Ed Baker
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Groups: | BASES, CS377w - aka Stanford Facebook Class |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Harvard University, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Consumer Internet Startups |
| Position: | Various Positions |
| Time period: | September 2006 - June 2008 |
| Description: | • “Viral growth” consultant for venture-backed startups Gaia Online, TokBox, TimeBridge, and Grouply.
• Co-founder of Send Hotness, a Facebook application that grew to 5 million installs in 5 weeks (according to Adonomics, Send Hotness was the fastest growing Facebook app in November 2007) • Virally tuned Compare People, one of the top 10 applications on the Facebook platform, to grow it from 2,000 to over 10 million installs in four months • Founder of DateSite.com, a mobile-based dating site which virally grew to 50,000 registered users before running into scalability issues with SMS gateway • Product Manager at Digital Chocolate, a venture-backed mobile entertainment company |
| Employer: | Bain Capital |
| Position: | Associate, Private Equity |
| Time period: | September 2004 - July 2006 |
| Description: | • Built LBO models for private equity deals to determine expected IRRs on potential investments
• Created models to analyze many aspects of due-diligence including customer and product profitability, market share, pricing, raw materials trends, supply/demand, and exit multiples • Advised various portfolio companies on strategy, including new business initiatives at Toys R Us |
| Employer: | The Bridgespan Group |
| Position: | Extern |
| Time period: | December 2003 - July 2004 |
| Description: | • Worked on strategic cases for grant-making foundations and direct service organizations
• Helped a youth-development organization develop a theory of change to determine the best way to allocate its resources, using quantitative metrics to measure success • Advised a foundation on creative ways to increase philanthropy among the wealthy |
| Employer: | Bain & Company |
| Position: | Senior Associate Consultant |
| Time period: | September 2001 - August 2004 |
| Description: | • Worked on strategic issues in healthcare, finance, telecommunications, and consumer products
• Created a detailed product-line-profitability model that was used by the CEO of one of Japan’s “Big 3” telecom companies to determine which of their 100+ telco products were making vs. losing money • Implemented a cost-savings initiative for the distribution and logistics of a large grocery store chain |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2008 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 1997 - 2001 |
| Degree: | Physics and Chemistry, BA |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | • Qualifier for the 2008 U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials with a time of 2:21
• 14th American in the 2006 U.S. Half-Marathon Championships with a time of 65:17 • 1st out of 12,000 runners in the 2002 J.P. Morgan Chase Boston Corporate Challenge • NCAA Regional All-American (2000), Massachusetts Runner of the Year (2000) |
