About
Technology executive and repeat founder; former Vice President at Google, where he sponsored acquisitions, ran developer relations and oversaw Google's accelerators. Previously VP at Yahoo! and CTO of Shazam, and co-creator of the early environmental Gopher site EcoGopher.
Experience
- Starshot CapitalEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- LGND AI, Inc.Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Sound FutureAdvisorcurrent2023 — present
- SelfClimate Investorcurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- BlastWaveAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- GoogleVP - Developer Product Group2014 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
- Shazam EntertainmentCTO2011 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- Yahoo!VP - Communications (Mail, Messenger, PIM)2009 — 2010
- Yahoo!VP - Communications Engineering - Mail, Messenger, & Zimbra2004 — 2010
- Postini Inc.Director, Engineering2003 — 2004
- AltaVistaVP Web Platform Engineering1999 — 2001
- iAtlasCo-founder & VP Engineering1997 — 1999
Skills & more
Strategy4Management1Leadership4SaaS2Enterprise Software3REST1Android6HTML 52Hadoop1Information Systems8Team Building7Mobile Applications38
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Mobile Product DevelopmentScalabilityMessagingData AnalysisSystem ArchitectureMobile DevicesStart-upsProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsExperienced SpeakerDistributed SystemsCloud ComputingLanguages Lithuanian · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason?
- Technology executive and repeat founder; former Vice President at Google, where he sponsored acquisitions, ran developer relations and oversaw Google's accelerators. Previously VP at Yahoo! and CTO of Shazam, and co-creator of the early environmental Gopher site EcoGopher.
- Where does Jason work?
- Jason is at Starshot.
- Where did Jason go to school?
- Jason studied at University of Virginia (Political and Social Thought).
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Also attended University of Virginia565
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google1,783
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Also worked at Yahoo!317
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