Melanie Ziegler, founder and principal of MSZ Consulting is an accomplished, dedicated and impactful software product development executive with a track record of producing high quality, marketable products for industry leaders. She has significant experience delivering a stream of product releases across the product lifecycle in many domains and industries. Recognized as a strategic and pragmatic thinker who leads by example, Melanie builds highly productive teams and is collaborative in her approach as a skilled facilitative leader. Melanie has a clear understanding of the market with over 25 years of experience as a practitioner in Software Development, including 12 years in VP/SVP product development leadership roles.
Our Consulting Services
Strategic Planning FrameworksÂ
- Vision, goal setting, strategic initiative planning
- Execution frameworks and performance improvement
Strategic Projects
- Catalyst/champion for strategic initiatives
- Task force and strategic project leadership
- Project rescue – assess and fix vexing projects
- Leadership of due-diligence efforts (technology selection, products, teams)
SaaS/Cloud Applications
- Development of robust, scalable SaaS products
- Co-location and Cloud Hosting
Agile Scrum
- Process development, implementation & coaching
- Certified as a Scrum Alliance product owner (CSPO)
Product Success
- Product roadmap creation
- Product portfolio analysis
- Prototype development
- Product planning initiatives
- Beta program definition and implementation
- Customer feedback gathering- roadmaps or functionality
- Product/technical decision assessment
- Deployment processes (SLAs, metrics)
- Plans for key customer/partner success
Team Formation, Recruiting, & Manager Development
- New product leadership coaching
- Project team recruiting, interviewing and team formation
Contact Information:
Melanie Ziegler
MSZ Consulting
978.494.4189
melanie@mszconsulting.com
www.mszconsulting.com
