Where does Brian “Tap” Taptich work?

Brian “Tap” Taptich is Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners.

Where did Brian “Tap” Taptich go to school?

Brian “Tap” Taptich studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Williams College (BA, Psychology); The Landon School (High School Diploma).

Brian “Tap” Taptich

Investor

Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners · Executive Advisor at TCV

Park City, Utah, United States

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629 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Brian: together at Intrepid Growth Partners

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About

Technology leader with 25+ years of experience, most recently VP of Strategic Initiatives at Amazon Web Services, where he led the Worldwide Specialist Organization and AWS Game Tech.

Experience

AIQ Worldwide, L.P.Foundercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
TCVExecutive Advisorcurrent2025 — present
Intrepid Growth PartnersGrowth Partnercurrent2024 — present
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Vice President, Strategic Initiatives2023 — 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Vice President, Worldwide Specialist Organization2020 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Vice President, AWS Game Tech2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
BitcasaCEO2013 — 2017Mountain View, Ca
ZyngaVice President of International2009 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
BitTorrent, Inc.General Manager and VP of Business Development2005 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
Electronic ArtsVP of Online Strategic Development2003 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
Allen & CompanySummer Associate2002New York City Metropolitan Area
Doll Capital ManagementSpring/Summer Associate2001San Francisco Bay Area
Alarm Clock WorldwideCo-founder1998 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area
Red Herring CommunicationsResearch Director & Editor1994 — 1998San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Digital StrategyLeadership1Deal ExecutionSmall Business ManagementCreative EntrepreneurshipBusiness OwnershipHolding CompaniesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingAmazon Web Services (AWS)Go-to-Market StrategyTurnaround Strategy

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Start-upsEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalCorporate DevelopmentMergersMonetizationBusiness StrategyDigital MediaBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsStrategyStrategic Planning

Languages Japanese · Spanish

From Brian's professional profile.

Colleagues at Intrepid Growth Partners

Adrian Weller

Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners

Ajay Agrawal

Co-founder & Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners

George Hoyem

Venture Partner at Lavrock Ventures

Grant Wallace

Principal at Intrepid Growth Partners

Harley Finkelstein

Investor at Felicis Ventures

Jessica Galli

Principal at Intrepid Growth Partners

Jessica Hao

Senior Associate at Intrepid Growth Partners

John Tang

Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian “Tap” Taptich?: Technology leader with 25+ years of experience, most recently VP of Strategic Initiatives at Amazon Web Services, where he led the Worldwide Specialist Organization and AWS Game Tech.
Where does Brian “Tap” Taptich work?: Brian “Tap” Taptich is Growth Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners.
Where did Brian “Tap” Taptich go to school?: Brian “Tap” Taptich studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Williams College (BA, Psychology); The Landon School (High School Diploma).

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management842

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of Nubank Andy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel Capital David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America Fund Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures

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Also attended Williams College172

Chase ColemanFounder & Partner of Tiger Global Management Steve CaseChairman & CEO of Revolution; co-founder of AOL Chris PicardoPartner at Madrona investing at the intersection of life science and computer science, plus consumer tech and Web3 Isabelle PhelpsPartner at Lerer Hippeau Nino MarakovicPartner, CEO at Sapphire Ventures Tiffany YuPrincipal at 7wire Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at AIQ Worldwide, L.P.1

Gavin TeoGeneral Partner at Altara Ventures

Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)376

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis Ventures Jon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group Keerthi NalabotuInvestor at True Ventures Adam NaorInvestor at CapitalG Ken HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital Partners Eliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital

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Also worked at Zynga98

Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agency Masoud AdinaHead of Compliance at Greycroft Vlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures Emily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures Linus LiangFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight Capital Niha GottiparthyInvestor at EMERGENT VENTURES

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Also worked at Electronic Arts135

Rajat TanejaInvestor at Foundation Capital Robert TomkinsonSelf at Mucker Capital Brian OsimiriInvestor at CapitalG Gustav RydstedtAdvisor, Infrastructure Software at Verissimo Ventures Shanti BergelManaging Director at TRANSCEND Andrew SheppardManaging Director at TRANSCEND

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