Dec 2015 – May 2022 · 6 yrs 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Convoy is building the world's largest network of trucks, to revolutionize the multi-billion-dollar full-service freight industry with real-time technology. Other investors in Convoy include Greylock / Reid Hoffman, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, Pierre Omidyar, Henry Kravis, Dara Khosrowoshahi, Drew Houston, Kevin Systrom, Allen & Company, and many more.

Sep 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 6 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Co-founder and Chairman of Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science and AI.
• During my tenure as CEO, Code.org built the global Hour of Code campaign reaching hundreds of millions of students, created the most popular curriculum platform for K12 computer science with over 100 million students, and changed education policy in all 50 states and dozens of countries.

Jul 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 8 mos

• Axon is a tech company that sells devices and services to law enforcement, with a bold mission to Protect Life, Preserve Truth, and Accelerate Justice. Axon’s products such as non-lethal Taser devices, body cameras, and deescalation training, are designed to make law enforcement more just and more ethical.

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 · 4 yrs

Sep 2009 – Apr 2010 · 7 mos

• SVP of Technology based in Seattle, managing the iLike sub-team at MySpace, and various related projects

Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 · 7 yrs

Mar 2006 – Sep 2009 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Official title: "C.O.O". Unofficial title: "Evil Twin". My twin brother Ali Partovi and I jointly run iLike - a website for discovering music with friends. After its debut on Facebook, iLike became the fastest-growing music service on the Web. In 3 years iLike grew to over 60 mm registered users before being acquired by MySpace. Check it out at http://www.iLike.com, or Facebook users see http://www.facebook.com/ilike

Jan 2005 – Jan 2012 · 7 yrs · Greater Seattle Area

Dec 2002 – Nov 2005 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• General Manager of the MSN.com portal business, responsible for all content and home pages on MSN.com. Previously GM of MSN Entertainment business, with responsibility for online distribution of digital music downloads, digital video streaming, movie showtimes, tv showtimes, and celebrity news.

Nov 1995 – Apr 1999 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• I started out as the "ActiveX Program Manager" on the IE team in 1995 back when it was a ~10 person team. As the overall IE organization grew to 200 people, I grew with it, and by 1999 I was the group program manager for the browser, responsible for the Internet Explorer 5.0 release.

Apr 1999 – Jul 2001 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• As part of the founding team that built Tellme Networks, I recruited a large part of the overall team, built the initial products and services, and set up our customer-deployment team to deliver solutions for AT&T, FedEx, and many others. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for roughly $800mm

Jul 1996 – Present · 29 yrs 8 mos

• I have been an advisor / investor for various startups over the past 10 years.
• Startups that are still going: SpaceX, MNTN, Stubhub/Viagogo, Thumbtack, Booka, Slate Auto, Outreach, ClassPass, LaHaus, Saturn, Dandy, Arrived Homes, Gavel, Clearbrief, The EVERY Company, and others.
• Startups that have reached an exit: IPOs: Facebook, airbnb, Uber, DropBox, Boku, OPOWER. Acquisitions: Audax, Bluekai, Codecademy, Edusoft, Familiar, FiveStars, Flixster, IronPort, LinkExchange, Livestar, Nervana, Playfab, Snapvine, Statsig, ThinkFuse, Vamo, Bigfoot Biomedical, VigLink, XL2Web (now Google Spreadsheets), Zappos