Patrick Audley // Identity Collected

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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:00:00 -0800
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Blackcat Systems
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Leaving Cogneto

So, without much ado, I’m no longer with Cogneto and am joining my two friends Andy Dale and John Bradley to bring solid, usable, user-centric identity and authentication to the world under the mighty rubric of Wingaa.

As is often the case, transitioning from one job to another was rockier than it first looked. It was full of bitter-sweet moments mixed liberally with some sad moments and a huge swelling of excitement and hope for the future. I’ve gained a pile of insight and a good set of lessons to take to my next venture. I try when I leave a job to figure out what the best lesson was and I think that, in retrospect, we didn’t have enough transparency and that should have been a warning sign. We had a very smart group of people who were kept from seeing or helping with problems because they didn’t know about them. That’s my key lesson from this job – transparency is a hallmark of a good company.

Whirlwind Europe trip with Ralph

I had just finished an investor relations trip in Europe for Cogneto. It was fun but extremely busy – one of those non-stop business trips where days are filled with meetings and evenings with… more meetings. We stayed at an amazing hotel (especially by London’s standards) near Shepherd’s Market in Mayfair. It was a short walk to our UK office off Berkeley Square and generally close to most other fun bits of London. We walked all over, paid homage to the Apple Store, ate in Soho, rode the tube. All very British and fun.

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