John Lin
Mechanical Engineering graduate from Cornell University, with MBA from Duke University. Last worked at Mobopia Corp. as Consultant, Interim Director of Product Management.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Engineering |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Cornell University, Duke University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Mobopia Corp., Redwood City, CA |
| Position: | Consultant, Interim Director of Product Management |
| Time period: | March 2008 - September 2009 |
| Description: | “Open Mobile Publishing Network” for mobile Flash widgets, with an iPhone Apps Store like web-portal (www.xuinet.com) and Windows Mobile client (Xoe), supported by rich Flash advertising. Seed funded by ACCESS & angel investor for $1.4M. Shutdown in September 2008.
Engaged in a variety of product management, product marketing and business development activities including: • Developed presentations and collateral for mobile ISV’s, potential partners, and venture capitalists. • Analyzed competitive landscape, wrote Product Requirement Documents, produced User Interface mockup’s, reviewed bugs and prioritized features, managed engineering to ensure product delivery goals and deadlines. |
| Employer: | Independent |
| Position: | Campaign Volunteer, Independent Consultant |
| Time period: | October 2007 - October 2008 |
| Description: | • Campaign Volunteer: phone banker, canvasser, fundraiser, blogger, etc. for a variety of local, county and state, and national election campaign efforts.
• JustVote / iLeonardo.com: update non-partisan voter information guide website. • Startup’s: marketing collateral creation, competitive analysis, representative at industry events; introductions to VC’s, product management, competitive analysis, advisor since |
| Employer: | Adobe Systems, Inc., San Francisco & San Jose, California. www.adobe.com |
| Position: | Various positions |
| Time period: | February 2005 - March 2007 |
| Description: | 5/06 – 3/07 Product Manager, Mobile Services, Mobile & Devices Business Unit
• Evaluated and developed product and services competitive landscape, opportunities and business models around mobile digital imaging & video utilizing Adobe’s Flash Cast and Flash Lite. Managed primary end user and secondary market research. • Aligned internal Consumer Digital Imaging product roadmap with Mobile & Devices Business Unit for mobile, web and desktop photo & video products and services. • Engaged a variety of potential partners, including leading handset manufacturers (Nokia, Sony Ericsson), wireless operators (Verizon) and internet services. Developed concept demo of photo & video sharing Flash Cast photo sharing “channel” and Flash Lite mobile phone client for 3GSM (now Mobile World Congress) tradeshow. • Continued follow-on support of Adobe-Google Toolbar distribution deal (May -> August 2006) 10/05 – 9/06 Product Marketing Consultant, Business Development, Platform Business Units • Worked closely with Google business development, product management and partner solutions teams to propose, negotiate, close and implement the Adobe-Google Toolbar deal; launched Shockwave Player and 16 language versions of Google Toolbar, coordinating Adobe Bangalore engineering team, Adobe San Francisco web team and Adobe San Jose engineering, business, legal and finance. Received “Spot Bonus” for going “above and beyond” the call of duty. • Proposed and evaluated major Internet portal and search engines, VoIP providers and Internet-related services opportunities for distribution and monetization efforts around Adobe Reader and Flash Player. • Executed existing Yahoo! Tool Bar distribution, Symantec Norton Internet Security advertising and free trial agreements, Adobe Reader inclusion in Google Pack and discussions of future partnership opportunities. • Created and updated advertisements in Adobe Reader. 2/05 – 7/05 Sr. Product Manager/Consultant, Consumer Digital Imaging, Digital Imaging/Digital Video Resolved day-to-day development issues and launch activities for Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0. • Developed product strategy for Adobe’s consumer digital imaging product and services. Managed product concepts, services and development with major mobile handset manufacturers and media sharing services. |
| Employer: | Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, California. www.yahoo.com |
| Position: | Product Manager, Yahoo! Photos ( photos.yahoo.com) - shutdown |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2004 |
| Description: | • Drove project definition, planning, and execution with Yahoo!'s internal teams for bug fixes, enhancements, features for photos.yahoo.com. Launched new holiday cards & gifts and Print-at-Home feature. Managed tactical details for Yahoo! Photos' international sites.
• Developed MRD and product strategy for integrated photos desktop connected client. Evaluated digital imaging software companies and online services for build, buy, or partner. Involved in developing comprehensive end-to-end solution strategy for Y! users. • Defined features roadmap to integrate Yahoo! network properties to add value for users and drive Yahoo! network integration and user engagement. (Mobile, Mail, IM, 360, Living Room,etc) • Presented Flickr and other new emerging photo sharing solutions internally. Post Picasa acquisition by Google, recommended Flickr as an acquisition candidate. Flickr later acquired by Yahoo! Search in March 2005. Yahoo! Photos shut down in September 2007 in favor of Flickr. |
| Employer: | Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, California. www.adobe.com |
| Position: | Product Manager, Intelligent Document Business Unit |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2003 |
| Description: | • Launched all versions and languages of Acrobat Reader for Palm OS (v. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0; EFIGSJ), Pocket PC (1.0; EFIGSJ), Symbian OS (1.0; EFIGS), and Software Development Kit (SDK) for ACCESS (browser for NTT DoCoMo). Managed all product management aspects of launch, from developing a business case, defining product features in MRD, conducting user testing, private and public beta programs, working with remote Adobe India engineering team, editing web site content, to releasing products, conducting press interviews, and speaking at tradeshow events.
• Worked with internal Adobe teams and external partners to implement cross-company initiatives in Acrobat, ebooks, Photoshop Album/Photoshop Elements, Electronics for Imaging’s PrintMe Networks in Reader. • Engaged all major Palm OS, Pocket PC and Symbian OS licensees, as well as a wide variety of ISV’s and platform vendors (Linux, Java, etc.) seeking Adobe PDF support. Directly presented to Takeshi Natsuno (NTT DoCoMo iMode founder) case for PDF for i-mode at NTT DoCoMo HQ (Tokyo, Japan). Evaluated business case and opportunities. Negotiated bundling and distribution agreements. Obtained Palm Powered and Nokia OK certifications. Optimized Reader for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) on X-scale and StrongARM processor series. • Directly presented to CEO and executive management team on a quarterly basis product roadmaps and non-PC market dynamics. • Represented Adobe at various developer and industry events including PalmSource, Symbian Developers Conference & Symbian Enterprise Alliance meetings, Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 Launch, Pocket PC Summit, Intel Developers Forum, etc. • Managed day-to-day activities relating to Acrobat Reader (Mac/Windows/Unix/Linux), including distribution, installation, customer care issues, web site maintenance, plug-ins, bug fixes, updates, new releases, etc. • Managed Adobe’s ebooks and Digital Rights Management (DRM) effort with Adobe Reader’s Web Buy plug-in and transition of Glassbook Reader to Adobe eBook Reader after Adobe’s acquisition of Glassbook. |
| Employer: | United Technologies/Hamilton Standard, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. www.hamiltonsundstrandcorp.com |
| Position: | Design Engineer, Engine Controls & Accessories |
| Time period: | January 1993 - December 1997 |
| Description: | • Designed, modified, repaired, analyzed, tested and cost-reduced new and existing hydro-mechanical aerospace components and equipment. Interfaced with vendors and OEM customers to define acceptable design and cost parameters. Proposed, developed and resolved design and cost issues.
• Evaluated, acquired and integrated use of digital prototyping and virtual reality software tools to test engine configurations for serviceability and maintainability. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Duke University |
| Time period: | 1997 - 1999 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Cornell University |
| Time period: | 1989 - 1993 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engineering, BSc |
