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ben rothman

Director of Product Management for Agile Design, UX, Web, Mobile & Emerging Tech
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Rightpoint | New York, NY

Director Of Product Management | Dec 2021 - Present

Associate Director, Product Management | Dec 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Product Owner for an Agile team of 45+ product managers, engineers and designers for a multi-million dollar telecom project spanning over 2 years from inception to public launch.

  • Member of the Boston Office Leadership with responsibilities including oversight of our Region’s Staffing, Allocation, Resourcing and Budgeting.

  • Leading the vision and revamp our our Agile Scrum Methodologies to help redefine our mission of Transparency, Inspectability & Adaptability for our clients.

Senior Product Manager | Nov 2017 - Present

  • Set and led the direction, strategy, roadmap and execution in over fifteen Mobile, Web and Emerging Technology Projects.

  • Led projects for Design, Development, QA of Fortune 50 client projects with upwards of 25+ resources.

  • Managed four directs reports on product team and defined the product and delivery models for the product organization.

  • Responsible for tracking target margins, client success, resource allocation and hitting revenue goals.

Product Manager | May 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Lead multiple teams of developers and designers to deliver world class apps and web projects for clients.

  • Continually aimed to improve lives through technology and design.

  • Drove to hit targets of teamwork, excellence, impact and initiative.

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Apperian | Boston, MA

Director, Customer Solutions Group | October 2015-May 2016

  • Led team of developers for ongoing agile projects for iOS, Android and Web with $1.5mm in annual billing.

  • Supported clients to create the vision, requirements, design, development and execution of projects.

  • Collaborated with clients on mobile and web app roadmap planning.

  • Partnered with sales on service offering initiatives to drive SaaS platform and subscription deals.

  • Responsible for achieving bookings, revenue and margin targets, customer satisfaction and resource management.

Project Manager, Customer Solutions Group | January 2014-October 2015

  • Led the frontend and backend development for largest deployment of retail iPads outside of Apple.

  • Understanding of hybrid, public and custom app architecture and implementation strategies.

  • Experienced in UI/UX design and wire-framing technologies and best practices.

  • Knowledgeable with development tools such as Jira, GitHub, Xcode, and Jenkins.

  • Provide white-glove customer engagement.

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General Assembly | Boston, MA

Expert in Residence, Product Management | August 2014 – November 2015

  • Expert in residence for Product Management courses at General Assembly Boston.

  • Classes cover Product Development Process, Customer Development, Testing & Validating/MVP, Business Model Design, Market Research, Personas & Empathy Maps, Features & User Stories, Wire-framing & Storyboarding, Metrics, Pricing and Financial Modeling, Product Roadmap and Presenting to Stakeholders.

  • Help mentor over 40 students to develop their PM skills.

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Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. | NASDAQ:CIDM, New York, NY

Director, Digital Operations | July 2013-January 2014

  • Oversaw global operations for digital distribution chain.

  • Conceptualized and implementing company’s disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

  • Led ongoing planning and development of proprietary ERP system.

  • Piloted team to launch OTT digital networks across multiple verticals.

  • Supplied daily analytical reporting to C-Level Executives across multiple disciplines.

  • Managed team of 5 direct reports across operations, development and sales groups.

  • Digital sales increased 71% YOY for $36MM total.

Senior Manager, Digital Distribution | September 2012-June 2013

  • Managed build out of bi-coastal encoding network with multiple integration partners.

  • Successfully launched internal encoding house as a new profit center for the company.

  • Planned and launched initial OTT branded channel network across multiple digital platforms.

  • Directed completion of cataloging over 120,000 digital assets in MAM/DAM systems.

  • Manage team of 3 direct reports across operations, development and sales groups.

  • Instituted efficiencies in scaled ERP systems to help drive digital sales increases of 85% YOY for $21MM total.

Manager, Digital Distribution | November 2010-August 2012

  • Implemented overhaul of operational structure for scheduling and production systems.

  • Architected a state of the art QC, ingest, transcode and delivery system.

  • Designed asset management system & overseeing the development resources to hit strategic deadlines.

  • Developed systems to  measure asset throughput and provide business intelligence to senior management.

  • Supported client relations by launching strategies and CRM  for upkeep of over 500 partners.

  • Managed a team of 2 direct reports who ingested content and maintained database integrity.

  • Digital team saw tremendous growth in 2011 with total sales increasing 96% YOY for $12MM total.

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Entertainment One Distribution | LSE:ETO, Port Washington, NY

Manager, Digital Operations | January 2009-September 2010  

  • Oversaw & maintained remote delivery systems for entire catalog of Video and Music assets.

  • Liaised with 175 music & 60 video label partners with combined catalog of over 20,000 titles.

  • Supported development of marketing opportunities and features for digital transactional partners.

  • Worked with VOD sales agents to attain placement and deliver programs to cable systems MSO partners.

  • Functioned closely with post houses while communicating complex compression methodologies. 

  • Managed a direct report who helped to ingest and QC content and maintain metadata integrity.

New Media Coordinator| January 2007-January 2009

  • Monitored delivery of music and video digital sales to service partners for all distributed labels.

  • Maintained metadata and rights history for digital catalog.

  • Tracked sales for digital service providers such as analyzing sales and trend reports.

  • Assisted to development and implementation of royalty processing system for all digital sales.

  • Controlled back-end content management for multiple partner portals.

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State University of New York College at Oneonta

Bachelor of Arts, December 2005

General Assembly Boston

Product Management, April 2014