Michael Mayes

I'm an architect-turned-product manager, interested in building the future of the web. I concentrate on the customer and on building useful and beautiful products and services. I am a creative problem solver who gives 110% every day. I am a consensus-builder who works to prioritize and design features focused on customer satisfaction and revenue. I understand clients' needs, but I look to the future to see beyond the now. I enjoy working with an A-team on a big problem that needs solving. I want to turn not only the Internet, but also the world into a better place. I have the following qualities: * Design-oriented manager who likes to strategize, but I love to build * Process-minded and organized; always focused on the best way to achieve results * Effective communicator and team participant; motivator and group leader * Technically proficient team player who can get in the weeds with engineers and blue-sky with the CEO My specialties include the following: product management, strategy, social media, expert networks, knowledge management, marketing, evangelism, new-product introduction, information services, technology-enabled services, web-based products, B2B and B2C marketing expertise, referral systems, information taxonomies; also architecture, jam bands and Italy and California wines.