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    Henry V. Bảo

    Henry V. Bảo

    Marketing Director, MC and talk show host. Mentor @thinkful @techstars. Formerly @tesla-motors @nextdoor @university of Oxford. www.henrybao.com

    Product Manager Ho Chi Minh City Stanford University
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    Experience
    Thinkful
    Thinkful
    Product Lead, Mentor 2016 - 2021 (about 4 years)
    • Started at Bloc.io (Series A), acquired by Thinkful.com in 2018. Thinkful was acquired by Chegg, Inc (NYSE: CHGG) in 2019 ($80M acquisition)

    https://news.crunchbase.com/news/in-its-largest-deal-yet-chegg-acquires-online-coding-school-thinkful-for-80m/... more

    2017 - 2019

    • As senior PM & product / curriculum lead, managed projects to add new curriculum modules & to accelerate mastery of both technical & soft skills.
    • Managed cross-functional teams of 10+ technical experts across product, engineering, curriculum
    • Outlined & wrote key modules including interviews/ assessments, full-stack web development, and computer science

    • As mentor, teach courses in web development, software engineering and product management.
    Bloc
    Exit
    Bloc
    Mentor/ Curriculum Lead 2016 - 2021 (about 4 years)
    • Started at Bloc.io (Series A), acquired by Thinkful.com in 2018. Thinkful was acquired by Chegg, Inc (NYSE: CHGG) in 2019 ($80M acquisition)

    https://news.crunchbase.com/news/in-its-largest-deal-yet-chegg-acquires-online-coding-school-thinkful-for-80m/... more

    2017 - 2019

    • As senior PM & product / curriculum lead, managed projects to add new curriculum modules & to accelerate mastery of both technical & soft skills.
    • Managed cross-functional teams of 10+ technical experts across product, engineering, curriculum
    • Outlined & wrote key modules including interviews/ assessments, full-stack web development, and computer science

    • As mentor, teach courses in web development, software engineering and product management.
    Techstars
    Techstars
    Growth Engineering Lead 2016 - 2017 (about 1 year)
    Techstars is the global platform for investment and innovation. Techstars' 1900 portfolio companies have raised $7.6 B with a combined $22.1 B in market cap. I worked with... more Techstars companies on:

    • GROWTH ENGINEERING: growth experimentation, chatbot design & engineering, conversion optimization, SEO/ SEM, marketing automation.

    • PRODUCT: developing MVP, A/B testing, UX/ UI design, product roadmap, identifying product/ market fit & go-to-market strategy.

    Portfolio companies: Afineur, Analytical Flavor Systems (Gastrograph AI), Drinkeasy, Octi, Intelligent Layer, NaCa Fermentation, ParanoidFan, PartyWith, PlanSnap, and Quantac.
    Tesla
    Tesla
    Product Marketing 2015 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    • (Tesla Energy) Recruited by Jon Carson, formerly a Chief of Staff at the White House. Signed new local deals and partnerships with GetAround and GreenDrinks.org.
    • Executed... more local Referral and Ambassador Marketing pilots to drive clean energy adoption: Solar Open House, Solar Party programs
    • Program grew to over 150,000 ambassadors in < 2 years, became a major growth channel with the lowest CPA: https://seekingalpha.com/article/3322025-solarcitys-solar-ambassador-program-is-exploding
    Solarcity
    Exit
    Solarcity
    Product Marketing 2015 - 2016 (over 1 year)
    • (Tesla Energy) Recruited by Jon Carson, formerly a Chief of Staff at the White House. Signed new local deals and partnerships with GetAround and GreenDrinks.org.
    • Executed... more local Referral and Ambassador Marketing pilots to drive clean energy adoption: Solar Open House, Solar Party programs
    • Program grew to over 150,000 ambassadors in < 2 years, became a major growth channel with the lowest CPA: https://seekingalpha.com/article/3322025-solarcitys-solar-ambassador-program-is-exploding
    Nextdoor
    Nextdoor
    Growth Marketing 2014 - 2015 (almost 2 years)
    • Owned launches & growth for 35 Nextdoor neighborhoods / 108,500 households.
    • Executed direct mail campaigns across Product, Engineering & Growth Marketing to... more increase penetration in top 100 US cities
    • Community lead for Nextdoor New York: local partnerships, new member growth
    Gilt Groupe
    Gilt Groupe
    Product & Sales Strategy
    • (Contract role) Executed product & local growth strategy
    • Supported analytics, pricing & email campaigns for Gilt City markets of $1 Million+ revenues/ Quarter
    •... more Rolled out automatic re-targeting feature with Strategy lead to grow incremental revenues for markets of $15 Million+ total revenues/ Quarter
    Starwood Hotels and Resorts
    Starwood Hotels and Resorts
    Product Management/ Starwood Innovation Lab 2013 - 2014 (about 1 year)
    • Starwood Innovation Lab (Starlab): prototyped on-demand/ conversational bot platform for hotel guests to browse & borrow designer clothes.
    • Starwood Preferred Guest... more (SPG): initiatives to increase customer loyalty & engagement among Millennial jet-setters.
    Founder
     
