I am currently the Chief Product and Strategy Officer at ActivTrak, a Workforce Analytics platform. Prior to that I was the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Reltio, the leading cloud Master Data Management platform. Before joining Reltio I was the VP of product marketing at Veeva Systems, a leader in cloud-based applications for the Life Sciences industry. Before that I was VP of product management, marketing and alliances at RainStor, an infrastructure software company that provides a specialized repository for the most cost-effective retention and access of multi-structured big data.

Before that I was with Siperian (a Master Data Management Software Platform Provider acquired by Informatica) for 4 years, most recently as the VP of Product Marketing. I led both the product management and product marketing teams during my time there. Prior to Siperian, I was responsible for product management and product marketing at GoldenGate Software (Transactional data management acquired by Oracle). I had also been the VP of marketing and product management at MetaTV, acquired by Comcast (Interactive television software platform), director of product and services marketing at Evolve Software (Product Portfolio Management software, acquired by Primavera Software and later Oracle), and director of product management and marketing at Synon (Application Development software, acquired by Sterling Software). My background consists of 30+ years experience in product management, marketing, and I have deep experience with analytics, AI/ML, RDBMS, knowledge management, Interactive Television, data modeling, data integration, data management, data replication, archiving, application development and integration, with working practical knowledge of Web 2.0, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Security, Mobile Applications, Business Service Management, Product Portfolio Management and more. I started life off as an Engineer developing software applications in RPG for the AS/400 and PL1, C on UNIX with DBA experience on Oracle and Informix RDBMS.

I have been a  frequent presenter at technology events and have been published in a variety of magazines on a wide-range of topics including data management and analytics,  future of work, CDI/MDM, Business Continuity/High Availability and RDBMS systems. Please do leave a comment if you would like to connect. I’m always delighted to make new friends and I’m willing to help professionally and personally in any way I can.

I am extremely passionate about cloud computing and XaaS and as a reformed enterprise software junkie, I am delighted to be able to name my blog “Cloud ‘N Clear”. Which reflects my thinking about the continuous growth of cloud computing and the clarity we all seek in this new and evolving space and market.

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