Colleen Thom

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven leader in product strategy and development.
  • Expert in building inclusive team cultures.
  • Successful entrepreneur with a focus on social impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Social Impact expert with strong leadership and product strategy skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyLeadershipTeam LeadershipDigital StrategyProduct Management

Other Skills

MarketingUser ExperienceSocial ImpactDigital MarketingPublic SpeakingData AnalysisBrandingDigital MediaProject ManagementPhotoshopManagementTraining

About

Passion for developing others, solving problems, and driving bold ideas forward. I use authenticity and humor to build trust with teams, am thoughtful in defining a compelling and clear vision, and care deeply about building an inclusive culture.

Experience

15 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 1 mo
Current Experience

Butter

Co-founder and CEO

May 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Airbnb

3 roles

Product Lead

Promoted

Jan 2022Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Led all of guest and Host product for Experiences, Airbnb's take on tours and activities, serving millions of guests a year and helping create income for tour guides who wanted to share their passion with the world.
  • Airbnb.com/experiences
  • Led the teams that launched Airbnb's 2023 Summer Release -- Airbnb Rooms, an all new take on the original Airbnb focused on belonging and accessible, shared rentals.
  • https://news.airbnb.com/product-releases/airbnb-2023-summer-release/
  • Led the launch of Airbnb's brand new profile, with an added social layer to enable connection with your Host and self-expression.
Product StrategyLeadership

Product Lead- Group Travel, Olympics, Online Experiences

Jul 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Team manager and product leader on group travel, events and online experiences. Built a product that gave Olympic and Paralympic athletes, who are often below the poverty line, a travel grant for free stays on Airbnb.
Product StrategyTeam Leadership

Product Manager, Airbnb for Work and Frontline Stays

Jan 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Led 35 person product, design and engineering team focused on creating products for work travelers and paid stays for refugees by non-profit organizations. Led a pillar of Airbnb's free stays for Frontline Responders (eg, nurses, doctors, et al).
Product StrategyTeam Leadership

Boeing

4 roles

Chief of Staff to the Chief Communications and Digital Officer

Promoted

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr

  • Chief of staff for the Executive Council member and Chief Digital and Communications Officer of Boeing. Led the organization's launch of a new 'Amazon for plane parts' marketplace, prepared and presented regular briefings for e-staff members, and led department transformation and reorg across 800+ people. Left to join the mission of creating belonging around the world at Airbnb.
LeadershipDigital Strategy

Product Lead, Airline Partnerships and Digital Channels

Promoted

May 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Launched several products across Boeing's digital channels and airline digital channels through partnerships. Acted as the company's chief consultant for digital strategy to global airlines; presented and held marketing workshops around the world to airline c-suites and executives. Also helped aviation geeks like myself geek out about airplanes online.
Digital StrategyProduct Management

Executive Leadership Rotation Program

Promoted

May 2014May 2016 · 2 yrs

  • Selected for Boeing’s leadership program, a program for 15 annual participants out of 1000+ applicants to expedite their path to leadership. Rotations included Finance, Product, Brand, Marketing, Sales, and Market Analysis across commercial airplanes. Capstone included creating an automated dashboard from a self-built API to external third-party aviation data leveraging SQL & MS PowerPivot. It won a company award.

Website Designer

May 2013May 2014 · 1 yr

  • Joined Boeing because I was obsessed with the magic of flight. Designed internal websites for boeing commercial airplanes programs and teams

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Founder

Aug 2010Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

  • Consulting for global social good startups and small businesses. Created company from scratch and grew to several ongoing clients including a media detection bias startup, inspirational speakers, a former NBA player, a pharmaceutical software startup and more.

Education

Virginia Tech

Bachelor's Degree — Business and Information Technology

University of Washington

Certificate — Digital Marketing

Jan 2016Present

Cornell University

Certificate — Marketing Strategy

Jan 2016Present

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