Alan has over two decades of experience in leadership roles at some of the most innovative and high growth enterprise software providers.  Alan was a Board member at Looker, a leader in BI software, where he, among other activities, provided guidance on their sale to Google for $2.6B.   Prior to that, Alan was CFO at Zendesk where he led the company through its highly successful IPO and on to a multi-billion dollar market cap.  Alan also was CEO of Intelliden which sold to IBM.  Prior to that Alan held multiple positions at Openwave System as CFO (leading their efforts during and post IPO) and later as Managing Director of European Operations.  Alan is currently the founder of Surfspray, a strategic advisory firm to late stage companies preparing to transition from private to public companies.