About
James Kelm is Vice President of Product, Advertising and Media at Roku, where he oversees ad technology innovation, audience targeting and measurement, and streaming ad format development. Previously, he held product leadership roles at Nextdoor, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google, with experience spanning self-service revenue products, organic business features, native and video ad syndication, and mobile advertising solutions.
Experience
- RokuVP Products, Ads & Mediacurrent2025 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- NextdoorChief Product Officer2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- NextdoorHead of Revenue Product2022 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- TwitterVice President Of Product Management2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitterSenior Director of Product Management2019 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- TwitterDirector of Product Management2017 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- YahooSenior Director of Product Management, Flurry Analytics & Yahoo App Publishing2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Wormhole GamesCOO & Co-Founder2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- FunzioSenior Producer -> Director of Product2012San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleProduct Manager2006 — 2010
- No on 8 - Equality for AllProduct Manager, Internet Campaign2008
- AppleProduct Planner2004 — 2005
- Sun Microsystems, IncProgram Manager2004
- Sun Microsystems, IncSoftware Engineer2000 — 2004
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology2005 — 2007
- Columbia UniversityBS, Computer Engineering / EECS1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Product Management32Mobile Applications31Mobile Advertising12E-commerce10Mobile Games9Touch Interfaces5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Kelm?
- James Kelm is Vice President of Product, Advertising and Media at Roku, where he oversees ad technology innovation, audience targeting and measurement, and streaming ad format development. Previously, he held product leadership roles at Nextdoor, Twitter, Yahoo, and Google, with experience spanning self-service revenue products, organic business features, native and video ad syndication, and mobile advertising solutions.
- Where does James Kelm work?
- James Kelm is at Twitter.
- Where did James Kelm go to school?
- James Kelm studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Columbia University (BS, Computer Engineering / EECS).
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