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Ted Ko

Headline: Service Provider
Website: http://www.completesociety.org
Skills: Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Investment, Leadership, Management, Product design
Interested in: Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups
Schools: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: GreenDimes Inc.
Position: Director of Products and Operations
Time period: September 2006 - December 2007
Description: - Ran all product management and technical operations from company inception to over 30,000 paying customers in first 9 months.
- Product success was a key factor in $20MM Series A financing

Employer: Yahoo! Inc.
Position: Product Manager, Mail and Widgets
Time period: February 2003 - September 2006
Description: - Transformed acquired product into Yahoo! Widgets and helped launch product globally
- Created sponsored Widgets business recognized as innovation in Internet advertising
- Designed, launched and managed products combining Yahoo! Mail and broadband Internet service. Success was critical to a $100MM+ business for Yahoo!.
- Recognized with the highest Yahoo! employee honor, the SuperStar award

Employer: Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
Position: Founder
Time period: April 2002 - September 2003
Description: - Created volunteer group providing programs to match social needs with tech innovation, sustainable business models and venture financing

Employer: PacSpan Technologies
Position: Product Strategy Consultant
Time period: April 2001 - August 2002
Description: - Conducted market, business model and technical analysis for new venture proposals at Benetech, a world-renowned social venture incubator. (volunteer)
- Delivered primary research on an Asian market for optical networking startup

Employer: NBC Internet
Position: Senior Technologist
Time period: June 2000 - April 2001
Description: - Performed in-depth technical diligence on major corporate acquisition targets
- Delivered technical analysis and design for company-wide strategic initiatives

Employer: Flyswat, Inc.
Position: Founder, Director of Engineering
Time period: June 1998 - May 2000
Description: - Achieved angel funding and $3MM Series A (US Venture Partners) as key technical innovator in founding team. Flyswat was acquired by NBC Internet for ~$120MM

Employer: Paradigm Integrated Networks
Position: Director of Technology
Time period: August 1997 - May 1998
Description: - Managed operations and product evolution of leading healthcare transaction system
- Launched first product in the industry to automate paper remittance management

Employer: Telesis Technologies Laboratory
Position: Member of Technical Staff
Time period: December 1995 - August 1997
Description: - Designed and initiated next generation e-commerce platform with cross-functional team that garnered $20 million in funding from parent company, Pacific Bell

EDUCATION

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period: 1994 - 1995
Degree: Computer Science , MSc

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period: 1990 - 1994
Degree: Computer Science , BSc

Ted's Startups (2)

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  • Cooler

    Cooler provides businesses the insights, tools and credibility to become the choice of eco-conscious customers

  • Dreamfish

    Dreamfish is a global coworking service for social innovators.

Ted's Contacts (1)

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  • Bent Haugland

    Danish, 25, student at UC Berkeley, doing research on social capital in start-up and VC networks.