    Employee
    Gilt Groupe, Nextdoor, Solarcity, Techstars, Bloc, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Tesla, Thinkful
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    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    ComicPowWow
    Developed a real-time comic book builder with friends
    Software Engineer, Product Manager, AngularJS, Ionic, Node.js · I engineered a social networking architecture with User Profile page & ‘Invite… · More Friends’ feature for organic, viral growth.

    ● Developed mobile app allowing users to create comic books w/ friends in real-time, using phone camera.
    ● Built app using Angular, Ionic, Node, Express, MongoDB, Firebase, Canvas, HammerJS & CamanJS.
    ● Engineered social networking architecture w/ User Profile page & ‘Invite Friends’ feature for viral growth.
    Debanshi Bheda
    Jeff Fenster
    Eric Traub
    With Eric Traub, Jeff Fenster, Debanshi Bheda
    The Future of Travel
    Led project presented to Starwood Hotels CEO & Directors
    Product Lead · Digital/ Mobile Strategy around Millennials, at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, an innovative global hotel company (first hotel… · More company with an Apple Watch app, iPad app, robotic butler. First to innovate 'cool' on massive scale with W brand.)
    Advising & mentoring startups at Techstars, a global startup accelerator
    Mentoring startups in product engineering & growth marketing
    Growth, Product, Engineering, Javascript, Ionic Framework, Firebase · Published on Yesterday, David Jones of You & Mr Jones, the world's first… · More Brandtech group came by our Techstars office in New York City for a fireside chat with entrepreneurs. Techstars is the global mentorship-driven accelerator that helps entrepreneurs build great businesses.

    TechStars Connection is a new initiative in partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev and ZX Ventures. As Growth Hacker in Residence for the inaugural batch (Sep 2016 – Feb 2017), I work closely with TechStars startups' CEOs & CTOs on:

    ● PRODUCT: building MVP, AB testing, UX/ UI design, user testing, product roadmap definition, identifying product/ market fit, go-to-market strategies.

    ● GROWTH: customer scale (B2B), revenue growth, conversion optimization, SEO/ SEM, community management, marketing automation (HubSpot), viral growth & other successful 'growth hacks' popularized by Silicon Valley startups.

    Portfolio companies: Afineur, Analytical Flavor Systems/ Gastrograph, Drinkeasy, Octi (previously GoNative), Intelligent Layer, NaCa Fermentation, ParanoidFan, Party with a Local, PlanSnap, and Quantac.
     
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    Website: www.HenryBao.com

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    Full Stack Development Angular.JS Node.js Javascript SQL React.js Webpack MongoDB NodeJS AngularJS Redux Firebase Ionic Framework Product Management Growth Hacking User Acquisition
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