Dave Lin

CTO at Hookit

Dave Lin is the current Chief Technology Officer at Hookit, a position they have held since May 2021. Dave was previously the Vice President of Product and Engineering at Hookit from November 2017 to October 2020. Dave Lin has also worked as a Senior Product Manager at both Apple and Yext.

Dave Lin began their career in 2012 as a Senior Product Manager at Yext. Dave then moved to Apple in 2016, where they worked as a Senior Product Manager for two years. In January 2020, Dave Lin started working at Amazon as a Principal Product Manager - Tech - Alexa. In this role, they defined the roadmap to enable third-party developers and solution integrators to build and deploy Alexa experiences on Alexa-enabled devices in healthcare and senior living facilities. Dave Lin left Amazon in December 2021 to become the Chief Technology Officer at Hookit.

At Hookit, Dave Lin has been responsible for defining the roadmap to enable third-party developers and solution integrators to build and deploy Alexa experiences on Alexa-enabled devices in healthcare and senior living facilities. Dave has also led the system and data re-architecting effort, which has resulted in a reduction of monthly infrastructure spend by 40% and overall bug count by 31%.

Dave Lin has a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UC San Diego, and a certification in product management from UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education.

Some of their coworkers include Roger A. Breum - Head of Marketing & Sponsorship Insights, Kelly McGuire - Head of Customer Success, and Catherine Smith - Director, Sales Operations. Dave Lin reports to Scott Tilton, Co-Founder & CEO.

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