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Alan has over thirty years in-depth experience in the information technology industry, both nationally and internationally, managing within a diverse spectrum of disciplines, including marketing, sales, product management, product marketing, business development and market planning. In his early career, Alan spent a number of years in the industrial process control and automation field in various technical roles.
Alan has held numerous positions of vice president of worldwide marketing, executive vice president of marketing and general manager of US operations, director product marketing, product line manager and senior marketing management positions with a number of privately held small businesses and public corporations. Alan's professional background includes assignments with Aura Networks, Performance Technologies, Cameo Communications, Digital Equipment Corporation, ADC Telecommunications, and Infinet. Alan was a co-founder of Cameo Communications, Inc. and held the position of executive vice president marketing and general manager of US operations.
Among many of Alan's critical skills, is building strong marketing teams, positioning products and companies, negotiating intellectual property acquisitions, developing OEM channel relationships, corporate branding and image building and new company start-up experience. Alan has successfully identified key trends within the industry and anticipating future technology developments. Alan has developed and transformed solid product strategies into realistic marketing programs, positioning organizations for growith and strategic advantage. Alan has experience of the IPO process, being a significant contributor to prospectus develpoment during one of his past career assignments. Throughout his career, Alan has successfully launched many networking and communications products and developed and executed strategies for sustainable competitive advantage.
Alan has served on the American National Standards Institute X3S37 Subcommittee for X.25 Public Data Networks. He is also an ex Faculty member of North Eastern University's State-of-the-Art Program. Alan is a Chartered Engineer (CEng.), a Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP), Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), and a Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology (MIET). | 