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    Andrew Gadson

    Andrew Gadson

    New Product Experimentation @facebook, Group Product Manager @google, Group Product Manager @thumbtack, Co-founder and CEO @heartthis (acquired)

    Entrepreneur Seattle Stanford University '08
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    Experience
    Meta
    Meta
    Founder - New Product Experiments 2020 - Present (about 6 years)
    Building a team trying to create a new standalone FB property
    Google
    Google
    Group Product Manager - Google Assistant 2018 - 2020 (about 2 years)
    Thumbtack
    Thumbtack
    Group Product Manager (Growth and Mobile) 2015 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    HeartThis
    Exit
    HeartThis
    Founder, CEO 2013 - 2016 (almost 3 years)
    Schoolfeed (Acquired by United Online)
    Exit
    Schoolfeed (Acquired by United Online)
    Employee #1 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    Founder
    HeartThis
    Employee
    Rockyou, Cooliris, Thumbtack, Google, IBM, Schoolfeed (Acquired by United Online), Meta
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    About
    Achievements

    Grew Google Assistant from xxM to 500M+ users

    Grew Thumbtack GMV by $400M in <12 months

    Co-founder and CEO of HeartThis, raised $2M in funding from top investors, grew a community of 2 million registered shoppers with $0 in marketing while creating one of the highest rated shopping apps on iOS (96% 4 and 5 star reviews). Acquired by Thumbtack in 2015.

    Employee #1 at SchoolFeed, grew service to over 30 million users in 12 months via social channels and viral tuning. Acquired by United Online (classmates.com) in 2012.

    Designed, developed, and managed a variety of social apps and games that collectively reached over 100 million users.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Management Product Development User Experience Design Viral Distribution Social Games Game Mechanics Analytics & Reporting Facebook Platform Engineering Management Fundraising Team Building E-Commerce Social Commerce Recruiting Mobile Application Development SEO Growth Hacking
    Locations
    Seattle Redmond Bellevue Kirkland
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