Ted Nadeau
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(646) 336-5421 |
410 West 24th
Street, #2A New York, NY 10011 |
Fourteen years experience
managing strategic, technical and creative teams in a variety of Internet- and
software-related businesses. Experience with packaged software, consumer
online, mobile, business Internet and Internet-enabled strategic research
services. Strategic responsibilities include business analysis, business model
development, product development, product management, and financial
forecasting. Technical experience includes website development and management,
software development management, TCP/IP networking and telecommunications
service provisioning. Consistently hired and created highly motivated teams
with regimented organization and clearly defined procedures.
Seeking position leading a
cross-functional team of development, marketing, creative and sales
professionals to create, deliver and support cross-platform information
distribution solutions.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sorceron January 2002 - Present
Sorceron develops the first modular media streaming platform.
Vice
President, Product Marketing
§ Responsible for product life cycle planning and marketing of a non-linear authoring tool, full-featured server, server management tools and end-user player software.
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Matrix-manage a
cross-functional team of software developers, project managers, marketing
communications and creative professionals.
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Implemented procedures and
infrastructure to manage the product planning and delivery processes.
American Red Cross October 2001 - December 2001
Volunteered
at ground zero and various family assistance centers following the events of
9/11.
Vindigo June 2000 – July 2001
Vindigo, Inc. develops and
operates location-based services for wireless and mobile devices including
PalmOS, PocketPC and WAP. Corporate and private labeled hosted versions
developed to specification.
Vice
President, Product Development
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Responsible for product
strategy, product management, website design and production, customer service,
customer support and quality assurance.
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Managed the prioritization and
workflow of new feature development and client services.
§
Matrix-managed a
cross-functional team of product, technology, and marketing staff.
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Responsible for pre- and
post-sales estimation, specification and development of corporate and
private-labeled services.
FortuneCity.com February 1999 – June 2000
FortuneCity.com operates localized community web sites under an advertiser-supported business model. Using its proprietary core technology, FortuneCity.com enables its subscribers to build home pages and interact with other members in their local language.
Vice
President, Production and Design August
1999 – June 2000
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Directed international team of web
producers, developers and designers.
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Responsible for production and
design of 15 web sites including www.fortunecity.com,
www.acmecity.com, www.hotgames.com, www.wapdrive.net, www.fortunecity.de, www.fortunecity.es, www.fortunecity.fr.
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Created systems and procedures
to manage multiple language- and culture-based websites.
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Managed the product development
lifecycle for feature and service enhancements.
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Planned and managed the
integration of newly acquired web properties into the Fortunecity.com network.
General
Manager, AcmeCity.com (joint venture between FortuneCity.com and Warner
Bros.) February 1999 – June 2000
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Managed the development and
launch of new community site featuring Warner Bros. brands.
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Corporate liaison between
FortuneCity.com and Warner Bros.
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Managed inter-corporate team of
production, technology, marketing and support staff.
CTO,
Interim January 2000 – May 2000
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Responsible for development and
operations during search for replacement CTO.
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Managed physical move of server
farm to new hosting facility.
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Managed application development
of new backend architecture and user interface responsible for managing
personal data for 3 million users.
GartnerGroup June 1998 – February 1999
GartnerGroup
is the leader in information technology strategic research and services.
Director,
Interactive Platforms
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Responsible for the maintenance
and continued development of electronic delivery platforms including complex
access controlled and e-commerce-enabled web publishing system, Lotus
Notes/Domino and CD.
§
Managed cross-functional team
of project managers, business analysts, applications development, network
management and hosting services, marketing and client support.
AirMedia
(formerly Ex Machina, Inc.) December
1996 - June 1998
AirMedia
provides wireless protocol gateway products to paging, cellular and PCS phone
carriers.
Director
Product Management
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Developed product and marketing
plan to deliver news and information to wireless handsets via SMS.
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Created and maintained
technical specifications for products and features.
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Responsible for integration and
management of all content sources for AirMedia services.
PSINet (includes NYSERNet, Inc. and Pipeline New
York) - January 1988 - December 1996
PSINet
Inc., established in 1990 from the core team of NYSERNet, Inc., was the first
commercial Internet service provider.
NYSERNet, Inc. was one of the regional networks of the NSFnet. As an early member of the core team, I held
many positions; samples are listed below.
Director
of Special Projects/Assistant to the President
July 1996 - December 1996)
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Project managed a pan-European
expansion of the PSINet network through a $100 million joint venture with The
Chatterjee Group, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management.
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Advised the President on
strategic corporate and industry issues and positioning.
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Drafted presentations for
investors, industry analysts, and other integral speaking engagements.
General
Manager, Pipeline - New York February
1995 - June 1996
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Managed acquisition of start-up
consumer online service company by PSINet Inc.
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Assumed full profit and loss
responsibility for consumer Internet access subsidiary of PSINet.
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Grew consumer subscriber base
from 5,000 (February 1995) to more than 100,000 (June 1996).
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Maximized value from purchase
price of $10 million to $23 million over an 18-month period.
Acting
Managing Director, PSINet-UK January
1996 - April 1996
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Integrated newly-acquired EUNet
GB, Britain's largest ISP, redeployed as a PSINet subsidiary.
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Successfully built new office,
relocated selected staff, created new organizational hierarchy, deployed new
national network.
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Recruited and trained an
in-country Managing Director.
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Oversaw the integration of the
Pipeline consumer Internet service into this newly-formed company.
Director
of Telecommunications and MIS October
1993 – January 1995
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Directed department responsible
for PSINet global network infrastructure and internal voice communications as
well as all internal computing resources.
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Managed the processes of
evaluating, ordering and provisioning leased line and switched circuits
throughout the PSINet network during period of exponential growth.
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Evaluated and managed
implementation of Oracle with Oracle Financials.
Customer
Support Manager April 1991 - September
1993
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Created the first technical support
department in any ISP aimed at customer support and service.
Network
Operator and System Administrator
January 1990 - March 1991
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Configured network routers,
DSU/CSU, UUCP, POP, NNTP, DNS, sendmail, SL/IP, PPP, etc.
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Sr. Marketing Associate,
NYSERNet, Inc. January 1988 - December
1989
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Developed marketing plan for
new industry-standard TCP/IP network management protocol (SNMP).
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Worked with conference staff
from several organizations to execute a national conference on computer
networking, "National Net'88" held in Washington, DC to gain support
from Congress for what has become the Internet.
EDUCATION
Cornell University
Bachelor
of Science, May 1987
Business
Management and Marketing