Michael Madden
General Manager, Mainframe
CA Technologies


Biographical Sketch:
General Manager Mainframe at CA Technologies My passion is solving customer challenges and creating new opportunities through innovative products with exceptional usability informed by rich, on-going customer interaction and deep team engagement. I have extensive experience in both business and consumer market segments including media and entertainment, consumer advertising and ERP-related industries. My working knowledge of multiple business models allowing me to rapidly assess opportunities, design products and deliver differentiated solutions. My deep understanding of organizational functions ensures that my customers enjoy a complete and holistic experience beyond just core product. As a result I like to think of myself as the best product athlete on the team allowing me to see opportunities that are the difference between good and great solutions. I can play multiple positions within an organization as one of my strengths is I have the business savvy to work with customers, partners and other executives and the technical depth to deeply engage development teams. The result is right product for the market built the right way. As a senior leader in organizations I bring tremendous passion, energy and focus to organizations with a particular focus on: 1. Establishing strategic direction and delivering on that vision 2. Driving organizational process change with customer-centric tools like Agile/Scrum 3. Deep and rich engagement with customers, partners and product teams My leadership style is inclusive which allows me to put people, teams and customers in a position to be successful. I enjoy understanding new and different points of view and situations where I continue to learn, challenge and be challenged. I believe this results in organizations and teams that are continually growing and improving. As a collaborative leader I constantly engage sales, service, marketing, customers and product teams to enable company engagement and deliver business results.