John Allwright

John Allwright has a diverse and extensive work experience in marketing and product management roles. John started their career as the Chief Technology Officer at Izodia PLC / Infobank International from 2000 to 2002, where they focused on technology strategy, product management, and leading a team of 32+. John then worked at BEA Systems as a Principal Architect from 2003 to 2004, responsible for European-wide customer technical strategy engagements.

Following this, John joined Microsoft UK as the UK Marketing Lead for .NET & Visual Studio from 2004 to 2008, where they launched various products and drove marketing strategy and execution. John then moved to Microsoft Corporation, where they held several roles, including Senior Product Marketing Manager for .NET & Visual Studio, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Cloud, and Senior Product Marketing Manager for Microsoft Azure. At Microsoft, they focused on product management, marketing, and strategy for cloud and developer tools.

In 2016, John became the Director of Product Marketing at Pivotal, Inc., where they worked until 2019. John then joined VMware as the Vice President of Marketing from 2020 to 2021 before moving on to Astronomer as the Senior Director of Product Marketing in 2021. In 2022, they joined Decodable as the Head of Product Marketing but left in February 2023 to become the Head of Marketing at Diagrid.

John Allwright graduated with a BEng(Hons) degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Bristol. In addition, they obtained a certification in Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow Fundamentals from Astronomer in April 2021. No information is provided about the start and end years of their education at the University of Bristol.