{"id":749,"date":"2012-02-02T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T19:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:52:58","slug":"director-of-product-marketing-andy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/director-of-product-marketing-andy\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Product Marketing: Andy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to our great customers, Backblaze continues to grow. We are excited to announce that we have hired a Director of Product Marketing<\/a>. Let\u2019s spend a few minutes with Andy\u2026<\/p>\n

Where are you from? And where are you now?<\/strong>
\nI was born in Brooklyn New York and grew up on Long Island in Shirley, exit 67 on the Long Island Expressway\u2014way out there. I spent 10 years in the Air Force and moved to California when I got out.<\/p>\n

Why did you leave the Air Force?<\/strong>
\nI was a computer programmer in the Air Force. I nearly tripled my salary when I got out. My first job in California was at a start-up as a Systems Administrator. I\u2019ve loved start-ups ever since.<\/p>\n

How did you get into product marketing?<\/strong>
\nI kept going to college at night and eventually crossed over to the dark side (marketing) when I got my MBA.<\/p>\n

Any regrets in crossing over to the dark side?<\/strong>
\nNo. I stay reasonably technical; I\u2019ve built and maintained a couple of web sites and do a little programming on the side. I believe you can\u2019t market technology unless you understand technology, so I try to \u201ckeep dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why join Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve used the online backup service<\/a> for over a year and it just works. I visit my backed up files every once in a while\u2014they seem happy. Seriously, I have to believe in what I\u2019m marketing. It\u2019s clear from all the customer kudos that Backblaze is really good at what they do.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve worked in companies of all sizes from PeopleSoft and Symantec down to start-ups. All of them have been in the technology industry.<\/p>\n

Okay, one last question\u2014you had a fun first car?<\/strong>
\nMy first car was a 1958 Cadillac, Fleetwood sixty-special. I paid $125 for the car and it weighed 6,000 pounds and got eight miles a gallon. We once got 15 people in it, plus three in the trunk, to get into a $5 a car drive-in movie. I still think we could have gotten two more folks in the trunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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