About
Harper Reed is a technologist and entrepreneur who serves as Chief Executive Officer of 2389 Research. He was Chief Technology Officer of the Obama 2012 presidential campaign, worked on crowdsourcing at Threadless.com, and founded Modest Inc, which was acquired by PayPal. He is based in Chicago.
Founder at 2389
Intro paths
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In turn, Harper can intro founders to 2389's investors below.
Experience
- 2389 ResearchChief Executive Officercurrent2024 β presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolBoard of Governorscurrent2020 β presentSanta Monica, California, United States
- General Galactic CorporationCEO2019 β 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
- USC Annenberg Innovation LabSenior Fellow2019 β 2023Greater Los Angeles Area
- MIT Media LabDirector's Fellow2018 β 2020Greater Boston Area
- PayPalEntrepreneur In Residence, Next Gen Commerce2017 β 2018Greater Chicago Area
- PayPalSr Director, Software Development2015 β 2018Greater Chicago Area
- BraintreeHead of Commerce2015 β 2017Greater Chicago Area
- Modest, Inc.CEO2012 β 2015Greater Chicago Area
- Obama for AmericaCTO2011 β 2012Greater Chicago Area
- Sandbox IndustriesAdvisor2009 β 2011Greater Chicago Area
- Rackspace HostingCustomer in Residence2009 β 2010San Antonio, Texas Area
- ThreadlessCTO2005 β 2009Greater Chicago Area
- SquidooSummer Intern2005Greater New York City Area
- Cramer-KrasseltLead Software Engineer2004 β 2005Greater Chicago Area
- World Book PublishingSecurity and Software Engineer2001 β 2004Greater Chicago Area
- MSIIntern2000 β 2001Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area
Skills & more
Linux75Ruby59E-commerce99Web Applications99Python18Start-ups67Agile Methodologies18Git25Mobile Applications47Apache16Software Development26Scalability27
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Information ArchitectureAmazon Web Services (AWS)SubversionIntegrationTechnical LeadershipTeam BuildingJapanese cultureHigh Performance TeamsASP.NETMongoDBOS XJSONFrom Harper's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Harper π« Reed?
- Harper Reed is a technologist and entrepreneur who serves as Chief Executive Officer of 2389 Research. He was Chief Technology Officer of the Obama 2012 presidential campaign, worked on crowdsourcing at Threadless.com, and founded Modest Inc, which was acquired by PayPal. He is based in Chicago.
- Where does Harper π« Reed work?
- Harper π« Reed is Founder of 2389.
- What companies did Harper π« Reed found?
- Harper π« Reed founded 2389.
- Where did Harper π« Reed go to school?
- Harper π« Reed studied at Cornell College (BA, Computer Science); Greeley Central High School.
Same school
Also attended Cornell College1
Shared employers
Also worked at Pardee RAND Graduate School3
Also worked at MIT Media Lab124
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Also worked at PayPal165
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and Addepar
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