Russell Beattie
Developer Advocate / Technical Product Manager
Web, mobile and consumer electronics.
+1 415 606 5345
Mountain View, CA
russ@russellbeattie.com
www.russellbeattie.com
Russell_Beattie_resume.docx
Summary
- Developer Relations - Blogs, social media, presentations, white papers, speeches and strategy.
- Technical Product Manager - Initiation of new product ideas, definition, management and launch.
- Senior Developer - Full stack technical knowledge and expertise. Web, mobile, streaming media, cloud and apps.
- Entrepreneur - Experience with startups and being a founder of a tech company.
Experience
Senior Product Manager - Technical
December 2017 - July 2021
Amazon Lab126
Sunnyvale, California
Worked in both technical and product management roles for the FireOS web technologies group, engaging effectively with end-users, stakeholders, and engineering teams to deliver a range of significant products and features to our customers successfully.
Wrote product plans ("PRFAQs"), managed product development, created app prototypes for Android devices using cutting edge web engine features, communicated new technologies such as Ad Tech and streaming media, gave demos and internal conference presentations, assisted with QA and customer support.
Significant contributions to products including:
- Amazon WebView
- Web App Starter Kit
- CBS Sports for Fire TV
- Watch & Shop / ShopKit
- Amazon Channel Creator
- Web Videos for Echo Show
- Amazon Freevee prototype
- Amazon News for Fire TV prototype
- Apps for FireOS devices
- YouTube for Fire TV
- NextGenTV (ATSC 3.0)
Technical Evangelist
September 2013 - December 2017
Amazon Lab126
Sunnyvale, California
Worked in Amazon's devices group focusing on development and promotion of web apps for Fire Tablets, Fire TVs and Echo devices. Developer outreach including blog posts, speaking at industry conferences, meetups, and customer support.
Videos of my external talks can be found here: https://www.russellbeattie.com/videos .
Marketing Technologies Manager for CTO
September 2008 - September 2012
Nokia Research Center
Palo Alto, California
Worked with Nokia's Chief Technology Officer, academics and researchers to help promote Nokia innovations and technologies. Wrote white papers, speeches and web content. Designed and managed NRC website, developed internal apps and demos, and facilitated research-paper web publications.
Founder and Developer
April 2007 - May 2008
Mowser.com
Menlo Park, California
Startup online service for converting web pages for mobile. Sold to dotMobi.
Mobile Strategist for Office of CEO
November 2004 - September 2006
Yahoo!
Sunnyvale, California
Strategy and technical outreach. Worked with CEO and top level managers to educate them on latest mobile tech. Assisted in search for head of mobile division.
Senior Developer
September 2003 - September 2004
WaveMarket
Emeryville, California
Java developer working on location based services application.
eBusiness Consultant
April 2000 - May 2003
Independent Contractor
Madrid Spain
Worked with various international businesses as Java and mobile technologies developer/consultant. Fluent in Spanish.
- Intabia, Inc.
- TerraLycos
- Telefonica I+D (R&D)
- Adecco, Iberia
- Orcom Inc.
Developer and Consultant
December 1996 - April 2000
Various Companies
San Francisco, CA
Worked on projects using Java, Web (full-stack), Lotus Notes, Relational DBs and Microsoft tools during the dot-com boom.
- Lotus Development Corporation (IBM)
- XeroxConnect
- Kinecta Corporation
- BabyCenter.com
- StreetFusion.com
- LookSmart.com
- Organic Online
- Proxicom, Inc.
- Softbank Interactive Marketing
- BHP Inc.
Patents
Mobile monetization
2006
US10049381B2 - Yahoo!
A device, system, and method are directed towards facilitating monetization of mobile devices.
Social networking for mobile devices
2006
US8843560B2 - Yahoo!
A mobile device, system, and method for display of live views generated by employing social networking information, including moods of a person, avatars, status of a member's activities.
Skills
Technical, Business and Creative
- Advertising (VAST, VPAID)
- Agile Development Methodology
- Analytics and Metrics
- Android / Java
- ATSC 3.0
- Automation
- BOM Estimation
- Cloud Services (AWS)
- Data Collection/Analysis
- DBMS / SQL
- Embedded Devices
- Graphic Design
- Internal Stakeholder Management
- Mobile Web
- Networking
- New Product Concepts
- NodeJS
- OSes (Unix, Mac, Windows)
- Partnerships
- Presentations / Talks / Workshops
- Product Planning, Design and Launch
- Prototyping
- Public Media
- Python
- Smartphones and Tablets
- Smart Displays
- Smart TVs
- Software and Application Development
- Startup Experience
- Streaming (HLS, DASH)
- System Performance
- Systems Integration
- Team Development
- Technical Architecture
- Technical Requirements
- User Experience Design
- User Interaction
- Version Control (Git)
- Voice UI (Alexa)
- Web (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- XML/XSL
Education
Communications
Spring 1990 through Fall 1993
Keene State College
Keene, New Hampshire