Mike Callender

Product Manager at Klarian Ltd

Mike Callender has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Mike began their career in 1981 as an Engineer at Plessey and later worked as a Sales Engineer at National Semiconductor from 1984 to 1987. From 1988 to 2000, Mike held various positions at Alstom T&D, ultimately becoming the Marketing Manager. Mike then worked as a Field Sales representative at Rohde and Schwarz from 2000 to 2002.

Mike'scareer in the tracking and telematics industry began at Satamatics, where they served as a Senior Support Engineer from 2002 to 2008, specializing in technical support, training, and solution engineering. Mike then joined EMS Global Tracking, which later merged with Honeywell Global Tracking, where they worked as a Support Manager from 2008 to 2014. In this role, they managed a team and provided third-line technical support, training, and course development.

Following that, Mike served as a Product Manager at Honeywell Global Tracking from 2014 to 2017. Mike was also briefly a Solutions Architect and involved in pre-sales technical consultancy work. From 2017 to 2019, Mike worked as a Product Manager at Weblue Solutions.

In 2018, they joined Packt as a Technical Product Manager until 2019. Currently, Mike is working at Klarian Ltd, where they started as an Engineering Manager in 2019 and later transitioned to become a Product Manager in October 2021. Overall, they have significant experience in product management, engineering management, technical support, and pre-sales consultancy in the tracking and telematics industry.

Mike Callender studied Electronics at The University of Manchester. Mike obtained a degree in Electronics from this institution, although the specific years of study are not provided.

In terms of additional certifications, Mike Callender has obtained several. Mike received the PSPO 1 certification from Scrum.org in September 2021. In December 2017, they obtained the PRINCE2 Agile certification from AXELOS Global Best Practice. In the same year, in October 2017, they acquired the PRINCE2 Foundation 2017 certification, also from AXELOS Global Best Practice. The obtainment month and year for the PSM 1 certification are not mentioned.

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Timeline

  • Product Manager

    October, 2021 - present

  • Engineering Manager

    May, 2019