Ne Tentes aut Perfice -If somethings worth doing, its worth doing well

Jonesthephone

Role:     Responsible for creating /driving the global product handset strategy process in line with overall business objectives as the core of product delivery and marketing. Focal point  for co-ordination of innovative  technologies enabling Value Added and Information (Data) products. Turnover $3.4Billion

                

 

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy

Responsible for the development of a cohesive Product Strategy across GSM/DCS/PCS/CDMA/TDMA platforms. Overall responsibility for the Data Product Roadmap. Responsibility for the management of converging technologies in order to meet staged product evolution via GPRS, Fixed Mobile Convergence to a UMTS environment.

Technology and R&D

Leadership of Corporate Technology Roadmap, Product Roadmap & Platform Features Roadmap. Ownership of Advanced Studies projects within PCC research providing core technologies for data and smart features. Core member of the corporate IPR evaluation board responsible for assignment of over 170 handset patents. Responsibility for integration of converging technologies such as WAP, ‘Bluetooth’ & E-Commerce to provide differentiation within Mature markets

Product Development

 

Leadership of the Product Creation Process and Project Management to ensure effective delivery of products in the marketplace which meet the needs of the market.

Commercial

 

Creation of 1999 -2001 Business Plan and P&L.

 

Key Successes:

 

· Refocusing the PCC business model to being a strategy led organisation and realignment of Product Management and Product Development to be Strategy led.

· Establishment of the Product Strategy Process, Ideation Workshops, Working Groups as a means to support delivery  of the product strategy

· Development of first ‘Bluetooth’ single chip solution with Philips semi-conductor

Core member of the Philips Business planning group providing briefings to main board members on strategy for exploiting new technology business opportunities.

Increasing Philips share value through creating the vision of CE contribution to 3G ($12 increase in Philips share value after presenting to 137 financial analysts)

Role: Head of Strategy and Planning  Mobile  Handsets

  - VAS and Information Services

Philips

Role: Business Unit Manager,  Smartphones and Information Products

Role :                      Management of Global Smart phone & Information products business within PCC.  Turnover value $300 million       

 

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy

Responsible  for the development of a  cohesive Data  product strategy across GSM/DCS/PCS/CDMA/TDMA/AMPS platforms. Overall responsibility for the Data and Messaging Product Roadmap

Technology and R&D

Core team member of Corporate Technology Roadmap with responsibility for management of Smart features within all mobile platforms. Ownership of Advanced Studies projects within PCC  research providing core technologies for data  and smart features.

Product Development

 

Management of the Product Development Lifecycle. Ownership of the  development assets  and projects within the  development centres. Leadership of the Product Creation Process and Project Management to ensure effective delivery of products in the marketplace. Responsible for all

Commercial

Responsibility for overall Smart phone & Information Products business including Margins, Contribution rate and Market penetration

 

Key Successes:

                

Realigning  PCC platforms, technologies and partnerships to enable PCC to develop smart features through all platforms on 3 continents and enable us to leverage the Philips/Lucent joint venture in order to reach No 1 position in the High/Mid tier segment of the market

Development of the first EPOC based smartphone establishing  Philips Consumer Communications as No2 vendor of Smartphones in world market.

Owning 53% market share of global Microsoft CE products through Philips

 

 

Sep 1996— Dec 2000