TAMEKA S.

BROWN
3858 Shady Drive NW · Lilburn, GA 30047
Phone: 678-637-7670 · Email: Tameka_Spence@yahoo.com

PROFILE:
Experienced Product Manager and Product Developer with a passion for understanding and defining customer
requirements and market insights. Demonstrated success launching new and innovative products in the following
segments: Healthcare, Hospitality and Foodservice.

EXPERIENCE:
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL April 2008 – Present
Product Manager – Foodservice
 Launched 2 new product families contributing to over $1M in incremental revenue.
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Lead multiple projects through the Stage Gate new product development process and manage marketing
deliverables. Key deliverables include identifying market opportunities for innovation, developing the business
case and financials, submitting CAPEX, conducting customer sensing, setting product price, and implementing
market launch activities.
 Provide ongoing sales support to the field sales team and targeted customers with product pricing, updates and
presentations.
 Discover market needs and develop customer requirements using market research tools. Accountable for
executing surveys, focus groups or in-depth interviews and translating insights into new product ideas and
innovation.
 Facilitate the development of 5 year strategic product innovation roadmaps based on customer, strategy, market,
business and technology drivers. The product roadmaps prioritize product innovation in four industry segments
and deliver $5M of incremental revenue per year.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION October 2000-March 2008

Innovation Capabilities – Healthcare
 Implemented a structured process, through training and facilitation, to develop medical device product innovation
roadmaps based on customer, product strategy, market, business and technology drivers.
 Facilitated and coordinated creativity/brainstorming sessions across multiple business units to generate new
ideas and drive completion of project deliverables.
 Conducted market research on strategic opportunities. Presented insights to senior management in support of or
against further investment in product development.

New Product Developer for Surgical Solutions– Healthcare

 Lead front-end exploratory activities to define new markets and categories for growth through product and service
innovation in the operating room environment.
1. Conducted “Voice of the Customer” market research and brainstorming sessions to translate insights into
innovation resulting in new product and service growth opportunities with a market potential of $500M.
2. Created a web-based, interactive OR Solutions map to share pre-operative to post-operative OR staff
unmet needs in an effort to generate awareness of opportunities for product development and targeted
sales in the OR environment.

Product Developer of Face Masks- Healthcare

 Launched improved face masks analogous to other 510(k) predicate devices using stage gate and design control
processes to maintain a $70M business and #1 market share.
 Executed market research activities with targeted customers to validate the preference of product concepts.
 Lead a cross-functional project team to commercialize a new face mask that created $1M in annual revenue for
the sector and contributed to Goodwill in the market.

Product Developer of Washroom Products – Consumer Products

 Led improvement projects for Business-to-Business perforated roll towels that contributed to a $500K cost
savings.
 Developed a treatment for the prevention and detection of odoriferous volatile compounds in folded towel
products resulting in a potential energy cost savings of $1M.
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EDUCATION and ASSOCIATIONS:

 MASTER OF SCIENCE, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, December 2000
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, May 1998
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
 Huntington Recreation Club – Fundraising Committee co-Chair
 Product Strategy Network – Member 2010
 Pathbuilders Percepta Program – Pathbuilders, INC, 2009
 Focus Group Moderator – Burke, INC., 2007
 Product Roadmapping – Product Strategy Network, 2007
 Practitioner Plus Insights and Creativity Facilitator- ?WhatIF! The Innovation Company, 2006
 Co-Development Conference on Open Innovation 2007 Attendee– IIR
 Front End of Innovation Conference 2005 & 2006 Attendee – PDMA/IIR
 Product Development and Management Association Conference 2003 & 2005 Attendee – PDMA/IIR
 Project Management – Project Success, INC., 2003

PATENTS GRANTED:
 6,716,310 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 6,800,175 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 6,849,158 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 7,153,390 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 7,229,530 - Method for reducing undesirable odors generated by paper hand towels
 7,290,545 - Face mask with anti-fog folding
 7,297,228 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 7,462,260 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor

PATENT APPLICATIONS:
 2004/0118,536 - Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor
 2006/0130,841 - Face mask with horizontal and vertical folds
 2008/0026,015 - Thermochromic compositions for skin applicaion
 2009/0155,770 – Implantable devices for fiber optic based detection of nosocomial infection