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October 22, 2004
Changing Job Roles
Some of you might be quick enough to have noticed that I recently updated my email signature and am listing myself in a slightly new job role. I wanted to take a moment and explain the change so folks outside of Macromedia understand how Emmy and I will be working together as Product Managers for both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player.
Until recently I was the Product Manager for Director whereas Emmy was the Product Manager for the Shockwave Player. In this arrangement I personally felt that my talents and experience weren't being used as I would have liked and so I asked to speak with folks about a change. My key strengths lie in being close to the product, in using Director and Shockwave every day, I am not robust when it comes to handling the business side of things and as such I wasn't performing at the level I prefer.
The fallout of our discussion was that Emmy would take over as Product Manager for both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player while I would transition into a role of Technical Product Manager for both Director and Shockwave. This allows us to work together a bit more efficiently and play to each other's strengths.
So all in all there's nothing drastic in this change except that folks can be assured that I will find myself "in the saddle" a bit more in Director than I have been the past few months. I feel like my favorite toy was taken away from me as I was off working on other more management/business related items, but no more! That's all, we're both still here to help out and answer questions so drop us a line anytime.
Peace and have a good weekend all.
Cheers,
Tom Higgins
Technical Product Manager
Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player
Posted by thiggins at October 22, 2004 04:20 PM