Summary
Colin Taylor is a data-driven marketplace operations leader with 10 years of experience building and scaling revenue streams at AppDirect and earlier business-analytics roles at Cisco. He currently manages a 5-person team and has deployed 93+ cross-functional projects spanning data analytics, marketing, engineering, and customer success, including major programs like Cisco SNTC and AppDirect marketplaces. Comfortable translating analytics into business outcomes, he blends analytical rigor with hands-on operational execution and a track record at both Fortune 100 and high-growth startup environments. A voracious learner who treats learning as a lifestyle, he thrives in challenging settings and sees “impassable” problems as prompts for creative solutions. Based in the Raleigh-Durham area, he pairs public policy training from Duke and Strasbourg with practical data science experience cultivated at UNC Chapel Hill. Outside work he pursues photography projects (the30daylocal) that reflect his eye for detail and iterative experimentation.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Duke University
University of Strasbourg
French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese