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Ted Lyman

Ted Lyman

Product Manager
Kingston,ON

Summary

Experienced Product Manager and Technical Specialist with strong leadership skills, developed over a 29 year career in Information Technology Services. Self starter and continuous learner, showing continuous growth and advancement from hands on technical installations to progressively challenging leadership roles through hard work and dedication.

Skilled in developing product vision, business strategy, and executing development and delivery of services. Product delivery experience spans the spectrum of business analysis, building and coaching delivery teams as Scrum Master, defining and monitoring QA program execution, and engaging with stakeholders on product adoption.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Cogeco Connexion
04.2022 - 08.2023

Strong collaborator engaging stakeholders across the business, including leadership teams, sales and marketing, customer success, solution designers and developers, to ensure business goals were met and rapid solution adoption.

● Engaged with business owners to develop user personas, understand and capture end user requirements
● Managed product roadmap aligned with strategic direction, and to define clear product development goals and metrics.
● Set milestones and criteria for product development as a means to measure progress
● Created epics and user stories within Jira detailing required product features and development priorities.
● Led and thrived within a fast-paced, high performing scrum team to deliver product improvements on a regular cadence.
● When acting as a scrum master, coached teams through Sprint ceremonies including daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, bi-weekly sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
● Provided stakeholders with regular updates on project milestones, deadlines, and progress reports.
● Maintained positive relations with TPIA portal providers to build strong partnerships.

End to End Process Improvement - Network Delivery

Cogeco Connexion
09.2020 - 04.2022

● Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and take remedial actions following network/hydro outages
● Improved efficiency and effectiveness of performance and management of processes across departments.
● Evaluated corporate business processes to align outcomes with strategic goals and corporate vision.
● Created and managed plans, timelines and budgets.
● Gathered and analyzed large amounts of performance data to determine opportunities to avoid future customer outages and improve Net Promoter Score (NPS).
● Reputation developed for the creation and review of thorough process documentation.
● Responded rapidly to market shifts to make changes to corporate processes.

Manager – Training, Development and QA

Cogeco Connexion
Kingston, ON
02.2012 - 09.2020

• Managed technical team of 8 responsible for training, development and course delivery for new field service technicians
• Analyzed evolving training requirements and made adjustments to the 8-week training program
• Scheduled courses and managed field competency verifications of technical installations for compliance to standards
• Managed and completed technical field inspections to evaluate craftsmanship

Supervisor - Technical Sales and Install/Supervisor - Technical Sales and Installation/Server

Cogeco Connexion
Kingston, ON
11.2007 - 02.2012

• Led installation and services team of 9 technicians, scheduling installations for multiple dwelling units
• Maintained high customer satisfaction through enthusiastic service

Field Supervisor – Installation/Services Manager

New Horizons Communications
Kingston, ON
04.2000 - 11.2006

Field Supervisor/Installer-Service Technician

MasTec/K-Town Communications
Kingston, ON
04.1994 - 04.2000

Education

No Degree -

Scaled Agile Inc. - Product Owner/Project Manager
Burlington, ON
11.2021 - 11.2021

Skills

  • SAFe/POPM Certified (Agile Framework)
  • Agile Development Practices (LinkedIn Learning)
  • Project Management (LinkedIn Learning)
  • Project Leadership (LinkedIn Learning)Product/Project Management
  • Confluence/Jira Platforms
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Extremely Organized
  • Self-Motivated
  • Strong Verbal Communication, Interpersonal and Written Communication
  • End to End Process Implementation
  • Google Docs

● IT Service Management

● ServiceNow

● CMDB Management

● Jira

● Confluence

● Microsoft Office Suite

● SharePoint

  • SmartSheet

Work Availability

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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Product Manager

Cogeco Connexion
04.2022 - 08.2023

No Degree -

Scaled Agile Inc. - Product Owner/Project Manager
11.2021 - 11.2021

End to End Process Improvement - Network Delivery

Cogeco Connexion
09.2020 - 04.2022

Manager – Training, Development and QA

Cogeco Connexion
02.2012 - 09.2020

Supervisor - Technical Sales and Install/Supervisor - Technical Sales and Installation/Server

Cogeco Connexion
11.2007 - 02.2012

Field Supervisor – Installation/Services Manager

New Horizons Communications
04.2000 - 11.2006

Field Supervisor/Installer-Service Technician

MasTec/K-Town Communications
04.1994 - 04.2000
Ted LymanProduct Manager