Paxton Cooper

Paxton Cooper

Senior Vice President - Global Head of Product
Zendesk

I am a product development executive with over 20 years of experience leading product management, product marketing, engineering and cross-functional operations teams at industry leading technology companies. Given the universal business need for a strong product management function, I’ve been very fortunate to have a career that has spanned a variety of industries including mobile, consumer & enterprise software, financial services, mobile gaming, developer platforms, telco and embedded systems. Building, inspiring and leading high-performing, data-driven product management teams and empowering the surrounding cross-functional organization has been the common thread throughout these experiences. I've also joined and successfully helped scale companies at critical junctures where they are pursuing growth. This journey has contributed to my versatility and problem-solving abilities as a product developer. I enjoy and excel at strategy development, cross-functional execution and launching large scale technology products, services and platform initiatives. Whether my customer has been direct consumers, enterprises, application developers, internal or external stakeholders, I’ve consistently been able to identify their needs and translate them into successful customer-centric businesses that generate significant enterprise value.