Bio

Creative, conscientious, and spirited business and technical executive with over 30 years of design, management, and marketing experience ranging from Silicon Valley start-ups to global industry leaders. Enthusiasm for great products that make an impact, passion for innovation and usability, and fascination with systems theory and design thinking. Naturally perceptive and highly adaptable … by and large. I would profess to have broad knowledge and diverse experience in product management; product, outbound, and technical marketing; business development; product strategy, and product design – in both large and small companies in markets that range from telecom, to data center, to cloud computing, to open source. I have an adaptable and innovative approach with an ideal balance of business skills, market knowledge, and technical abilities. Tweet me @CloudsAreGo. Below the fold ... The obligatory skills list includes: product management, product and outbound marketing, technical marketing, business development and strategic alliances, copy writing and content marketing, market research, user experience, systems architecture and engineering, competitive analysis, messaging and positioning, public relations, social media, product planning and roadmap, sales enablement, documentation and technical publications, and sales and technical training. Oh, and rocket surgery (ok, I did study advanced theoretical physics). I would assert domain expertise in: systems management, enterprise software, software-defined datacenter (SDDC), software-define everything, converged infrastructure, cloud computing (private, public, and hybrid cloud), OpenStack and open source, DevOps and continuous integration/continuous development(CI/CD), telecom, unified communications, virtualization, realization, automation, optimization, usability and user experience, environmental science, energy and power management, and green tech. To name a few.