Experience
Executive Roles
Vionix Biosciences Chief Marketing Officer
Slight Machine Interim Vice President Marketing
Openese VP of Marketing/CMO
Tesorio Interim CMO
The Linux Foundation Consulting CMO/Product Marketing Lead
Mozilla Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Silk.co Chief Marketing Officer / Head of Product Marketing
Telefonica Digital Global Product Manager, Cloud Computing / IaaS
Joyent Senior Director of Product Marketing
Picarro, Inc. Director of Marketing
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​Private Boards
​EathUp Board Member
School of Computer Science Advisory Board Member
Alex Salkever
Partner
About Me
I am a marketing and product leader who has launched large-scale platforms and products. My diverse background spans technology marketing, product management, open source, and authorship of award-winning business books, with expertise in communicating complex technical concepts and bridging the gap between technology and business strategy. Over two decades, I have worked in open source communities, AI/ML applications. I am also a former BusinessWeek technology editor and regularly speak about technology topics.
Career Highlights
I started my career in journalism, working at top-level publications like Bloomberg BusinessWeek. From there, I transitioned to marketing/communications and became a marketing leader who helped grow communities and products around many important areas, including Node.js, Servo/Rust, Mozilla Firefox, and the broad Open Data movement. I’ve held leadership roles at Mozilla (Firefox marketing), Joyent (cloud computing), Picarro (scientific instruments), and Telefónica (global product manager of cloud). I have served as interim or part-time CMO and GTM lead at numerous startups. I founded Move 37 Marketing LLC as a vehicle for my consulting work. I do corporate innovation consulting for companies seeking to understand exponential technologies and map the impact on their business and employees. I also write books about technology, the future, and how rapid changes will impact businesses and society. I am a regular contributor to Fortune, Foreign Policy, and other publications.
Techquity Solutions
I enjoy working with companies at all stages, from the seed stage to publicly traded firms and multinationals. I assist C-level executives and their teams with GTM/product/strategic marketing. I also enjoy researching, conceiving, and developing products. I have experience marketing to consumers, developers and engineers, and scientists. I believe in an educational marketing style with a focus on helping companies grow communities and creating useful tools and materials for customers rather than traditional marketing tactics.
Innovation & Impact
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Authored four books on technology topics; one was named to the Economist “Business Books of the Year” list, and another was shortlisted for the Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Led 25-person marketing, PR and community team for a successful Firefox browser relaunch at Mozilla
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Grew revenue 3x at Joyent while competing with Amazon AWS
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Oversaw the launch of Telefonica’s first public cloud computing products
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Frequent public speaker on AI, technology trends, and business strategy
Why Techquity?
I value Techquity’s collaborative culture and ethical approach to client relationships. I believe our long-term, relationship-driven focus sets us apart from traditional consulting companies. I also genuinely enjoy talking to the other Partners; they all have such interesting careers and lives outside of work.