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Greg Badros

Investor

CEO of Gluroo, Former VP Eng @ Facebook at SignalFire

Los Altos, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

About

Greg Badros holds bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Duke University and master's and doctoral degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington, where his Ph.D. work on the Cassowary Constraint Solving algorithm was later incorporated into Apple's OS X and iOS. He spent over six years at Google as a Sr. Director of Engineering, leading AdSense and later the Gmail+ and Google Apps teams, then served as VP Engineering & Products at Facebook, where he led teams including Ads, Search, Photos, Messages, Growth, Data Infrastructure and Data Science. He subsequently founded Prepared Mind Innovations and advises startups while building prototypes.

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Experience

  1. Gluroo Imaginations Inc.Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — present
  2. RecordSetFoundercurrent2019 — presentLos Altos Hills, California, United States
  3. Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc.Foundercurrent2013 — presentSF Bay Area
  4. Computer History MuseumMember Board Of Trusteescurrent2017 — presentMountain View, California
  5. Brave SoftAdvisor and Board Member (Observer only since 2021)current2015 — present
  6. Polymer SearchAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
  7. BigSpring - 'Skills for performance'​Advisorcurrent2019 — present
  8. ClockwiseAdvisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  9. SignalFireAdvisor2013 — 2024
  10. Carbon3D, Inc.Advisor2015 — 2024
  11. IntentionetAdvisor2017 — 2022
  12. AdsNativeAdvisor2014 — 2019
  13. Two Pore Guys, Inc.Advisor2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Kurbo HealthAdvisor2013 — 2018
  15. PinterestAdvisor2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  16. iodineAdvisor2013 — 2017
  17. ClipMine, Inc.Advisor2013 — 2017
  18. ICSI - International Computer Science InstituteMember Board Of Trustees2012 — 2017Berkeley, CA
  19. IFTTTAdvisor2014 — 2016
  20. TheGridAdvisor2014 — 2016

Education

  1. University of WashingtonPh.D., Computer Science and Engineering1996 — 2000
  2. Duke UniversityB.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science1991 — 1995

Skills & more

Agile Methodologies14Distributed Systems56System Design10XML8Mobile Devices2Product Management6Software Engineering73Big Data3User Interface4C++6Python33Programming Languages2
+12 moreScalabilityAJAXMachine LearningMapReduceWeb 2.0Computer SciencePerlAlgorithmsMobile ApplicationsPerforceCloud ComputingPerformance Tuning

From Greg's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Washington162

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoseph HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 156 more

Also attended Duke University384

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 378 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Clockwise3

Ajay AgarwalPartner at Bain Capital VenturesJohn LillyInvestor at Gigascale CapitalKevin NothnagelInvestor at Diagram Capital

Also worked at Pinterest34

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalAaron RuPrincipal at RET VenturesJeff ChangInvestor at Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd.

+ 28 more

Also worked at IFTTT2

Alan DaySenior Associate, Investments at New York Life VenturesScott TongAdvisor at Designer Fund

Also worked at MarketShare2

Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital PartnersAnupam SinghSenior Advisor at NTT Venture Capital

Colleagues at SignalFire

Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Ben Davenport
CTO & Co-founder of BitGo; former Co-founder of Beluga at SignalFire
Bill MacCartney
Former VP ML at Cohere at SignalFire
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Brad Hoover
former CEO of Grammarly at SignalFire

Network1

Gary GoldmanScout
Managing Director at Global Health Impact Fund

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