Andrew Young Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Responsible for all aspects of technology vision at WatchGuard including organizational ownership of product managers, product owners, market owners, user experience and technology integrations.

Meudon, FR

Product Line Executive for $250M Global Identity Protection business. P&L owner for eBanking, Enterprise Authentication and Trusted Identity segments. Led product management teams through acquisition and integration process.

Meudon, FR

• Define the overall growth strategy, product line direction, and product vision for Identity and Strong Authentication hardware/software security products and services. Lead global product teams through multiple.
• Led team to achieving the Leaders Quadrant position from Gartner’s Magic Quadrant in the User Authentication for four consecutive years (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015).
• Successfully transformed product line from product to subscription (SaaS) offering through strategic planning and tactical execution, significantly impacting revenue and cash flow.
• Achieved consistent double-digit bookings growth by providing industry insight and driving product direction in collaboration with marketing team.
• Increased growth from approximately $15 million to $100+ million since 2008 by formulating the strategy and tactics achieved through M&A and organically.
• Improved gross margin by 12% in 2013 and contribution to parent by 13%, accelerating return on profitability.

Meudon, FR

• Directed a global team of product managers to develop flexible and scalable authentication solutions that enabled them to secure user identities, extend protection to highly sensitive transactions, and evolve quickly.
• Led integration and merger of product line through major acquisition, bringing together the first comprehensive set of strong authentication solutions including OTP, Certificates and Risk based methods.

Meudon, FR

• Served as Product Line Manager for a variety of Information Security products, overseeing the integration of and interoperability of Borderless Access Server and SSL VPN, QuickSec IPSec, TLS and MacSec Toolkits, and.
• Delivered award-winning SSL VPS solution, receiving a perfect 5-star product rating from SC Magazine in 2004 for its group test review of SSL VPN product.
• Showcased SafeNet's IPSec clients, a variety of IPSec clients for Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Windows Mobile for commercial, government, and OEM customers.
• Developed endpoint integrity products for IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, and LAN environments, and launched ConnecTrust endpoint/host integrity products.
• Developed new go-to-market strategies for embedded IPSec, TLS and MacSec software toolkits including major networking, telecom, IMS and Femtocell markets.

• Promoted to Development Manager in charge of developing Rainbow/SafeNet's SSL VPN Product. Managed and led a highly skilled and creative development team of technical experts, split between US and India.- NOTEWORTHY.
• Led integration and merger of product line through major acquisition to become the world’s seventh-largest information security company.

• Oversaw wireless professional services practice at Rainbow-Spectria. Worked cross-functionally to lead direction and manage custom software/hardware development projects for local and wide area wireless networks..
• Streamlined business processes by developing mobile computing solutions and management applications, including, in-truck dispatch, pickup, and proof-of-delivery applications; retail and grocery in-store ordering.