Oliver Roup
<oroup@oroup.com>
San Francisco CA 94123 — oroup.com |
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Experience |
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2023 – | Cloudflare | San Francisco, CA |
VP of Product, Platform. Stay tuned... | ||
2020 – 2022 | Instacart | San Francisco, CA |
VP of Product for Enterprise.
Owner of Enterprise products through corporate transition from consumer to retailer-enablement.
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2018 – 2019 | Sovrn (Acquirer of VigLink) | San Francisco, CA |
Head of Product Strategy.
Reporting to the CEO, Walter Knapp.
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2009 – 2018 | VigLink (Acquired by Sovrn) | San Francisco, CA |
Sole Founder / CEO.
Invented and delivered a set of "supply-side" tools
enabling mainstream web publishers to participate in affiliate commerce
revenue utilizing display advertising techniques incuding realtime bidding
and modelling historical behavior.
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2003 – 2007 | Microsoft | Redmond, WA |
Principal Group Program Manager (Director). Internally recruited by XBOX founder J Allard to start team serving TV and Movie downloads to the XBOX. Prior work shipping numerous entertainment products including Music, Radio and others. | ||
2002 – 2003 |
Vulcan |
Seattle, WA |
Research Program Manager. Worked personally for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen managing various AI, venture diligence and media strategy projects. Managed multiple teams locally and overseas with multi-million-dollar budgets. Presented to DARPA RKF. | ||
2000 – 2002 | Echo Networks |
San Francisco, CA |
Director of Advanced Technology. Sole product manager and core engineer for award-winning online radio product. | ||
Education | ||
2007 – 2009 | Harvard Business School (HBS) | Boston, MA |
Master of Business Administration. Winner John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship. 2nd place VCIC competition. | ||
1994 – 1999 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, MA |
Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Hive founder at MIT Media Lab. Director of Nightline. | ||
Professional associations, consulting and internships | ||
2023 – | CEO & Executive Coach | San Francisco, CA |
Personal coach to CEOs, executives, and venture capitalists drawing on my counseling experience and focusing on inner game. | ||
2020 | First Round Capital | San Francisco, CA |
Angel Track. A community of established operators and founders looking to develop their skills as early-stage investors. | ||
2010 – 2024 | YPO (Formerly Young Presidents' Organization) | San Francisco, CA |
Member, Golden Gate Chapter. YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives with members in >130 countries. | ||
2012 – 2016 | Performance Marketing Association | Camarillo, CA |
Board of Directors. Twice-elected board member. Founded publisher recruitment council. Retired by term limit. | ||
2008 – 2009 | Founders Fund | San Francisco, CA |
Associate. First intern. Member of SpaceX deal team. Personally sourced a deal through Series A investment. | ||
2007 | British Broadcasting Corporation | London, UK |
Consulting Architect. Contract engagement to course correct iPlayer, a then-struggling 5-year, 200-person software effort. | ||
Technical Skills and Patents | ||
Hands-on technologist focused on network architecture, arbitrage and real-time bidding. Inventor of more than a dozen patents. | ||
Personal | ||
Former national champion rower, sailing race coach, avid cyclist and registered yoga teacher. Travel to over 50 countries. |