Joseph Schuck has over 15 years of experience in product management, business development, and project management. He has a proven track record of successfully developing and launching new products and solutions that have generated millions in revenue. His skills include strategic planning, requirements gathering, process optimization, and quantitative analysis.
1. JOSEPH C. SCHUCK, MBA, PMC
McMurray, PA 15317 | (724) 941-0268 | jcschuck@gmail.com
Summary
My career is about process improvement, product development, building solutions, and
ultimately delivering new sales revenue. Results have produced national recognition,
corporate excellence awards and seven figure contracts. It has been a mission of
“Innovation-to-commercialization” via strategic vision, a state-of-the-art analytical tool
set and collaboration in the healthcare, IT, automation and software industries.
Objective
To lead Business/Product Management teams committed to building the best solutions
and adding significant value for your Customers and your Company.
Experience
McKesson Automation, Inc., (1,000+ employees) Pittsburgh, PA
Provider of Software Workflow Automation for improving Patient Safety, Supply-Chain
Management, Productivity, Efficiency, Reporting and Integration.
Technical Product Manager (Sept 2004-June 2010)
Responsible for the Strategic Planning, Market Research, Business Cases, Supplier
Negotiations, Functional Requirements, Technology Assessment, Risk Assessment,
Implementation, QA Testing, and Sales Training/Support for MAI's pharmacy suite.
Accomplishments:
Achieved national recognition, i. e., 1st
in KLAS.
Launched new products which became the highest growth products for the
company by 2008 (both sourced from a South Korean vendor).
Established new processes by leveraging information technology tools such as
Monte-Carlo simulation models, data-cubes and business case templates to
reduce risk of missing release deadlines, save hundreds of QA hours/release,
create software release dashboards and prioritize projects.
Incorporated statistical techniques in a inventory management optimization
feature used to prevent 1,000’s of stock out events per year.
Focused on innovation efforts that produced proof-of-concepts in several new
technologies ( incl. Voice recognition, digital pen and RFID) which also resulted
in Intellectual Property and US Patent applications.
Used the “Voice of the Customer” to produce several enhancements that will
save $10K-$100K/year/Customer.
Used multimedia products like Camtasia to produce sales training videos.
Utilized Business Intelligence software, online surveys and on-site observational
research to gauge Customer adoption rates of new enhancements, identify gaps
and draft new requirements.
Additional information available at: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-schuck/16/413/415
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2. JOSEPH C. SCHUCK, MBA, PMC
McMurray, PA 15317 | (724) 941-0268 | jcschuck@gmail.com
Entigo, Inc., (100+ employees) Pittsburgh, PA
Provider of 3-Tier eCommerce Solutions for Catalog-order and Warranty enterprise applications allowing
OEM's to strengthen their relationships with their dealership networks.
Manager of Professional Services (June2000-2004)
Responsible for Customer Engagement and Development team activities for the
implementation of online Catalog and Ordering applications; Requirements, Process
Definition, Prototyping, Design Reviews, Quality Assurance, & Performance metrics.
Accomplishments:
• Successfully customized and delivered two catalog-order websites for
Honeywell, Incorporated. The sites served 1,000 Dealers 22/7, produced over
60,000 catalog-order transactions/month.
• Managed multiple phase development projects with a team of 6 developers and
a technical architect. Releases occurred on a 3 month basis. Platform was
Weblogic, J2EE, HP Unix, Oracle 8I, AS400 backend
• BendixKing.com won CMP’s 2001 Realware Best B2C Award.
• Produced dashboards for several clients to track key metrics using a web log
parser and MS Access and Excel.
• The success of the Arvin Meritor implementation yielded four new contracts.
• Created the Entigo Repair Shop, a web-based bug-tracking tool for quality
assurance activities for both internal and external customers.
Alternate Solutions, Inc., (50+ employees) Camp Hill, PA
IT Services and Networking company servicing PA State Government facilities.
eBusiness Manager (1999-June 2000)
E-commerce, IT Application and Web site development for automated processes
for the collection, creation, and confirmation of grant applications for the state
of Pennsylvania.
Accomplishments:
o Deployed 4 web-based grant application projects (eGrants) for the Pennsylvania
Department of Education (PDE) in 7 months. The eGrant website serviced 600+
School Districts & Adult Ed. Facilities, 18/7.
o Lead two external development teams plus internal resources while
collaborating with PA Department of Education leaders for customization
requirements and verification.
o Finished all on time and captured cost savings worth 15% of the overall budget
and awarded multi-million dollar contract upon completion.
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3. JOSEPH C. SCHUCK, MBA, PMC
McMurray, PA 15317 | (724) 941-0268 | jcschuck@gmail.com
SKILLS & TOOL SET
• Process Definition – WorkFlow design using MS Visio, Requirements
gathering using MS Word, MS Excel, and Caliber.
• Communication – Sharepoint for collaboration and version control, MS
Powerpoint, Webinars for sales presentations and training. Camtasia
and Sony Vegas Pro for multimedia productions.
• Quantitative Analysis – Monte-Carlo Simulation models for Risk analysis and
Forecasting via MS Excel & Crystal Ball. Business Intelligence using
Business Objects and MS Access, SQL.
• Planning/Organization – Project, resource and deliverable planning using PMI
Methods, Six Sigma Techniques and MS Project.
• Financial Analysis – thinkorSwim trading tools, Business Case analysis NPV,
ROI, Payback. Stock Investor Professional, RiskMetrics, Quicken 2010,
Morningstar for mutual fund analysis.
• Leadership – President of a professional society, 10+ years of management
and product development experience
Education
• Masters of Business Administration – Pennsylvania State University
o Master’s Paper: Going Public in Japan in the 1990’s
• Bachelor of Science – Ag. Mech. Eng & Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State Univ.
• Pragmatic Marketing Certificate (PMC)
• General Securities – NASD Series 7 Training
Recognition
• KLAS Number 1 ranking in Central Pharmacy Automation
• CMP Media’s RealWare Award “Best E-Business Application: B2C”
• Letter of Commendation, Pennsylvania Dept. of Education
• Journey To Excellence Award, AMP Incorporated
Professional Organizations
• Member of the Product Strategy Network
• Member of the Pittsburgh Technology Council
• Member of the American Association of Individual Investors
• Pastoral Council member of my parish
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