Alan S Cohen is a technology executive who has held positions at US WEST, IBM and Cisco. His last two startups Airespace and Nicira were acquired, respectively, by Cisco and VMware. During a two-decade career in tech, Alan brought to market a range of disruptive enterprise technologies,including Internet Commerce, Wi-Fi, VOIP, and Network Virtualization. He serves as an advisor and board member to several technology companies.With Washington festooned over the weekend with banners and parties alongside the serious national dialogue about the issues of the day, we all understand that the world has changed significantly in the last four years.