Matthias Glanz

Product management for antenna and filter products

Provide consulting services to small to medium sized businesses; advice clients on portfolio and strategy, product lifecycle management, lifecycle process design, business operations, supply chain, and international business expansion.

• Drove the diversification from highly commoditized solar module manufacturing business to higher margin system and solutions business. • Created annual plan for sales conference, delivering insight into overall product strategy, product launches, roadmaps, and pricing guidance for 12 months. • Co-developed business and technical solution proposal to enter residential and commercial solar market in developing countries with pay-as-you-go model.

• Led launch of differentiated Blackberry smartphones targeting traditional government and enterprise customers. • Implemented strategy to leverage Android ecosystem and execute launch of first Blackberry Android smartphone. • Significantly reduced operating costs by streamlining product portfolio and reducing headcount during transition of company to software and services company.

• Managed volume leader of Blackberry smartphones with 30M+ lifetime sales. • Identified market opportunity and drove portfolio of lower tier products to appeal to wider customer base in developing regions and prepaid segment with high levels of success.

Led 4 product lines with $750M combined revenue, managing core network infrastructure products for mobile, fixed, and cable operators. Drove the end-to-end development of new products, steering new initiatives from concept through launch. Established roadmap, plan, and timeframe to convert new products into revenue-generating business lines. Directed $225M+ operating budget and led 100-member team across Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, and the U.S.

Various management positions in Systems Engineering, Product Line Management, Customer Support and Business Excellence.

Communications Technology, RF Technology