DeVaris Brown
InvestorFounderTechnical Advisor at Courtside Ventures · Founder & CEO at Meroxa
Oakland, California, United States
FoundedMeroxa
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About
DeVaris Brown serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at /dev/color. He has experience as a product executive focused on team leadership, strategy development, and customer experience.
Founder & CEO at Meroxa
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Meroxa's investors · 10
AdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksDrive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checksHustle FundSan Carlos · $150K checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checksRoot VenturesSan FranciscoRoot Ventures Manager, LlcSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2021Village GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checks
Experience
- /dev/colorChairman of the Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- YPOMembercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MeroxaCEO and Co-Founder2020 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- SPILLCTO and Co-Founder2023 — 2025Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Ingressive For GoodBoard Member2021 — 2024Lagos State, Nigeria
- TwitterProduct Manager Lead2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school )Guest Lecturer2020Palo Alto, California, United States
- First Round CapitalAngel Track Investor2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Floodgate AcademyChief Executive Officer2015 — 2020Oakland, CA
- HerokuSenior Director of Product Management2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Super Heroic™CTO & Co-Founder2016 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
- General AssemblyExpert in Residence2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Slyce.ioHead Of Product Management2016San Francisco Bay Area
- VSCO (Visual Supply Co)Lead Product Manager2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- ZendeskPlatform Product Manager2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Klick PushChief Product Officer2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- MarmaladeChief Developer Evangelist2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- Microsoft CorporationAcademic Developer Evangelist2008 — 2011
- Microsoft CorporationSystem Engineer2006 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
- Cisco SystemsSoftware Development Engineer Intern2006San Francisco Bay Area
- University of Illinois Department of Computer ScienceResearch Programmer2004 — 2006
- IntelWindows Server Engineer(Intern)2005Greater Phoenix Area
- National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsSecurity Researcher2004Urbana-Champaign Area
- University of Illinois Bioinformatics GroupApplications Developer & Oracle DBA2003Urbana-Champaign Area
- Equity Office Properties TrustDesktop Support Intern2002 — 2003Greater Chicago Area
- GeneerDesktop Support Intern2000Des Plaines, IL
Skills & more
Software Development99Product Management71Web Development31Agile Methodologies23Start-ups21Programming10Product Development8Global Business Development6Global Marketing4Digital Strategy2Business Strategy2Marketing Strategy2
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Project ManagementProject PlanningStrategic PartnershipsThought LeadershipTechnical LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipTechnology EvangelismAPIsJavaScriptC#Ruby on RailsiOSLanguages English · Portuguese
- Black Venture Institute 2020 — UC Berkeley Executive Education
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Joe Vennare
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Kagiso Bond
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Kai Bond
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is DeVaris Brown?
- DeVaris Brown serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at /dev/color. He has experience as a product executive focused on team leadership, strategy development, and customer experience.
- Where does DeVaris Brown work?
- DeVaris Brown is Founder & CEO of Meroxa and Technical Advisor at Courtside Ventures.
- What companies did DeVaris Brown found?
- DeVaris Brown founded Meroxa.
- Where did DeVaris Brown go to school?
- DeVaris Brown studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Math and Computer Science); Homewood Flossmoor High School.
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