Steven S.
Experienced product marketing leader in AI and HPC @ big tech firms
Studied at Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell)
Worked at Microsoft
Available Thursday at 6:30 PM UTC
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Steven’s Product Marketing Management Qualifications
Experience level: Manager
Seasoned product marketing and management professional with a proven track record of success in the technology industry. Extensive experience leading go-to-market strategies, sales enablement, and product launches for cutting-edge artificial intelligence and high-performance computing solutions. Proven ability to develop compelling messaging, drive customer engagement, and achieve significant revenue growth. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams, influencing product design, and delivering results in fast-paced environments.
Steven can help with:
Interview Prep
Skill Building
Market Research
LinkedIn Review
Competitive Analysis
Promotion Strategy
Cover Letters
Resume Review
Salary Negotiation
Messaging and Positioning
Product Launch
Go-to-Market Strategy
Work Experience
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Microsoft
November 2022 - March 2024
Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Teams responsible for Roadmap, Moments, Blogs, and field activation • Trained 25 PMMs to track and market 700+ features; increased accuracy from 20% to 90% • Led outbound feature comms; authored 15 blogs w/700k+ views; launching 450+ features • Launched Teams GenAI features; created audience specific messages w/several channels Storytelling, Presentations and +7 skills
Product Marketing Manager Lead
Intel
September 2021 - November 2022
Responsible for marketing the SigOpt hyperparameter optimization product at Intel Corporation • Led go-to-market, sales enablement, and collateral for AI developer software & solutions • Refocused disparate AI s/w into cohesive strategy targeting 5 key workloads & solutions Storytelling, Presentations and +5 skills
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
August 2020 - October 2021
Responsible for marketing AI products and solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Led all AI messaging; influenced product design; shifted focus to sweet spot of AI market Storytelling, Presentations and +4 skills
Senior Product Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
September 2019 - August 2020
Senior Product Manager for High Performance Computing (HPC) Development tools developed by HPE. These tools help customers maximized performance and increase time to value when developing HPC codes. I am responsible for bring these products to market by managing the full delivery and support of these software tools. • Led s/w dev tool; launched on new system w/optimized pricing and increased sales 15% Storytelling, Presentations and +4 skills
Senior Manager, Marketing
Intel
December 2018 - September 2019
Leads messaging and sales enablement for High Performance Computing segment • Led 15-person team launch messaging team; created new solutions messaging processes • Created 9 specialized HPC/AI courses for stakeholders; led over 20 customer engagements • Managed 25-person team creating specialized HPC/AI and Cloud trainings for partners, customers, and sales teams; led over 20 customer engagements in emerging areas for Intel Storytelling, Presentations and +4 skills
Product Marketing Manager
May 2018 - December 2018
Led 18-person launch team for 44 AI solutions for specific enterprise use cases Acquired 1,000+ enterprise customers by leading & executing marketing & sales actions w/partner, sales, engineering, & product groups; co-marketed w/14 partners to go-to-market Storytelling, Presentations and +4 skills
Product Marketing Manager
Intel
August 2016 - May 2018
Leading product-marketing activities to launch Intel’s first machine learning optimized CPU • Developed & executed marketing, launch, partnering, pricing, messaging, sampling, demo, performance, & sales plans; led processes w/eight virtual teams and over 100 members • Defined products specs for engineering teams with sales input while generating system builder (OEM) design wins; led countless customer engagements • Led creation of and delivered sales stories for how win in AI for Intel's main line server CPU
Lead Satellite Control Network Systems Engineer
United States Air Force
April 2011 - June 2013
Led engineering activities for multi-billion-dollar contract upgrading Satellite Comm Network • Led 12 staff and eight engineering processes and personally executed $1.5M per year budget • Installed 4 new systems worth $225M; prevented 4-mo delay, $800K overrun w/each delivery • Leveraged Six-Sigma to solve over 100 issues w/scheduling, risk, testing, & safety processes
Deputy Chief Rocket Test Operations Branch & Executive Officer
United States Air Force
August 2007 - April 2011
• Led 50 government & military personnel & 120 support contractors executing rocket tests • Led 25-member team to select 10-year, $100M contract; averted work stoppage at $2.5B site • Chosen from 22 officers to be commander’s XO & lead personnel dept. of 50-member unit • Fixed acceptance rate of perf reports from 0% to 90%; upping HQ ranking from last to #1/10 • Managed 22-member, $9.8M advanced material project; integrated six government groups & private companies; managed $3.3M cut w/o sacrificing delivery time or performance
Education
Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategic Operations
2013 - 2015
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Astronautical Engineering
2003 - 2007