Meet the team of experts

Meet our expert team of consultants

Led by founders, Andrew Dickenson and Ian Lunn, our team of engaging and knowledgeable consultants each brings extensive experience in leading global product teams.

Our consultants come from a wide range of companies with technology-based products. They have hands-on experience working as product managers and product leaders with responsibility for a huge range of products.

This practical experience allows us to create cutting-edge training courses, effective leadership support, and tools and resources that are easy to apply and relevant in real-world situations.

We’ve trained thousands of delegates and understand what makes impactful and valuable training that can make a real difference day-to-day.

Backed by an efficient operations team in Cirencester in the U.K., we provide clients with the most effective and well-run product management training courses available.

Meet our team of expert consultants below.

Andrew Dickenson

B.Eng, MCIM

Andrew is a Founding Director of Product Focus.

He has over 25 years of experience in product management and product marketing, working in companies ranging from growing software-based businesses to global multinationals.

Andrew is a recognized global expert in product management. He has written extensively and delivered training and consulting to hundreds of companies.

Ian Lunn

BSc, MCIM

Ian is a Founding Director of Product Focus.

He has over 25 years of product management and marketing experience with technology-based companies, ranging from digital start-ups to multinational businesses.

As a global thought-leader in product management, Ian has published widely and delivered training and consulting to hundreds of companies.

Eddie Pratt

B.Eng. (Hons), M.Sc. (Cantab)

Eddie is the Managing Director of Product Focus.

He has over 20 years of experience in product management and product marketing. Eddie has helped businesses ranging from Silicon Valley start-ups to multinational corporations.

Eddie has grown and led several product and development organizations, building and running products, platforms, and services.

Phil Dickenson

BSc

Phil is the Client Director at Product Focus

He specializes in new business development and dedicated account management, consistently delivering value to clients with his approach of “How can I help you be successful?”.

With extensive experience across diverse sales roles, Phil’s career spans pre-sales engineering to Sales Director positions, along with successfully running his own business for several years.

Living near the North Yorkshire Moors, Phil is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys walking and cycling.

Louise May

BEd, CIPD, MBA

Louise is Director of Product Management at Product Focus.

Louise has over 20 years experience in product management and consultancy. She has held head of product and director of product roles in several software companies and has worked in start-ups, scale-ups and multi-nationals. Her passion is recruiting, developing and coaching high-performing teams and watching people grow and be successful.

She is an advocate for lifelong learning and has been a teacher, a trainer, a (hobby) sports coach and a mentor. Her role at Product Focus is to develop a professional development programme for product managers to support them throughout their career.

Matthew Vizor

BEng (Hons), MIET

Matthew is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

He has over 30 years of industry experience and has held head of product management, director of product management, and vice president roles in businesses including AT&T, Energis (Cable & Wireless), KPNQwest, and Vodafone.

Matthew has wide experience across business markets and product management consultancy in the Telecoms, IT, and software industries.

Paul Inness

BSc (Hons), DipM, MCIM Chartered Marketer

Paul is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

He has over 20 years of experience delivering strategy, product management, and marketing in senior leadership positions for multinational companies. He has worked across technology, retail, automotive, and charity sectors.

Paul also works with start-ups and has a focus on innovation. He is a Chartered Marketer and has taught for the Chartered Institute of Marketing for over 12 years.

Linda Kjær Petersen

BSc, Dip PM

Linda is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

She has 20 years of experience in product management from high-tech audio communications, med-tech, and software industries.

Linda has worked for companies operating in B2B, B2C, and B2G markets, and her experience ranges from market analysis and product strategy, to upstream and downstream product management. She is a native Danish speaker and fluent in English.

Alan Faulkner

BSc, MBA

Alan is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

He has extensive ICT industry experience, including product management, sales operations, and business development. He has managed products, services, channel partners, and strategic alliances across complex organizational structures, geographic boundaries, and diverse cultures.

Alan has worked with start-up technology companies and held senior positions with multinationals, including AT&T, Cisco, and Vodafone.

Nicola Ripley

BA(hons), MA

Nicola is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

She has over 15 years of experience in product management and marketing, developing portfolio strategies, building, and leading product teams, and driving digital transformation for global education companies.

Nicola has worked extensively in international markets. Her experience spans the full product lifecycle across B2B, B2C, and B2G, with expertise across research and innovation, go-to-market, and managing mature portfolios.

Cyril Le Roux

MBA

Cyril is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

He has over 20 years of product management experience, mainly across Telecoms, eCommerce, Marketplaces (in real estate, trades, and print on demand), and FinTech.

Cyril has held various positions, from Product Manager to VP Product in B2B, B2B2C, and B2C across start-ups, scale-ups, and large enterprise companies. A native French speaker fluent in English, he focuses on product management training, coaching, and consultancy.

Steve Buck

MA (Cantab)

Steve is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

He has over 25 years as a product manager and leading product teams in the telecoms and fintech sectors. His previous roles include Head/VP product, CMO, Head of development, and board member.

Steve has managed portfolios in B2B and B2C of several hundred million dollars and has been pivotal in building teams and new products in successful high tech software startups.

Anne Raaen Rasmussen

MSc, MBA

Anne is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

She has over 10 years as a product manager and experienced leader of product management teams in tech businesses.

Anne has managed sales in B2C and B2B, marketing and product management functions at C-level in corporate as well as startups.

Her experience spans Telecom, Audio wireless devices, Cooling tech, MedTech, Large format scanners and Audio devices for vinyl playback.

Aidan Dunphy

BSc (Hons), MBA

Aidan is a Product Focus Senior Consultant.

Aidan has more than 25 years experience of product management in software businesses including ERP, data quality, digital transformation, and app development. He has collaborated with more than 50 tech start-ups and holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics as well as an Executive MBA.

His previous senior roles include Principal Consultant, Head of Product Strategy, Chief Product Officer and Chief Commercial Officer. As a board advisor and investor in SME and start-up tech businesses, Aidan helps to understand motives, balance priorities and to gain an agile mindset, always with a forensic mindset.

Ellen Brookes

Ellen is Head of Client Success and Operations for Product Focus.

Ellen manages our growing team of people in the back office. They keep the business running and ensure your training goes smoothly. Her focus is on making sure that every aspect of your experience of working with Product Focus is world class.

If you’re booking a course or have a query, then it’s likely you’ll be talking to Ellen.