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    Erick Watson

    Erick Watson

    Aligning Products with Markets for exceptional Results

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    Achievements

    Designed a "Critical Situation Management" process that was adopted globally by a large Fortune 50 company.

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    Skills
    Product Development Product Strategy Strategic Partnerships Business Development Go to Market Strategy Product Management Back-End Development Frontend Development Full Stack Development Game Development Mobile Development QA Testing Software Architecture Web Development Business Law Contract Law Corporate Law Immigration Law Intellectual Property Law Legal Research and Writing Mediation Patent Attorney Digital Marketing Growth Hacking Marketing Research Marketing Strategy Product Marketing Social Media Marketing Artificial Intelligence Financial Financial Services Linux Management Market Research Marketing Management Microsoft Microsoft Windows P&L Program Management Research Services Software Software Development Sourcing
    Locations
    Seattle Silicon Valley New York City
     
    Experience
    Quantarium
    Quantarium
    VP, Corporate Development 2017 - Present (over 9 years)
    Moodwire
    Moodwire
    Founder, Chief Product Officer 2013 - 2017 (about 4 years)
    GAEMS
    GAEMS
    Advisor
    Virtual Sports Entertainment
    Virtual Sports Entertainment
    Advisor
    Tripket
    Tripket
    Advisor
    Yactraq Online
    Yactraq Online
    Advisor
    SproutVest Advisers, Ltd. Co.
    SproutVest Advisers, Ltd. Co.
    Founder
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Principal Product Manager, Artificial Intelligence - Microsoft Research 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    Led technical program management for AI / ML Services initiatives on behalf of Microsoft Research. Selected Contributions:
    • Developed and led functional design of Project... more CodaLab for computer scientists to enhance productivity and reproducibility of data-driven research.
    • Identified and retained paid and unpaid collaborators. Check out http://github.com/codalab/codalab for details.
    • Established and grew a technical community of AI/ML experts from 0 to >3000.
    Director, Strategy & Business Development – Microsoft Research; Asia R&D 2010 - 2011 (about 1 year)
    Established new partnerships for product development, technology transfer, and strategic sourcing with software development partners in China. Led Microsoft’s innovation and... more market access agenda with Chinese government, industry, and academia. Selected Contributions:
    • Managed a $150M P&L.
    • Grew MSFT investment in our China Partner Ecosystem by ~29% or USD $50M.
    • Established the company’s first formal Market Research function focused on Microsoft Partners in China.
    Lead Partner Marketing Manager – WW Enterprise Marketing 2007 - 2010 (about 3 years)
    Began with top 150 FinServ customers, expanding to partners across all verticals. Developed a portfolio of programs to enhance relationships with CxO’s, feeding into insights... more that drove MS solution, product and BD. Selected Contributions:
    • Secured a $1.3B/yr. pipeline in FinServ in FY08, a 12% CAGR in sales
    • Increased sales pipeline during the downturn of 2008-2009 by 26% or $1.8B/yr.
    • Re-designed the Enterprise Marketing’s entire business architecture.
    Lead Product Marketing Manager – US Server Platform Marketing; Competitive Strategy 2005 - 2007 (about 2 years)
    Led Microsoft's competitive strategy in US marketing, focused on IT Professionals. Led long-term competitive strategy planning, relationship marketing, evangelism and community... more efforts for the US. Selected Contributions:
    • Led the first Competitive Relationship Marketing Campaign in the US on Windows vs. Linux, impacting 13M IT Pros worldwide
    • Established the first ‘Microsoft Innovation Center’ in the US, bringing together academics,VC's, startups, entrepreneurs, state and local govts
    Founder
    Moodwire, SproutVest Advisers, Ltd. Co.
    Employee
    Microsoft, Quantarium
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Yactraq Online, Tripket, Virtual Sports Entertainment, GAEMS
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    Projects
    CodaLab
    Accelerating reproducible computational research
    Product Manager, Python/Django, Javascript, Jenkins · CodaLab is an ecosystem for conducting computational research in a more efficient, reproducible,… · More and collaborative manner.
    Ivan R. Judson
    With Ivan R. Judson
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