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Nick Winkworth
Product
Management and Marketing
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| Sun
Microsystems (Servers): Defined the product
features and
marketing and business strategy for Sun's future
flagship product
line of high end enterprise servers. Followed through to engineering
completion and go-to-market
readiness. Lifetime revenue was forecast to be $10
billion over 3-4 years. Links to public information: Rock on Wikipedia Rock in Multicore Info (Aug 2009) The Register confirms "late 2009" launch date! Sun Microsystems (Professional Services): Brought product management and marketing disciplines to a business where none previously existed. Hired and managed a team of 12 Product Managers. Created a portfolio of service products for Sun Professional Services and created a $100 million annual business. Links to public information:AIM Methodology Overview (Still in use in 2009!) Packaged Solutions Brochure (UK) Hitachi
Data Systems (Servers):
Created the strategy for HDS to enter a new market segment: enterprise
UNIX servers.
Defined product features and built the business case to secure
investment funding from the parent
company to create a new $300 million annual business. Links
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