Luke McLaughlan, MBA in

Luke McLaughlan, MBA

Critic · DISC type C
Senior Product Manager at Alation
📍 United Kingdom

Luke McLaughlan is an experienced technology strategist and Senior Product Manager at Alation, focused on the future of trusted data and AI. With a background as a Solutions Architect and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business, he excels at bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions, a trait for which colleagues have described him as highly organized.

His first product launch as a Product Manager was the Alation Critical Data Elements (CDE) Manager.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Senior Product Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Luke shows up

ROI Driven
Negotiator
Information Seeker

They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.

Priorities

Topics Luke cares about

Critical Data Governance
He is passionate about governing critical data elements (CDEs), having recently led the launch of Alation's CDE Manager, his first product as a PM.
AI Readiness
He presents on and demonstrates how to implement actionable AI governance, emphasizing the need for trusted, well-governed data as the foundation for AI initiatives.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Senior Product Manager
Alation
5-2025 - 8-2025
Advisor Solutions Architect
Alation
5-2023 - 5-2025
Senior Solutions Architect
Alation
2-2022 - 5-2023
Lead Solution Engineer
Salesforce
9-2019 - 2-2022
Senior Solution Engineer
Salesforce
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
4-2022 - 10-2023
Executive MBA
Quantic School of Business and Technology
2005 - 2011
Bachelor of Business & Bachelor of Business Information Systems
Swinburne University of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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