don maclennan

senior vice president engineering and product

About

My love of building products has taken many forms: - software engineering leadership - startup founder - product management leadership - customer analytics, customer experience management, user experience design and customer success - IT security and GRC - various field operations roles (sales, alliances, business development), corporate strategy, marketing, product management and product engineering - work across consumer, SMB and Enterprise sectors, using business models such as SaaS and Freemium - work in every stage of company: start-up founder, pre-IPO, post-IPO and big players like SAP, EMC and McAfee

Country

united states

City

mountain view

Industry

computer software

Skill

product management, saas, strategy, business strategy, start ups, enterprise software, analytics, business alliances, business development, cloud computing, marketing, security, big data, go to market strategy, cross functional team leadership, business intelligence, software as a service, entrepreneurship, business model innovation, strategic alliances, information security, strategy development, alliances

Experience

program advisor

heavybit industries

2015-7 - Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

Heavybit helps startups turn products loved by developers into successful businesses. Our community is the only one of its kind to focus solely on taking developer products to market. As a Program Advisor, I’ve offered founders mentorship on customer success and retention, to ensure that the next generation of developer products delight and engage users and customers. To learn more visit heavybit.com.

vice president of engineering and product, consumer products

mcafee

2017-5 - 2019-9 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Product management, user experience design, engineering, quality, analytics, DevOps.

volunteer mentor

the first tee of silicon valley

2017-3 - 2018-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Helping teach kids values and life skills through the game of golf.

advisor

opera event

2016-5 - Present · 10 yrs 5 mos

director, sales

calico commerce

1999-1 - 2001-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Led company's entry into financial services vertical by landing GE Capital as strategic customer.

director, business development

viryanet rts software

1997-1 - 1999-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Led company's entry into telecom service provider vertical.

director, alliances

pure software pure atria

1995-10 - 1997-2 · 1 yr 5 mos

director, sales

programart

1991-2 - 1995-10 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Set the sales records at the time. 450% of quota in final year there.

advisory board

trustedid, inc. (acquired by equifax)

2012-7 - 2013-7 · 1 yr 1 mo

senior vice president engineering and product

barracuda (nyse: cuda)

2019-9 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

director, solutions marketing

sap

2006-6 - 2007-9 · 1 yr 4 mos

Focused on integrating Frictionless Commerce acquisition into SAP's product portfolio and sales force. 300% customer growth.

advisory board

livehive, inc

2012-7 - 2014-12 · 2 yrs 6 mos

senior director, product management

rsa security

2007-1 - 2010-4 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Product management leader for a portfolio of products at RSA, including governance, risk & compliance (GRC), security event management (SIEM), data loss prevention (DLP)

vice president marketing and product management

360commerce

2001-2 - 2006-6 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Helped to build a company from pre-revenue to successful acquisition by SAP.

sales account executive

ca technologies

1988-2 - 1991-2 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Tried to sell MRP II and core financial software to Fortune 500 CFO's. Not much success, lots of learning.

advisor

bitzer mobile

2012-7 - 2012-9 · 3 mos

Advisor at Bitzer Mobile

senior vice president of product management

avg technologies

2010-4 - 2012-7 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Product management leader for a portfolio of leading IT security products for consumers and small businesses, including anti-virus, online backup, web security and PC tune-up. Utilize Freemium & SaaS business models and Big Data analytics to generate growth.

co-founder and chief executive officer at bluenose analytics inc

bluenose analytics, inc.

2012-9 - 2017-3 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Bluenose helps online businesses to retain and grow their customers. Our customer experience software enables multi-channel measurement, analytics and customer engagement.For more information, visit www.bluenose.com.