Hi, I’m Alan!
A passionate product leader with over a decade of experience in technology.
About me
I am a product leader who previously led a startup as CEO through a successful acquisition. More recently I’ve been helping product teams build and deliver durable product strategies that deliver fast, iterative value to customers and results for the business.
I am passionate about turning ideas into a product that customers love. The ideas are easy - execution is everything.
Experience
Senior Staff Product Manager, Firefox Add-ons
Mozilla (April 2024 - Present)
Firefox is the operating system, and we're the app store.
Home Automation YouTube Guy
YouTube(April 2021 - Present)
Head of Product - People Division
The Access Group(April 2023 - April 2024
As Head of Product I was responsible for creating and delivering the product strategy for Access Group’s $50m+ People SMB division to deliver on Access's growth goals. I oversaw a portfolio of 9 SaaS products which helped UK Small Businesses attract, hire, onboard, manage, pay, and develop their employees. These products covered HR, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Employee Engagement, and Performance Management.
My role was to lead and mentor a team of 13 product managers, so that they could deliver value for over 15,000 small business customers and deliver over 10% of year on year revenue growth to the business.
Group Product Manager - TweetDeck & Twitter Blue
Twitter (Oct 2021 - Feb 2023)
As Group Product Manager, I was responsible for overseeing two product areas within the consumer subscriptions organisation:
I defined and executed on the long term growth and monetization strategy for TweetDeck, Twitter's product for their most engaged customer segment. I led a cross functional team consisting of Engineering, Design and Data Science to grow our customer base and achieve our OKRs by improving the product using customer research, data and continuous experimentation.
I also led a product team responsible for delivering content access for Twitter Blue customers. As part of the subscriptions leadership team, I contributed to the overall strategy and delivered a large part of it through my product management team. The main facets of this role included working with stakeholders across the business to ensure we are meeting the needs of our customers and our partners, whilst mentoring and supporting my direct PM team.
Group Product Manager - UK Payroll
Intuit (July 2020 - Oct 2021)
I led Intuit's payroll product strategy for the UK Quickbooks business unit. As a key member of the payroll cross functional team we have grown our customer base by over 300% in 2 years.
Key responsibilities include:
Acting as the payroll SME to the business, regularly speaking at industry events, conferences and on webinars
Developing and delivering on the long term strategy for multiple payroll products in the UK
Driving strategic alignment between the UK and US leadership teams
Leading the product development team to ensure we deliver the best possible customer benefit in the shortest time period
Certified as an expert in Intuit's product development process, sharing best practices and leading design sessions for other teams
Managing and mentoring junior product managers
Senior Product Manager - UK Payroll
Intuit (May 2018- July 2020)
I was responsible for the success of Intuit's payroll products in the UK market.
Vice President of Product
Quadrotech (Feb 2017 - May 2018)
My team and I drove Quadrotech's product vision forward into the market. I built a product management team from scratch that combined Quadrotech's two independent business lines into a single cohesive product set.
I helped the team break down cross functional walls to make sure that they were able to draw feedback from and provide support to all areas of the organization, as well as supported them in navigating strategic customer and partner relationships.
CEO
Cogmotive (2012 - 2017)
As CEO and a Co-Founder of Cogmotive, I built an MVP out of an idea and turned it into a highly profitable multi-national company with 12 employees.
This role has been a highly rewarding personal journey that has allowed me to symbiotically link the knowledge I learned during my Masters of IT Management degree together with the technical skills I have learned throughout my career today into something I not only thoroughly enjoy, but also creates value for our employees and customers.
Quadrotech acquired Cogmotive in November 2016.
Skills and Specialties
Product Management
Product leadership
Business Management
Building and delivering portfolio-wide product strategies
Stakeholder Management
Task Prioritization
Mentorship
Just generally getting shit done
Education
Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia (2009 - 2011)
