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20 years experience in software development, product management and business consulting. Change management from waterfall dev environment of on-prem app, to agile / scrum where software is continuously delivered to cloud environment. Multi-cultural environment: US based company, off-shore and near shore development teams in India, Brazil and Prague. Global customers, implementations with 20-25000 users. Strategic & visionairy...

20 years experience in software development, product management and business consulting. Change management from waterfall dev environment of on-prem app, to agile / scrum where software is continuously delivered to cloud environment. Multi-cultural environment: US based company, off-shore and near shore development teams in India, Brazil and Prague. Global customers, implementations with 20-25000 users. Strategic & visionairy but down to earth.VP Product Management and Development @ Responsible for product direction and software development of Infor's largest product in terms of revenue. Teams in the Netherlands, Czech republic, Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil and India. Transition from on-prem single product license sales to product suites fully deployed in the cloud for discrete manufacturing companies. Transition from waterfall to agile. Enabling sales to sell value rather then technology. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) Apeldoorn Area, NetherlandsSenior Director Development @ Otmar manages a team that is responsible for the requirements management, solution design and roadmap of the Infor LN product. This includes strategic relationships with multinational enterprises, to collaborate on creating the next generation enterprise software that meets the specific needs for their business. Next to that Otmar is frequently asked to represent Infor at various conferences and prospects. From January 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 6 months) Apeldoorn Area, NetherlandsDirector Product Management and Development @ Product Management for CRM; ERP; FMS and BI applications. Program Managing Software Development Projects from Portfolio Planning to Release. Major Projects Delivered: * Product Management for Infor CRM Business powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM * Product Management for Infor Motion (Mobile Application Suite) * Portfolio Planning and Program Management of a Next Generation FMS Suite for Public Sector, Healthcare and Financial Services * Program Management the development a SMB SaaS HCM Solution for North America * Product and Development Management of two new SOA-by-design Business Applications. From October 2007 to December 2012 (5 years 3 months) Senior Product Manager @ Senior Product Manager for the Infor ERP LN (formerly Baan) solution with a customer base of around 15.000 customers. Hired by SSA Global, aqcuired by Infor. Responsibilities: * Global responsibility for product strategy and readiness for Infor's biggest ERP in terms of revenue; * Managing early adopter and strategic account success; * Assist sales with opportunities; * Development spokesperson at user group events, internal sales events and other roadshows. * Worked with development to define and prioritize development backlog. Achievements: * Significant boost in net new sales because of improved user experience * Improved win-rate in key industries From March 2005 to September 2007 (2 years 7 months) Peoplesoft Product Specialist @ Responsibilities: Peoplesoft Product Specialist for FMS (Financials) as well as ESA (Enterprise Service Automation - Projects and Contracts). Serving customers in Government; Education; Banking. Achievement: Highest customer satisfaction score in a team of 10 people after 4 months. From September 2004 to February 2005 (6 months) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsPrincipal Consultant @ Baan (now Infor). Principal Consultant for the Baan ERP application. Implemented financial; cost accounting and project management applications in large, multinational engineer-to-order environments like BAE Systems (UK/US), L3 Randtron (US), Glamox and Kongsberg (Norway). Acted as solution architect for R&D. From March 1997 to August 2004 (7 years 6 months) CPIM, Apics @ APICS From 2007 to 2008 Pragmatic Product Management @ Pragmatic Marketing From 2007 to 2007 Master's Degree, Business Administration @ Radboud University Nijmegen From 1995 to 1997 Bachelor's Degree, Marketing Management @ Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen From 1991 to 1995 High School, Atheneum @ Liemers College From 1985 to 1991 Otmar Zewald is skilled in: Product Management, Market Analysis, Program Management, Agile, Product Development, Scrum, Competitive Analysis, Agile Project Management, Product Requirements, Baan ERP, Agile Methodologies, Enterprise Software, ERP, SaaS, Product Marketing