Jim Schibler

General Skills

•    Analytical problem-solving, critical thinking

•    Oral presentation

•    Facilitation

•    English composition, editing, and proofreading

•    Foreign language (fluent in German, conversant in Spanish, basic ability in several others)

•    Bridging of cultural differences

•    Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel (macro expert), PowerPoint, Outlook

•    Basic HTML

 

Marketing and Product Management Skills 

•    Market research

•    Customer needs identification

•    Competitive analysis

•    Product positioning and pricing

•    Product strategy development

•    Project proposal development

•    Market requirements / product requirements documentation

•    Product development process management (ISO 9001)

•    Alpha and beta test program management

•    Manufacturing management (BOM, costing, sourcing, production process, etc.)

•    Product launch

•    Naming and brand development

•    Collateral design and development (brochures, data sheets, technical notes, etc.)

•    Oral communication of product value (seminars, conference presentations, sales presentations, etc.)

•    Exhibit planning and trade show selling

•    Sales team and service team training

•    OEM and Strategic Partner management

•    Key account development

•    International marketing and business operations

 

Legal Documentation Experience

•    Software licensing

•    Trademarks

•    OEM contracts

•    Patent filings

 

Management Skills

•    Interviewing

•    Training and mentoring

•    Delegation

•    Goal-setting and goal management

•    Team-building

•    Conflict resolution

•    Persuasion

 

Additional Software Product Development Experience

•    Project and task management (Wrike)

•    General architectural design

•    Licensing model design and deployment

•    User interface design

•    Design documentation

•    Icon design

•    On-line Help and user manual development

•    Software release process

•    Defect management (JIRA, PVCS Tracker)

•    Version management

•    SDK/API

•    Software localization process (German, Japanese)

•    Product package design