Shehzad Daredia

Experience

Exit

bop.fm

Founder 2013 - 2015 (about 2 years)

Co-founded bop.fm, scaled it to 9 million monthly active users, and sold it to LifeLock. Backed by Y Combinator, Charles River Ventures, SV Angel, and many highly regarded... more

Billshrink

Director of Product 2010 - 2012 (about 2 years)

Exit

KAYAK

Director, Search Marketing 2008 - 2010 (about 2 years)

Rho Ventures

Venture Capital Analyst 2006 - 2008 (about 2 years)

Founder

bop.fm

Employee

KAYAK, Billshrink, Rho Ventures

Education

About

Achievements

+ Product-focused engineer, strongest in full-stack JavaScript. Started coding at age 15.

+ Startup experience as an early employee at KAYAK.com and founder of YC-backed startup bop.fm (milestones below).

+ Leadership experience as Director of Member Web at LifeLock, a public technology company with 700+ employees.

+ Recent technical forays include React.js / React Native, microservices-based architecture, and reverse engineering popular mobile apps to discover undocumented endpoints.

===Milestones at bop.fm===

+ Integrated 15 of the largest music services in the world. For many, bop.fm was the first company to receive private API access, increased rate limits, affiliate relationships, etc.

+ Partnered with esteemed orgs such as Facebook, the Billboard + Twitter Trending 140 chart, The GRAMMYs, and Rap Genius.

+ Powered social media campaigns and music playback for major artists like Lil Wayne, Ariana Grande, Wiz Khalifa, Keith Urban, Snoop Dogg, Will.I.Am, and Jason Mraz.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Javascript Node.js React.js MongoDB Software Engineering Web Development Product Management Growth Hacking Angular.JS Online Marketing HTML5 & CSS3 Express.js jQuery Full Stack Development

Locations

San Francisco New York City San Francisco Bay Area

Shehzad Daredia

Software Engineer & Y Combinator alumn • Founded & sold @bop-fm • Led user acquisition at @kayak (bought by PCLN), Product at @billshrink (bought by MasterCard)