Primary Job Title Senior Product Manager Primary Organization Cisco
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Website deanlyoung.com LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Dean Young is an entrepreneur and product leader. As a Senior Product Manager at Cisco Spaces he oversees roadmap and execution of the Smart Workspaces solution. He exercises his unique skill set at the intersection of IT and Facilities teams and technologies to push the boundaries of smart buildings.
As Head of Product at Awair, he managed the
intersection of IoT air quality sensor hardware and software development, product launches, and strategy. Under his leadership, Awair products collected over 8 billion data points daily from 100,000+ devices globally.
Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in science focused on Environmental Economics & Policy from Stanford University. He was an Advisor on the 2022 WELL Air Concept Advisory and served as an Advisor on the WELL Homes Advisory during 2021 & 2022.
Some example projects: - Launching multiple global hardware and software product roadmaps, launches, and feature improvements - Launching an app on the iOS App Store, including branding, PR, image assets, video production, reviews, in-product content, product requirements, and more (1 Million+ downloads) - Garnering thousands of Quora "upvotes" across multiple payments-related topics - Marketo and Salesforce administration at two different companies, including lead assignment, email scheduling, copy writing, HTML/CSS, email drip campaigns, and more
If you're looking for a mentor, or some career guidance, feel free to contact me at: me (at) deanlyoung (dot) com. I've mentored through PreHack, MindSumo, Stanford, and TradeCraft.
"We had the pleasure of having Dean mentor our first PreHack (prehack.co) class. He introduced our students to the key concept of data analytics, offering a beginner-friendly overview of the topic along with actionable pieces of advice for our students. Dean is an engaging speaker and knowledgeable expert. We look forward to working with him again in the future."
