Award-winning Author of 4 books about tech, built startups and helped them grow from zero to $50 million, led Mozilla team that marketed the Firefox browser all over the world
View on LinkedInI 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 and AI/ML applications. I am also a former BusinessWeek technology editor and regularly speak about technology topics.
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 and I 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.
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 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.
