Alex Ross

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded teams at Tinder during hyper-growth.
Led technology development at Enplug, achieving $5M ARR.
Advised multiple startups on product strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and B2C technology leader with a strong focus on growth and user experience.

Contact

davidross.alex@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipEntrepreneurshipMobile ApplicationsUser ExperienceAdvisingInvestmentEngineering ManagementMachine LearningData EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentGrowth StrategyTechnology DevelopmentSales GrowthSales Strategy

Other Skills

AndroidAngularJSApacheCSSHTMLJavaJavaScriptLAMPLinuxManagementMarketingMongoDBMySQLObjective-CPHP

About

Inventing the future of humans living with plants @ Greg 🌱. Former Director of Engineering @ Tinder 🔥 - founded the Growth and Trust & Safety teams during a period of hyper-growth. Co-Founder/COO @ Enplug 📺 (acquired).

Experience

Gregarious, inc.

CEO & Co-Founder 🌱 ⚡️

Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs · New York, United States

Featured by Apple as App of the Day
Backed by Index Ventures and First Round Capital.
We make it easy to keep your plants alive and thriving! 🌱 🤝
Download on the App Store: https://apple.co/3x8Ak8m
Sign up for Android: https://bit.ly/gregandroid

ManagementLeadershipEntrepreneurship

Tinder, inc.

Director of Engineering

Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs · West Hollywood

Recruited a team of 35+ top caliber software engineers across mobile, backend, and data engineering/machine learning.
Founded the Trust & Safety team, responsible for all anti-spam, authentication, and community engagement. Reduced fraudulent accounts on the platform by over 90% with a variety of original machine learning-based detection systems.
Founded the Growth Engineering team and led the effort to rebuild Tinder's signup system, decoupling it from Facebook and growing signups globally by double-digit percentages.
Navigated Tinder Engineering through a period of hyper-growth as a member of the senior leadership team.

Engineering ManagementTeam BuildingMachine Learning

La cto forum

Adviser & Organizer

Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 · 6 yrs · Los Angeles

Co-organized the largest professional organization of Chief Technology Officers in the US.

Various startups

Advisor and Investor

Jan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

Advising B2C and B2B startups on go-to-market and product strategy.
Investing in: space infrastructure, smart applications of AI in B2B, and stellar D2C products/brands.
Some angel investments:
Stoke Space (Reusable rockets)
Quantum Space (Space infrastructure)
Lynk Global (Satellites)
Diamond Age (3D printed homes)
Science.io (AI for healthcare)
Neurophos (AI chips)
Airhouse (Modern 3PL for D2C)
Mythical Games
Rewind.ai
Better Brand (CPG)
Alto Pharmacy
Loyal (Longevity drugs for dogs)

InvestmentAdvisingProduct Strategy

Enplug, inc.

CTO & Co-Founder (acquired)

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs · Los Angeles

As founding CTO I led the creation of the core technology. After product-market fit I built the sales team, growing revenues to over $5M ARR with customers like Google, Harvard University, and WeWork.
Acquired: sixteen-nine.net/2021/03/31/enplug-latest-firm-acquired-in-spectrios-digital-signage-roll-up-strategy/

Technology DevelopmentSales Growth