Brendan O'Driscoll

CEO

United States16 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led multiple product initiatives at Figma.
  • Founded and scaled Soundwave, sold to Spotify.
  • Expert in product management and growth strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert with a strong background in startup growth and technology development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGrowth StrategyTechnology DevelopmentSocial Media StrategyStartup Growth

Other Skills

Product StrategyMulti-product ManagementProduct DevelopmentData AnalysisDeep LearningProduct Integration

About

VP Product @ Figma. Previously, I founded Soundwave, which sold to Spotify.

Experience

Figma

VP of Product

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Driving Figma's multi-product story and leading Dev Mode, MCP, Figma Buzz, Figma Slides, FigJam, Growth and New Product efforts.
Product StrategyMulti-product ManagementGrowth StrategyProduct Management

Keychain

Investor

Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 · 0 mo

  • Helps brands and retailers quickly find the perfect manufacturing partners.

Remento

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Consumer app for sharing family stories.

Jamango!

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Browser-native gaming platform.

Systems

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Meal delivery personalized based on consumers metabolisms.

Teton

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • AI for healthcare staff.

Sully.ai

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Copilot for doctors.

Dosen

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • People development platform for enterprises.

Blossom

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • User research platform.

Hallparty

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Financial app for Indian college students.

Claimclam

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • TurboTax for class action settlements.

Fabric

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • A self-organizing multiplayer workspace.

Mesa

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

  • Homeowner rewards platform.

Betterhalf

Investor

Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 · 0 mo

  • Indian super-app for dating & marriages.

Roi

Investor

Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 · 0 mo

  • Sold to OpenAI 🥳
  • All-in-one investment app.

Terminal fund

Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Terminal Fund invests in technology companies.

Koho

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs

  • Series D fintech, the leading challenger bank in Canada.

Lounge hq

Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 0 mo

  • Audio-first place for teams.

Kadama

Investor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 · 0 mo

  • Mobile marketplace for tutors.

Bird

2 roles

Head of Product, Data & Growth

Promoted

Jan 2020 – May 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Reporting to the CEO. Core product, pricing, incentives, demand modeling, experiments, and lots of first principles thinking.

Head of Growth

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr

  • The fastest startup ever to reach a $1 billion valuation.
Product DevelopmentData AnalysisGrowth StrategyProduct Management

Betty labs

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

  • Sold to Spotify 🥳
  • Creating mobile-first products within the live space.
Deep LearningTechnology DevelopmentProduct Management

Levels

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

  • Monitor metabolic health in real time.

Huddle

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

  • Pioneering mobile marketplace.

Figure

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

  • Sold to Payscale 🥳
  • Compensation platform for modern HR teams.

Playbook technologies inc.

Investor

Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 · 0 mo

  • Mobile marketplace for health & fitness leaders to monetize content.

Dancefight

Investor

Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 · 0 mo

  • Mobile-first competition platform.

Chatable.ai

Founder, CEO

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs

  • Mark Cuban backed, proprietary deep-learning technology that can turn any $100 smartphone into a hearing-aid, enabling affordable and accessible hearing solutions for all.

Voysis

Advisor

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr

  • Sold to Apple 🥳
  • Voysis is a complete voice AI platform that enables rich, natural language interactions between brands and their customers. Voysis was acquired by Apple in April 2020.

Spotify

Head of Product, San Francisco

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led all Spotify integrations with Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Tinder and Apple from Spotify’s San Francisco office.

Soundwave (acquired by spotify)

Founder, CEO

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs · Dublin, Ireland

  • Sold to Spotify 🥳
  • At age 23, I founded Soundwave, the music discovery platform, and scaled the growth of the product to millions of users across 190 countries in 14 languages before exiting to Spotify in 2016.
  • Soundwave was backed by Mark Cuban, Paul McGuinness (U2) and ACT Venture Capital.
Product IntegrationSocial Media StrategyProduct Management

Ambient rickshaws

Founder, CEO

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

  • At age 20, I designed, manufactured and ran (literally) a fleet of rickshaws.
  • Haggling with aluminum manufacturers about how much a rickshaw "should cost" to build has taught me more about business than any course or book ever could.
Startup GrowthProduct DevelopmentProduct Management

Education

Chalmers University of Technology

Master of Science (MSc) — Sustainable Energy Engineering

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011

University College Dublin

B.Eng — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

UC Santa Barbara

Junior Year

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009

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