Prior to Black Storm, he was VP, Marketing, at Tahoe Networks, where he launched the company in the Mobile Internet space, from the development of it mobile edge router to a worldwide presence and brand. At Cisco Systems, he led key service provider initiatives including Internet OSS, New World Ecosystem, and Internet Business Solutions. At IBM, he was the GM of the first hosted business-to-business eCommerce service, World Distributor, a pioneering business-to-business Application Service Provider; his team developed IBM Net.Commerce, the foundation for IBM’s marketing leading Websphere application server. More recently he was Chief Marketing Executive for IBM’s Global Telecommunications and Media business unit, which accounted for more than $5 billion in revenue and was the fastest growing business unit (of 400) at Big Blue and only 1 of 2 units to gain share from 1996-1998. During this time he launched and marketed over 15 industry solutions in a 2-year period, including NHL.Com, PGA.Com, Deep Blue, and the Madison Project (JV with Sony). At US West, Alan was part of the team that launched Mercury One2One, the world's first PCS service, and reshaped the entire mobile portfolio, resulting in an industry-transforming merger with AirTouch and a nationwide PCS partnership, PCS PrimeCo. Previously he was a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and a Congressional Research Fellow.

A prolific published writer and speaker, he has been profiled in Tom Friedman's bestseller, The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Alan holds an MBA from NYU, an MA from the School of International Service and a B.A. from SUNY Buffalo. He is on the Board of Directors of General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) and advisory boards of Vista Broadband, cPlane and UXCOMM.com.