discover with graphical map, remediation workflow, service segmentation. * Managed the software development life cycle through all stages. * Trained customers and partners in person and remotely via WebEx and PlaceWare. Created product data sheets, release notes, and user guides. Demonstrated the service to analysts/press and in product evaluations. Researched features, positioning, and pricing of competitors. BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG Consulting) (NYSE:BE) (1999 - 03/2002) San Francisco, CA Senior Consultant in Wireless and Emerging Carriers Practice * Lead the planning and executed the deployment of three Amdocs Ensemble Customer Care, Billing and Provisioning System conversions for the largest GSM mobile service provider in the US. Conversions included 4.5 million subscribers, eight call centers, 3,500 agents, and was completed in less than 12 months. * Spearheaded new proposals, qualified leads and produced presentations. Extended engagements and secured an expanded phase II contract. * Assessed business plans, evaluated industry trends and driving forces. Gathered, analyzed and synthesized data from primary and secondary sources. Drew conclusions from the data and developed recommendations. * Introduced service providers to real-time IP mediation and proposed a fraud detection system based on this new technology. * Interviewed, recruited, trained, and supervised consultants. Launched brown-bag lunches to exchange experiences. Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd. (NYSE:ABB) (1991 - 1997) Baden, Switzerland Project Manager in Power Generation Division (1996-1997) * Managed construction and startup operations of two $150-million power plants. In charge of day-to-day project responsibilities and maintained client relationship. Developed and implemented engineering solutions for software, electrical, and mechanical problems. This resulted in 4 weeks ahead of schedule production and generated revenue for the client during peak demand times. * Trained and supervised cross-functional teams of 40 engineers on projects in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. * Trained in Total Quality Management (TQM). Implemented International Standard Organization (ISO) procedures on projects and passed site audits resulting in ISO9001 certification. Senior Commissioning Engineer in Power Generation Division (1993-1996) * Re-engineered power plant operation procedures resulting in increased plant reliability from 92% to 98%. Cut turbine startup time from 12 to 10 minutes. * Lead investigation of high-voltage breaker explosion and identified root cause. Analyzed complex and dynamic process problems and implemented solutions. EDUCATION University of San Francisco, School of Business (1997 - 1999) San Francisco, CA Master of Business Administration (MBA) emphasis in Finance & Telecommunications * Honor society award and Co-President of USF Internet Business Club University of Applied Science (1988 - 1991) Rapperswil, Switzerland Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) emphasis in Electronics * $1000 award for excellent diploma project in the area of meteorology data collection and analysis ADDITIONAL SKILLS & INTERESTS * Fluent in German and English; informal French * Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Access, Project, Visio, FrontPage, Outlook, and Lotus Notes * Experienced in object oriented programming (Semantic Traffic Analysis SDK, Progress2 Process Control) * Certified on Cisco CSRC (Router), Narus BMS (Billing Mediation) and Narus Intelligence (Decision Support) * Familiar with Remedy/Oracle (Issue/Trouble Management), Rational RequisitePro (Requirements Management), Amdocs Ensemble (Billing and Order Management), Portal Infranet (Billing Management), Tibco ActiveEnterprise and Vitria BusinessWare (Enterprise Application Integration), Nortel Clarify and Onyx (CRM); Cisco IOS, Unix, Linux, and Solaris; Pascal and C, PHP, HTML, Java and XML. * Private pilot with instrument rating for single engine aircraft |
