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Founder @ We make market research software that is simple, powerful and kind of fun. From January 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) SeattleProduct Manager - Amazon Web Services (AWS) @ * Manage strategy, product roadmap, and feature definition for the market leader in public cloud storage. Responsible for making data-driven decisions spanning a range of challenges around understanding user intent, monetization and ROI. From February 2011 to January 2012 (1 year) Greater Seattle AreaMarketing Manager, CleanTech @ * Built complex multi-party partnership agreements to enable innovative new global wireless remote monitoring capabilities and drove changes in business models and licensing terms across existing portfolio. * Managed online marketing for digital assets including developing content (http://water.dow.com), business processes and ROI metrics to track web program performance, traffic analysis, and lead generation. * Drove cross-functional team within a matrix organization to integrate conflicting go-to-market channels which increased EBITDA by $10.8M in year one. From August 2008 to November 2010 (2 years 4 months) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaCofounder / Product Manager @ * Disrupted incumbent value chain with a startup online trading platform. Launched with $26M in annual revenue. Translated customer and market insights into a feature-level vision, strategy and roadmap. * Managed product development and engineering operations team for all customer facing assets and back-office systems including an online spot market, orders management, customer and affiliate tracking. * Optimized SEM campaigns lowering per customer acquisition costs by 60%. From December 2003 to July 2006 (2 years 8 months) Greater Chicago AreaSoftware Developer @ * Architected solution design and drove implementation of custom web products for Fortune 500 organizations. * Translated primary insights to define explicit design documentation used by offshore engineering to develop applications meeting corresponding business justifications. * Created prototype and production-level object-oriented applications utilizing the Microsoft stack throughout SDLC, including design, modeling, coding, testing, and documentation.  Produced complex, efficient code quickly in a hectic, multi-project environment with experience with C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server (T-SQL). From May 2001 to December 2003 (2 years 8 months) Greater Chicago Area

MBA, Economics @ The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business From 2006 to 2008 BA, Information Systems @ University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business From 1997 to 2001 Zach Simmons is skilled in: C#, Visual Studio, Document Design, Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Launch Of New Products, Forecasting Models, Strategic Analysis, Search Engine..., Agile Project Management, Product Development, Product Marketing, Product Management, Software Product..., Segmentation, VBA, Java, ASP.NET, Market Opportunity..., Customer Presentations, User Interface Design, User Experience, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, SQL, Data Management, Cloud Computing, Go-to-market Strategy, SaaS, Analytics, Web Analytics, Management, Business Process, Online Marketing, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Start-ups, Analysis, SEM, Team Management, Market Research, Marketing, Product Launch, Market Analysis, Big Data, Mobile Applications, Cross-functional Team..., Strategy, Integration