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Georg: together at Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories
Georg: together at CTRL Labs
About
Georg Petschnigg is a product executive and entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at DevRev. He co-founded FiftyThree in 2011, makers of the Paper and Paste apps and the Pencil stylus, and was CEO until the company's acquisition by WeTransfer in 2018, later serving as WeTransfer's Chief Innovation Officer and General Manager in the Americas. He subsequently held roles as SVP of Product Design at The New York Times and Chief Design Officer at Nextdoor, and holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Economics from Columbia and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
Founder at FiftyThree
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Experience
- DevRevBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- betaworksEntrepreneur in Residence2026
- NextdoorChief Design Officer2024 — 2025
- The New York TimesSVP and Head of Product Design2021 — 2024New York, United States
- WeTransferGeneral Manager and Chief Innovation Officer2018 — 2021New York, New York
- CTRL-labsAdvisor2017 — 2019New York, NY
- FiftyThree, Inc.CEO & Co-Founder2011 — 2018New York, NY
- MicrosoftCo-Founder, Pioneer Studios2008 — 2011
- MicrosoftSenior Program Manager, Microsoft Research Next Media2005 — 2008
- MicrosoftProgram Manager II, Office2003 — 2005
- MicrosoftProgram Manager, Web Services Division2000 — 2001
- IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterSoftware Developer, Digital Video1999
- Lucent Technologies, Bell LaboratoriesTechnical Associate1998
- Hewlett PackardProduct Marketing Intern1997
Skills & more
Design VentureDigital Image Processing1Design3Engineering2Business5User Experience54Venture Capital8Designs3Product Management38Social Media Marketing3Project Management8New Business Development1
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User Experience DesignMobile ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentIntegrationUser-centered DesignStrategic PartnershipsInteraction DesignEntrepreneurshipExperience DesignUser InterfaceUser Interface DesignCloud ComputingLanguages English · French · German
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- Who is Georg Petschnigg?
- Georg Petschnigg is a product executive and entrepreneur who currently serves as a board member at DevRev. He co-founded FiftyThree in 2011, makers of the Paper and Paste apps and the Pencil stylus, and was CEO until the company's acquisition by WeTransfer in 2018, later serving as WeTransfer's Chief Innovation Officer and General Manager in the Americas. He subsequently held roles as SVP of Product Design at The New York Times and Chief Design Officer at Nextdoor, and holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Economics from Columbia and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
- Where does Georg Petschnigg work?
- Georg Petschnigg is Founder of FiftyThree.
- What companies did Georg Petschnigg found?
- Georg Petschnigg founded FiftyThree.
- Where did Georg Petschnigg go to school?
- Georg Petschnigg studied at Stanford University (MSEE, Computer Graphics); Columbia University (BS, Computer Engineering).
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Also worked at betaworks25
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