Highlights
- Currently Vice President, First Consult at Elsevier; responsible for product management, strategy, and product development
- Blog product management tips at How To Be A Good Product Manager, and give and collect product management advice at Ask A Good Product Manager
- Co-authored a pair of popular articles for Boxes and Arrows on Transitioning from User Experience to Product Management; Part 1, Part 2, and related podcast (MP3)
- Presented some popular webinars:
- Ten Tips For New Product Managers: Recording and more information; Slides
- Ten Traits of Good Product Managers: Recording and more information; Slides
- Co-founder, St. Louis Product Management Group
- Founder and Former Chair, St. Louis User Experience Conference
- Former columnist column for Digital Web Magazine
- Co-founder, Information Architecture InstituteAdditional information and full resume available on request via jeff@jefflash.com
Selected presentations
I have delivered many presentations to various groups around the world; here are a selected few:
- Presenter, “Ten Tips For New Product Managers.” FeaturePlan webinar series; August 29, 2007: Recording and more information; Slides
- Presenter, “Ten Traits of Good Product Managers.” FeaturePlan webinar series; July 9, 2008: Recording and more information; Slides
- Keynote Presentation, “STM Information Industry Outlook.” Online Information Conference; December 5, 2007
- Presenter, “User Experience and Product Management: Two Peas in the Same Pod?” St. Louis User Experience Conference; November 10, 2006: Slides (PPT)
- Presenter, “User-Centered Design for Agile Projects,” GatewayCHI; October 6, 2005: Slides (PDF)
Education
- MBA; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- BSBA; Washington University in St. Louis, John M. Olin School of Business, St. Louis, MO
- Magna Cum Laude; Major in Marketing, Minor in Graphic Communications