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Greg Badros

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CEO of Gluroo, Former VP Eng @ Facebook at SignalFire

Los Altos, California

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

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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.

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
  21. SpiderbookAdvisor2014 — 2016
  22. MarketShareAdvisor2014 — 2015
  23. SquareAdvisor2013 — 2014
  24. HealthTapAdvisor2013 — 2014
  25. FacebookVice President of Engineering and Products2009 — 2013United States
  26. Google Inc.Sr. Director of Engineering2003 — 2009
  27. Google Inc.Engineer2003 — 2009
  28. InfoSpace Inc.Chief Architect2000 — 2003
  29. Go2NetChief Technical Architect2000
  30. Transworld NumericsSenior Research Scientist1995 — 1996

Skills & more

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

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Investments

Investor

AppiterateClipMineDocugamiHackerRankKurbo by WWMyTimeQuettraSoundFocusSpringboardThe GridTrimianVena VitalsZeit Medical

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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
AI Fund Fellow at AI Fund
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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Frequently asked questions

Who is Greg Badros?
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.
Where does Greg Badros work?
Greg Badros is CEO of Gluroo, Former VP Eng @ Facebook at SignalFire.
What check size does Greg Badros write?
Greg Badros typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies has Greg Badros invested in?
Investments tracked here include Appiterate, ClipMine, Docugami, HackerRank, Kurbo by WW, MyTime, Quettra, SoundFocus, Springboard, The Grid, Trimian, Vena Vitals, and 1 more.
Where did Greg Badros go to school?
Greg Badros studied at University of Washington (Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering); Duke University (B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science).

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