Where did Jason go to school?

Jason studied at University of Virginia (Political and Social Thought).

Jason

Investor

Investor at Starshot

Palo Alto, California, United States

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668 people in our graph share verified history with Jason — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Nancy WangunlockedJason: together at Google (2014–2016)

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×4Jason: together at Yahoo!

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

+12 more

Mobile Product DevelopmentScalabilityMessagingData AnalysisSystem ArchitectureMobile DevicesStart-upsProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsExperienced SpeakerDistributed SystemsCloud Computing

Languages Lithuanian · Russian

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Colleagues at Starshot

Ajay Gupta

General Partner at NZVC

Françoise Lyon

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Jeff

Investor at Starshot

Jeremiah Brewer

General Partner at Starshot

Jeremy

Founding Managing Partner at Starshot

Nick

Principal at Starshot

Praveen

MBA Associate at Starshot

Sam

Founding Partner at Starshot

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).