Colin Bowern

Colin Bowern is the Vice President of Product at Octopus Deploy. Colin has also served as the Vice Chair of Product Aotearoa, an organization that supports the startup of the product community in New Zealand. Colin has also been the Head of Product at Gentrack Ltd, a global company that provides subscription cloud software models. During their time at Gentrack, Colin introduced co-development customer engagements and shifted the company from a single to shared risk model. Colin also worked with other functions to evolve product thinking, financial models for SaaS, sales opportunity management, commercial contract structures, and customer success service offerings.

Colin Bowern has a MSc in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool, a BA in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a bachelor of arts from the University of Waterloo. Colin is also certified by Microsoft as a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

Colin Bowern reports to Paul Stovell, Founder & CEO. Richard Lee - Senior Product Designer, Henry Wahyu Rudyono - Senior Product Designer, and Ben Michie - Senior Product Designer report to Colin Bowern. They work with Rachael Goodenough - Talent Acquisition Manager, John Bristowe - VP of Developer Relations, and Sonia Stovell - CFO and Board Member.