Analysis. Synthesis. Vision. Leadership.
Philip has led cross-functional digital product strategy, planning, design and development for ecommerce retailers, enterprise financial services, and startups in the New York area for over ten years. Passionate about data and first-hand learning, Philip is a thoughtful analyst and strategist, a decisive leader and caring manager. Never content to simply repeat the past, he pushes every day to solve problems better and smarter.
Director, Product Management @ From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Advisory Solutions Architect @ EMC Digital
Technical Team Lead and Architect of financial services industry advisor tool.
- Manage the Business Requirements and Documentation process
- Advise design team on platform and system capabilities to produce a better solution
- Design technical solutions with the development team
- Manage client expectations on scope and timeline
- Manage delivery of software
- Manage future roadmap of development to align with business, operations and technical goals
- Improve project process to improve work quality and mitigate delivery risks
- Advise on strategic direction of the digital product From September 2014 to April 2015 (8 months) VP Technology @ Direct the technical strategy and roadmap for clients and the agency. Direct the business development for technology, scoping and client management for new business. Develop the staff and mentor individuals in career advancement. Initiate technical innovation on projects. Contribute to company thought leadership and direction. Manage the UI, Back End, Product Management and QA resources in the execution of Ecommerce and transactional digital products.
Clients include MetLife, Saks Fifth Avenue, Estée Lauder, Tourneau and Louis Vuitton. From September 2011 to September 2014 (3 years 1 month) Technology Director @ History Channel: architecture, full build, java, streaming video, solr lucene, teamsite cms
iVillage: architecture, community platform selection and strategy, full build, LAMP/Drupal/Kohana/HAML
Four Seasons: tech strategy, platform selection, architecture, HTML development
Pepsi: re-architect full build + Maintenance, LAMP/Drupal => Java/Grails, Cassandra/queues, webservices, multichannel
Pizza Hut: digital and technical strategy
Amex: digital and technical strategy and build for Consumer Acquisition & Card Benefits Hub
Under Armour: technology strategy, platform consulting, HTML build
Landmark Group, UAE: e-commerce digital and technology strategy, technical and operational design
West Point COH: architecture, build, Java/Grails, streaming video From January 2009 to September 2011 (2 years 9 months) CTO @ Noo.com From June 2007 to January 2009 (1 year 8 months) Software Developer @ From January 2008 to June 2008 (6 months) Senior Developer @ From October 2006 to January 2008 (1 year 4 months) Software Architect @ Working with the Director of IT, designed and architected the new publishing and delivery platform. With the skilled team, lead the development of all software systems from front end templated XHTML to database diagrams and data flow, including integrations with external fulfillment, advertising and reporting systems.
Begun implementing Agile software development, specifically Scrum practices, to increase development speed and team morale. Investigated and implemented a new project management and issue tracking system, and worked with the Director of IT to design a new developer
workstation setup. Play a key role in the evaluations of software packages to satisfy company needs in fulfillment, advertising delivery and sales tools. Worked in conjunction with the project manager to maintain forward motion in the department during the absence of a CTO, acting as technical point-of-contact for the development team within the organization and liaison to the Director of Operations. From October 2004 to September 2006 (2 years) Senior Developer @ From October 2003 to June 2004 (9 months)
BM @ New York University From 1999 to 2002 Philip Cotty is skilled in: Agile Methodologies, Scrum, E-commerce, CMS, Product Management, Digital Strategy, Strategic Roadmaps, Web Development, Web Services, Databases, Apache, User Experience, Enterprise Architecture, Magento, SDLC