John Ceccarelli

Internal agentic AI startup at JetBrains Innovation Hub

Product Management and Technical Documentation for High Performance Java * Work with Executive team to analyze market trends in the Java landscape and set strategic direction for the company in the high-performance Java market * Lead go-to-market effort across EMEA, partnering with AWS to accelerate cloud migrations and optimize cloud-native workloads * Lead research into use of AI to maximize Java performance

Ran the Product Management and Technical Documentation teams for Azul Platform Prime and Optimizer Hub. * Defined requirements and oversee implementation of the world’s most powerful Java runtime * Brought to market a new product, Azul Optimizer Hub. Led rapid iterations based on user feedback to add key workflows that open new markets and drive adoption. * Worked with Developer Relations team to engage developer community and build developer affinity with Azul products by providing technical developer d

Hybrid inbound/outbound PM position focusing on engaging with customers and leads to drive VBCS adoption and driving requirements for future releases. * Engaging with Sales Consulting and Presales Engineering to analyze customer requirements and build out POCs of customer solutions in support of high level opportunities * Working with the Product Management teams for the major Oracle SaaS pillars (CRM, HCM, Service, ERP) to identify best practices for consumption of SaaS REST APIs and extensions of SaaS of

Led development of Visual Builder Cloud Service, a browser-based cloud service that allows citizen developers to build and host database-backed web and mobile applications with little to no coding. Responsible for product management and engineering implementation from inception to delivery, including: * Product definition including market research, target user definition, analysis of competitive tools, and prioritization of key usecases and market segments * Directing the architectural design of the servic

Manage all aspects of planning, developing, and releasing one of the world's most powerful open-source IDEs. Works closely with Java engineering teams to promote the continued success of the Java programming language through innovative new tools and technologies. Major accomplishments: * Grew active user community from 91K to 1.5M under my term as head/director of engineering * Led the design and development of Project Easel, the cutting edge HTML5 tooling in NetBeans * Delivered same-day support for JDK

Designed and led implementation of a gamification platform for online music.

Head of engineering for NetBeans IDE. Manage all aspects of planning, developing, and releasing one of the world's most powerful open-source IDEs. Works closely with Java engineering teams to promote the continued success of the Java programming language through innovative new tools and technologies.

Managed the engineering group that provides NetBeans support for all web application technologies, including Java EE, web services, Ruby on Rails, Groovy, Javascript/Ajax, and PHP. Major accomplishments: * Led the development and introduction of support for PHP in NetBeans, which has been extremely popular and now accounts for roughly 30% of our active users. * Worked with Java EE group to deliver Java EE 6 tooling ahead of all other major IDEs.

Managed a group of technical writers in the US, Czech Republic, and Russia to deliver technical documentation for NetBeans. Controlled the docs and support section of netbeans.org, including content and design. Major accomplishments: * Led the shift away from massive online help and PDF user guides and towards videos, podcasts, blogging, and focused web-based tutorials. * Implemented web analytics program to measure website usage against company goals. * Ran educational program to promote the use of NetBea

Provided technical documentation, built-in product help, Flash videos and demos, and online tutorials for developing Java SE and web applications using NetBeans IDE

Managed the content of the English language section of AlbumCity.cz, including articles on music news and upcoming events, album reviews, and marketing copy.

Contributed back-end and user documentation to an online travel reservation company.