Founder
Austin Cooley
Founder @guide-co - making recruiting human. Previously founded @tripstr, @quilt
Founder @guide-co - making recruiting human. Previously founded @tripstr, @quilt
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CTO
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CEO, Co-founder; UX & Software Engineer
- Founded to revolutionize travel recommendations by turning anyone with an iPhone into an amateur Rick Steves.
- PM for the iPhone app (3 engineers, part-time designer)... more managing product direction, scope, QA and release (Pivotal).
- Designed UX for multiple iterations of the Tripstr iPhone app, iterating on the process until creating trip journals was truly an instant, magical experience
- Coded the backend REST API (Django, DRF), front-end web experience (React, Redux)
- PM for the iPhone app (3 engineers, part-time designer)... more managing product direction, scope, QA and release (Pivotal).
- Designed UX for multiple iterations of the Tripstr iPhone app, iterating on the process until creating trip journals was truly an instant, magical experience
- Coded the backend REST API (Django, DRF), front-end web experience (React, Redux)
Quilt
CEO, Co-founder; Product Manager
- Founded to provide a space for small private groups to share intimate moments with rich media (pre-Snapchat)
- Successfully led fundraising efforts, raising $500k from... more 12 investors including Andrew McCollum (Facebook founder)
- PM across iOS, Android and Web (4 engineers, 1 designer); Designed the onboarding UX that elegantly solved the hard problem of connecting people in private groups
- Implemented end-to-end conversion funnels to uncover friction in the registration flows (Mixpanel)
- Successfully led fundraising efforts, raising $500k from... more 12 investors including Andrew McCollum (Facebook founder)
- PM across iOS, Android and Web (4 engineers, 1 designer); Designed the onboarding UX that elegantly solved the hard problem of connecting people in private groups
- Implemented end-to-end conversion funnels to uncover friction in the registration flows (Mixpanel)
Youtorial
CEO, Co-founder; Software Engineer
- Youtorial was founded to help anyone learn technical software like Photoshop or a complex programming language.
- Client was a cross platform Adobe AIR application that... more drastically improved the screencast learning experience.
- Built a full marketplace accepting payments, sold $5k in courses
- Accepted into Kauffman Labs for Ed Tech Ventures incubator.
- Client was a cross platform Adobe AIR application that... more drastically improved the screencast learning experience.
- Built a full marketplace accepting payments, sold $5k in courses
- Accepted into Kauffman Labs for Ed Tech Ventures incubator.
Lockheed Martin
Software Engineer
Won two innovation awards for building an internal AJAX framework that greatly improved page load times on their IE6 asset management system for the British military
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Simple, fast geotagging of all your photos and videos
Photographers that user a DSLR constantly have the problem of untagged or poorly geo-tagged photos. Taggr lets you add geotags in bulk with a simple, elegant interface.
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I'm a tech entrepreneur with a passion for life-improving software applications, education and great product design. I consider myself a 'product CEO,' taking responsibility for company vision, product direction, and project management. I've acted as PM for the majority of projects undertaken at my companies, but as a technical founder I've also been a core contributor on the codebase. My responsibilities have also included CI/CD and release planning, marketing and monetization. Needless to say, I've had hands-on experience in nearly every component and phase of product development.
I think people would describe me by saying that I'm an empathetic leader with a relentless entrepreneurial spirit. I'm excited to help a great company find product market fit and scale to greatness.
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