Alan Brenner is the Founder and Principal Consultant of A. S. Brenner Consulting LLC and an accomplished software product leader and innovator with extensive experience building mobile platforms, products, and applications. He has held senior executive roles at Sun Microsystems and BlackBerry, including serving as Senior Vice President at BlackBerry overseeing its $4 billion Value Added Services business and leading mobile and embedded Java software businesses at Sun Microsystems. Prior to founding his firm, Alan was Chief Product Officer at Mocana Corporation, and today he provides strategic advisory, product management, and executive coaching services to both startup and established software companies. He holds a B.A. with Honors in Philosophy from York University and a master’s degree in Computer and Information Science from Cleveland State University. After two decades in Silicon Valley, Alan now resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and their dilute calico cat, Sweet Pea.