Todd Jackson

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States21 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Product Management and User Experience.
Led major product initiatives at Dropbox and Google.
Invested in over 50 startups across diverse sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert with a strong background in SaaS and consumer technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementUser ExperienceInvestment Analysis

Other Skills

Software EngineeringAnalyticsMarket ResearchSoftware DevelopmentMobile DevicesGmailMobile ApplicationsMobile InternetWeb ApplicationsAndroidUser Interface

Experience

First round capital

2 roles

Partner

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Supporting early-stage founders in finding extreme Product-Market Fit. I love investing in "power tools" — complex under the hood but simple and powerful to the user. Developer Tools, Data Tools, Design Tools, Infrastructure, AI/ML, etc.

Product ManagementUser ExperienceSoftware EngineeringAnalytics

Founder in Residence

Apr 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Dropbox

VP Product & Design

Aug 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I led Dropbox's wonderful team of Product Managers, Product Analysts, Product Designers, Brand Designers, Researchers, and Writers. During my time on the executive team, I helped steer Dropbox from a consumer-focused startup into a high-growth SaaS company and a successful IPO.

Various

Angel Investor

Jan 2015 – Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I was fortunate to angel invest in 50+ companies across SaaS/AI/DevTools/Consumer, where I was compelled by the founder's product insights. Most were the first round of funding for the company.
SaaS / Security / AI:
Vanta (https://www.vanta.com/)
Material Security (https://material.security/)
WorkOS (https://workos.com/)
Rutter API (https://www.rutterapi.com/)
Air (https://air.inc/)
Blaze (https://www.blaze.ai/)
Consumer / Marketplaces:
Snackpass (https://www.snackpass.co/)
Good Dog (https://www.gooddog.com/)
Rooms (https://rooms.xyz/)
X1 Card (https://x1creditcard.com/ - acq. by Robinhood)
Locker Room (acq. by Spotify)
Health:
Alma (https://helloalma.com/)
Rupa Health (https://www.rupahealth.com/)
Modern Animal (https://www.modernanimal.com/)
Regard (https://regard.com/)
Web3:
Snapshot.org (https://snapshot.org/)
Dapper Labs (https://www.dapperlabs.com/)

Twitter

Director of Product Management

Apr 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I led a talented group of Product Managers working on Content & Discovery at Twitter. The C&D team's goal is to build new products to better organize Twitter's content.
The Content & Discovery team includes Twitter's Home Timeline, Search, Trends, Cards, Geo, Content Recommendations (digest emails, push notifications, related tweets, etc.), the Logged Out Homepage, and Project Lightning (launching fall 2015).
See some of our recent projects and launches linked below.

Cover (acquired by twitter)

Co-founder and CEO

Jan 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

Cover is a smart lockscreen for Android -- it's the fastest way to get to the right apps at the right time. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible on Android.
Follow us on Twitter (@coverscreen) or learn more at www.coverscreen.com.

Software DevelopmentUser ExperienceProduct Management

Facebook

Product Manager: Newsfeed & Photos

Oct 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr

PM for Newsfeed, Photos and Groups
Helped lead major redesign of Newsfeed (launched in 2013 after I left)

Google

Group Product Manager: Gmail

May 2004 – Sep 2011 · 7 yrs 4 mos

Product Lead for Gmail from 2007-2011
Founders Award Recipient for Gmail (Google's highest award)
Led Major Gmail Launches: Video chat, Voice calling, Themes, Gmail Labs, Priority Inbox, Buzz, Offline Gmail, Tasks, Labels/Folders redesign, Contact Importer, Fast attachment viewer, Undo send, etc.
Grew Gmail's user base by 10X during my 5 years on the project