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Walter Knitl

CEO and Principal Consultant

Walter is an experienced product manager with diverse business and technology skills. He has introduced numerous profitable products to market through leading roles on core integrated project teams. He managed products in all phases of the product lifecycle from concept, through definition and feasibility, development, general availability to end of life.

Walter’s product management specialty is augmented by Account Management and Commercial Management practice, culminating in comprehensive business expertise, including

• Customer and market engagement for product requirements and promotion
• Market and competitive analysis
• Business case analysis and development
• Product strategies and roadmaps
• Partnership management and contract negotiation
• Portfolio pricing, bid analysis and approval
• Customer account management
• Product lifecycle management from concept to sunset
• Multidisciplinary project team leadership
• Product investment rationalization
• Collaborative problem solving with all stakeholders

Walter’s business acumen is supported by solid hands-on software and hardware development, standards development and systems engineering experience.

His achievements range from introduction of market leading products at global telecom vendors, to assisting smaller Ontario companies to become more competitive through adoption of new technologies in their products.