Ed Baker
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Groups: | 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 - Present |
| Description: | • “Viral growth” consultant for venture-back startups Gaia Online, TokBox, and Razz.
• 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: | 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 |
| Employer: | Bain Extern at The Bridgespan Group |
| Position: | Externship |
| Time period: | December 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 |
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) |
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Adam Marchick
Adam (MBA1) studied CS at Stanford then built software applications for Siebel Systems. He then spent three years at Menlo Ventures, sourcing investments. In parallel, Adam created the Glow Foundation. Most recently, Adam served as the Interim...
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Ron Hose
CTO / Founder at TokBox.com
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