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John Ruder

CEO & co-founder at DropSpot
john.ruder@gmail.com
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720-883-6002
Product management, program management, and business leader with broad experience across numerous market segments and industry verticals. I've worked with companies of all sizes, primarily in financial services, aerospace, and telecommunications. My work style is rooted in an entrepreneurial approach, innovation, data-driven decision making, and profitability. Whether I'm working with start-ups or global corporations, my strengths are in creating a strategic vision, building a plan to realize the vision, and leading the execution of the plan. Specialties: online strategy, product management, data-driven decision making, marketing, data, data feeds, business analysts, program management, portfolio management, P&L and budget management, user experience, web analytics, web application development, SDLC, SaaS, online publishing, online advertising, ad tech, eCommerce, geospatial tech, fin tech, team building, enterprise-wide thinking, organizational management, business process management (BPM) and leading projects utilizing cross-functional teams.
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Work Experience

DropSpot

CEO & co-founder
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Feb 2016 - Current

Co-founded and built a startup company to innovate how local merchants can manage word-of-mouth as a marketing channel. DropSpot is a system to connect local influencers to local merchants.

Merchants can connect with DropSpot's network of local influencers to understand who is driving customer visits into physical stores through word- of-mouth recommendations.

TalkBox Booth

Advisory Board Member
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Jan 2016 - Current

Trio Health

Product Management
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Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

Led product and project management the Trio Health platform, a healthcare start up company. Wore numerous hats, from onboarding data, to enhancement of the web platform, to managing partner relationships.

Markit

Managing Director, Business Development
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Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

Created and closed new business for the Markit On Demand business, focused on the design, build, and hosting of web and mobile applications in the financial services industry. Drove new business strategies for Adhesion, MOD's ad serving and marketing platform.

Markit

Global Head, Project Management & Business Analysis
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Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

Established a global project management and business analysis organization for Markit called Project Execution Services. As a part of the COO management team, built a centralized PMO capability and organization to service all of Markit. Defined best practices for project management and business analyst functions.

Established program/portfolio management and reporting practices, covering thousands of projects and supporting hundreds of product initiatives across the firm. Led the adoption of a centralized MIS tool to capture project information, manage project life cycles, and enable data-driven transparency across the firm. Defined and rolled-out an internal charge-back model for the Markit organization, to create fungibility and flexibility in budgeting and resources assignment, and drive capitalization definition.

Markit

Director of Project Management
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Dec 2009 - Dec 2011

Led teams to deliver web and mobile applications for clients of Wall Street On Demand. Delivered on a key test project that played in important role in the acquisition of Wall Street On Demand by Markit. As a part of the re-named Markit On Demand, built up a project management team to deliver projects on behalf of other Markit product initiatives.

Jeppesen, A Boeing Company

Senior Manager, Product Management
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May 2006 - May 2009

Defined and managed Internet strategy and eBusiness for Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., a Boeing Company. Created an online strategy for the Jeppesen enterprise. Won funding, developed the execution plan, and launched two large web properties: the new corporate web presence (jeppesen.com); and the new eCommerce channel (JeppDirect.com). Formed a business team to support a new line of business and drive eBusiness management best practices throughout the organization.

The NASDAQ Stock Market

Director, Product Management
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Jun 2002 - May 2006

Director of Internet strategy for NASDAQ Corporate Clients Management responsibilities: http://www.nasdaq.net including NASDAQ Online, a financial web portal to support the CEO, CFO, board members and investor relations professionals at NASDAQ-listed companies.

The Northridge Group

Business Analyst
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1999 - 2001

Advised telecommunications clients on Internet strategy and business analysis. Sales force management practices, product mix analysis, venture investment assessment, web site development, business development for RBOCs, CLECs, DSL providers and start-up IP telephony companies.

ThinkLink, Inc.

Product Manager
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1996 - 1998

Drove the development of the computer-telephony component of an award-winning web-based unified messaging platform, ThinkLink, through consumer-test phase prototype completion. Designed user-interface, created functional specifications, developed a content creation and management system, constructed recording studio, spearheaded quality assurance, served as voice talent. Played a key role in re-formulation of the company's business plan, financial projections, and the successful procurement of a half million dollars of seed capital through angel investment.

Education

Williams College

BA History
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1991 - 1995

Skills

  • Product Management
  • E-commerce
  • Team Building
  • SaaS
  • SEM
  • Social Media
  • SEO
  • Marketing
  • Organizational Management
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Strategy
  • Project Management
  • Online Publishing
  • Online Advertising
  • Data
  • Data Analytics
  • Data Integration
  • Global Management
  • Program Management
  • P&L Management
  • Project Management Tools
  • Business Modeling
  • Business Process Management
  • SDLC
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship
  • CRM
  • Business Analysis
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)