Alan Cook Email Address

Vice President, Product Management and Engineering General Manager Twilio Flex

Metaswitch Networks is primarily engaged in developing or modifying computer software and packaging or bundling the software with purchased computer hardware (computers and computer peripheral equipment) to create and market an integrated system for specific application. in this industry must provide each of the following services: (1) the development or modification of the computer software

Passionate and driven leader and individual contributor focused on product strategy for technology companies, whether product management, product marketing, field marketing or sales... or (ideally) the right blend of all of those together.Having worked in technology and consulting in California, England and Australia, my experience has given me (in addition to a mutt accent) a balance of skills where I have demonstrated that I can: - Inspire an audience to listen, follow, believe...and laugh - whether a small audience of C-Level execs, or a large 800+ person audience- Think big with a market-defining vision, while thinking pragmatically enough to cut that vision down to a Minimum Viable Experience that can (and does) actually ship- Create business case and ROI models that clearly prove the benefit of a solution in a simple and understandable way while still retaining the power and flexibility to represent the real complexity.- Manage UI Designers and UX test teams to deliver really intuitive and exciting design, whether for Enterprise or Consumer applications- Maintain high launch cadence for Platform (PaaS) offerings or single big launches for vendor companies- Hack together a prototype on my own (across PHP, Python, Node, HTML5/CSS, JS, iOS, Android) or listen and understand truly complex (and truly great) architectures and trade offs from the real developersI am a US Green Card Holder, UK Passport Holder and eligible for Australian passport. You can reach me at alan.cook@gmail.comSpecialties: Product marketing, Product Management, Launch Planning, Platform, PaaS, Saas, IaaS, project management, public speaking, live coding demos, technical marketing, marketing communications, demand gen/lead gen, engineering management, personnel management (including second line management), User Interaction UI Design, User Experience UX Research, technical VoIP engineering, account management, market analysis, M&A Analysis