Alex Salkever
InvestorPartner at Tech Equity · Book Author - Named to Finalist List for Financial Times / McKinsey Book of the Year 2017 at Conscience VC
United States
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About
Alex Salkever is Editor-in-Chief at the Linux Foundation, where he oversees editorial and storytelling efforts. A technology writer and marketing executive with a journalism background at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, he has authored books on technology and future business impact, contributed to publications including Fortune and Foreign Policy, and advised companies on product marketing, corporate innovation, and exponential technologies. His experience spans community development around open source projects including Node.js, Servo/Rust, and Mozilla Firefox, as well as consulting roles across autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and life sciences sectors.
Experience
- The Linux FoundationEditor-in-Chief / Storytellercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NodleAdvisorcurrent2021 — present
- Vionix BiosciencesAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
- Vionix BiosciencesChief Marketing Officer2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Self-EmployedBook Author - Named to Finalist List for Financial Times / McKinsey Book of the Year 2017current2010 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Move 37 MarketingOwnercurrent2001 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TechquityPartnercurrent2021 — presentEverywhere
- EarthUPMember Board of Directors2022 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- Sight MachineInterim Vice President Marketing2020San Francisco Bay Area
- OpensenseVP of Marketing / CMO2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- TesorioInterim CMO2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- The Linux FoundationConsulting CMO / Product Marketing Lead2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- MozillaVice President of Marketing and Communications2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Silk.coChief Marketing Officer / Head of Product Marketing2014 — 2016San Francisco
- Telefónica DigitalGlobal Product Manager - Cloud Computing / IaaS2012 — 2014Mountain View, California
- JoyentSr. Director of Product Marketing2011 — 2012San Francisco, CA
- Picarro, Inc.Director of Marketing2010 — 2011
- AOL Daily FinanceSenior Programmer / Writer2009 — 2010
- Duke UniversityResearcher2008 — 2010
- BusinessWeek.comTechnology Editor2001 — 2004
Skills & more
Strategy61Writing15Management8Leadership1Data Science7Data Visualization7Data Analysis6Start-ups94Content Strategy13Demand Generation6Product Management74Product Marketing68
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Business DevelopmentMarketing StrategySocial Media MarketingGo-to-market StrategyLead GenerationMarketingStrategic PartnershipsCloud ComputingMarketing CommunicationsProduct DevelopmentCRMPublic RelationsLanguages English · Russian · Spanish
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- Who is Alex Salkever?
- Alex Salkever is Editor-in-Chief at the Linux Foundation, where he oversees editorial and storytelling efforts. A technology writer and marketing executive with a journalism background at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, he has authored books on technology and future business impact, contributed to publications including Fortune and Foreign Policy, and advised companies on product marketing, corporate innovation, and exponential technologies. His experience spans community development around open source projects including Node.js, Servo/Rust, and Mozilla Firefox, as well as consulting roles across autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and life sciences sectors.
- Where does Alex Salkever work?
- Alex Salkever is Partner at Tech Equity.
- Where did Alex Salkever go to school?
- Alex Salkever studied at UC Santa Barbara (B.A. with High Honors, PoliSci); Free Code Camp (Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering); The Johns Hopkins University (2 Years of Coursework - Transferred to UCSB, International Relations).
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