Jim Kenneally

Commander
DISC Type : D

Associate Director, Product Operations - Product Management at Verizon Connect

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Overview

Jim is an Associate Director of Product Operations at Verizon Connect with deep expertise in SaaS, IoT, and AI platforms. A published author and former research lead at Intel Labs, he specializes in scaling teams and product operations. His background includes an MSc from University College Dublin, and he is a certified Professional Scrum Product Owner.


He is a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society, a designation awarded for significant contributions to the IT profession.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Impact-Driven

Very Quick

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Topics They Care About

Product Operations
His current role focuses on product operations, scaling teams, and creating predictable outcomes.
AI & MLOps
He has analyzed the market impact of MLOps and comments on the pattern-recognition capabilities of LLMs like ChatGPT.
IT Capability Models
Co-authored multiple publications and a book on the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) during his time at Intel.

Media Appearances

Jim has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Associate Director, Product Operations - Product Management at Verizon Connect
8-2021 - 9-2023
Senior Product Manager, Software Data Centre Market at Intel Corporation
12-2019 - 7-2021
Senior Product Manager, Hardware Data Centre Market at Intel Corporation
1-2017 - 11-2019
Senior Manager, Product R&D at Intel Corporation
2-2014 - 12-2016
Head of Product Research & Development (part-time secondment at Innovation Value Institute) at Intel Corporation

Education

MSc from University College Dublin
Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from University College Dublin

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Insights For Selling To Jim

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jim is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jim

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jim move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Jim take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Jim

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