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Meredith Hitchcock

Founder

Founder/COO at RideAlong

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRideAlong · YC

About

Meredith Hitchcock is director of UX research at Lyra Health and co-founder of RideAlong, which develops software integrating with police record management systems for emergency responses involving mental illness and homelessness. She previously worked at Airbnb, Google, Code for America, and Promise.

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Founder/COO at RideAlongYC S17

Intro paths

YC

Meredith went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Meredith can intro founders to RideAlong's investors below.

RideAlong's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Experience

  1. Lyra HealthDirector, UX Research, Creative, & Content Designcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Lyra HealthDirector, UX Research2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. AirbnbHead of UX Research, Airbnb.org (Non-Profit)2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
  4. AirbnbStaff Experience Researcher, Experiences2021
  5. AirbnbLead Experience Researcher, Experiences2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  6. AirbnbLead Experience Researcher, Airbnb.org (fka Human team)2020San Francisco, California
  7. PromiseUser Experience Lead2018 — 2019Oakland, CA
  8. RideAlongCo-Founder & COO (Company Acquired)2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Y CombinatorBatch Summer 20172017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Code for AmericaUX Design Fellow, Seattle2016San Francisco Bay Area
  11. GoogleUX Researcher (20%)2014 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  12. GoogleProduct Specialist, Digital Content2012 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  13. GooglePartner Manager, Digital Publishing2010 — 2012Mountain View, CA

Education

  1. Y CombinatorSummer 2017 Batch2017
  2. UC Berkeley School of InformationMaster's Degree, Information Management and Systems
  3. Yale UniversityBA, Literature
  4. Phillips Exeter Academy

Skills & more

Product Research1Moderating1Field Studies1UX ResearchManagementStorytellingProcess ImprovementCollaborative LeadershipUser Research19User Experience23Research7User Experience Design18
+12 moreUser-centered DesignRapid PrototypingUser Experience TestingQualitative ResearchWireframesContextual InquiryUsabilityProject ManagementPaper PrototypingParticipatory DesignResponsive Web DesignAdobe Creative Suite

Languages Japanese

From Meredith's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended UC Berkeley School of Information8

Neha KumarVenture Partner at Floating PointAnna JacobsonPartner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator CollectiveAlex GaoEngineer at Pear VCDaniel AlvarezData Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation FundCarlee PriceAdvisor at Sybilla MastersVamsi SistlaVenture Partner at 97212 Ventures

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Also attended Yale University521

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

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Also attended Phillips Exeter Academy59

Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMax Von PoelnitzPartner at Foothill VenturesPhilip KalikmanAssistant Professor of Real Estate, Finance, & Economics at Joyance PartnersAlbert DouerInvestor at MatterScale VenturesEnmi KendallGeneral Partner at Healthy VenturesGeoff OblakGeneral Partner at Data Point Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Lyra Health1

Lauren LeggettSenior Associate at Oxeon Partners

Also worked at Airbnb106

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalBrenden GlapionCorporate Counsel at Greycroft

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Also worked at Promise3

Zac GeinzerAssociate at Commonweal VenturesMike RubinoHead of Talent at AI FundKofi AnsongFounder at Cenote

Also worked at Y Combinator151

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y CombinatorHarj TaggarGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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