analyst for product strategy at Bizquirk
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Owner at BizQuirk Consulting
- analyst for product strategy at Bizquirk
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- Analyst at Vcastprofiles Analyst Contract: France Telecom (Self-employed)
- consultant at OpenLink Software
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Alan Wilensky’s Summary
I come from the world of real technology – manufacturing, electronics, product technical services, and technical document management and publishing. I created the very first group authoring platform for technical manuals on CD-ROM, which boosted me into the life of a product and sector analyst in applied professional web applications. I have practical experience in all of the software systems that have been traditionally licensed in the industrial and technical vertical markets (supply chain, document management, mobile workforce, task management), which makes me an ace-in-the hole consultant for web application providers that need extra muscle when entering these unfamiliar sectors.
I am your guide to the skilled trade & technical industrial markets – I reality check and support product management and bizdev game plans. I answer the strategic questions: are the features really right? Are we leading or lagging the ensconced competition? What is the total market volume…really? How do we get partners, OEM licenses, subscriber revenues, a SAAS model, etc. How do we get in this unfamiliar market? How do we deal with trade association and industry relations.?
I support Product Managers by reducing the research and industry relations workload. I deliver trade-specific, go-to-market steering. I can offer services that often drive that thin wedge into the product opportunity cleavage, thereby determining ultimate success. I am a stellar product and trade writer, and a convincing deal broker.
Use me as acting product manager until you find the permanent hire. Use me for industry relations and community intelligence. I develop industry dossiers for the permanent Product Manager, helping them gain traction in specialty technical / industrial markets. My work is usually completed in 90 to 180 days.
My standard rates are very reasonable at 85 /hr., with substantial discounts for contracts over 90 days. I have impeccable references.
Alan Wilensky’s Specialties:
Technical Marcom and product strategy, Web Applications for professional, skilled trades, and technical servicing markets.
Alan Wilensky’s Experience
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Owner
BizQuirk Consulting
(Market Research industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
I currently work for Product Managers as a strategic sector helper.
I evaluate vertical and technical B2B sectors prior to my client PM's pulling the development trigger. I provide specific steering on what features need to be tweaked, what market approaches need sector-specific massaging, and all that trade org liaison work that few want to do.
I spot hot trends where consumer web app waves might cross over into a proifitable vertical where the users pay for the services.
I make the right calls at the right time, delivering cogent written and oral advice to your management; I almost never miss when creating value, fostering partnerships, and creating the groundwork for new products and innovation.
My rates are more than reasonable considering the stakes, and I never drag a contract out, usually wrapping in less than 6 months.
You can reach me at abmadw@gmail.com -
analyst for product strategy
Bizquirk
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Currently working with global EDI provider to gain channel and OEM partners.
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Analyst
Vcastprofiles Analyst Contract: France Telecom (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)
October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)
Strategic Analyst
Project: Compose major monograph analyzing Automotive B2B sector and data interchange problems affecting supply chain, OEM to retail, etc, Propose global XML architecture for replacing EDI with canonical XML. Work with standards bodies and trade orgs. to define product. Research competitive offerings, industry trends, and current thought leadership on all issues impacting EDI to XML revolution.
Project: Compose Major Monograph on Consumer Generated Media Metrics and Text Mining Business Models for Brand Management. Propose balanced services model for exceeding the state of art in natural language processing for measuring the ‘voice of the consumer’. -
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OpenLink Software
(Market Research industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
Report to executive management on competitive sectors: web services, blogging and social media platforms. Write internal monographs and white papers for public consumption. Edit web content for style, perform general competitive analysis. Kept a finger on Web Application Frameworks and Web 2.0 hype in general.
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Alan Wilensky’s Interests:
Electronics, Motorcycles, Parachutes
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Certificate of Recognition:
Regional Leadership Conference on Leveraging Web 2.0 for small and medium business advantage.
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