Product Manager at Outschool
San Francisco, California
Software Engineering Intern
May 2011 to August 2011
Mountain View, CA
iControl Networks
Software Engineering Intern
May 2008 to August 2009
IFTTT
Product Manager
May 2014 to April 2015
San Francisco Bay Area
Outschool
Product Manager
Clever Inc.
PM Lead
April 2015 to October 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
Filestack
Founder & CEO
December 2011 to May 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
I worked as a front-end software engineering intern on the Google+ team before, during, and just after launch. It was a wild 4 months, and I worked with some truly exceptional people. It also gave me great insight into what a software company looks like at massive scale. I worked as a front-end software engineering intern on the Google+ team before, during, and just after launch. It was a wild 4 months, and I worked with some truly exceptional people. It also gave me great insight into what a software company looks like at massive scale.
What company does Brett Van Zuiden work for?
Brett Van Zuiden works for Google
What is Brett Van Zuiden's role at Google?
Brett Van Zuiden is Software Engineering Intern
What industry does Brett Van Zuiden work in?
Brett Van Zuiden works in the Internet industry.
Who are Brett Van Zuiden's colleagues?
Brett Van Zuiden's colleagues are Jonah Schwartz, Alex Smolen, Jeffrey Nelson, Victoria Enalen, Serguei CPA, Ashley Hall, Emily Hou, Amelia Jones, Carrie Abend, and Tim French
💼 Past Experience
Background:Brett Van Zuiden was born in The Netherlands in 1994. He holidayed in the United States during the Christmas seasons of 2007 and 2008, and while in the United States met some friends and started working in technology. Van Zuiden spent his final year of high school in San Francisco, and then attended/ graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Computer Science in May of 2011. He then moved to Mountain View, California in order to work as a Software Engineering Intern at Google.Van Zuiden spent 4 months as a front-end software engineering intern on the Google+ team before, during, and just after launch. It was a wild 4 months, and I worked with some truly exceptional people. It also gave me great insight into what a software company looks like at massive scale. Van Zuiden then worked as the first intern for iControl Networks from May 2008 to August 2009. He served as the first intern for iControl, doing all sorts of random coding tasks. He then worked at IFTTT from May 2014 to April 2015 in San Francisco Bay Area. He worked with a team of 12 fantastic engineers and designers to build and grow IFTTT’s consumer products on iOS, Android, and the web. Van Zuiden then Headed up IFTTT’s product roadmap, growth, metrics & user research, and day-to-day process.As the first product manager, I established the role of product management at IFTTT. I then built out the initial team. Built out a flagship product (http://ifttt.com/products/do) from initial conception to public launch. Increased success rate of the web onboarding flow by 43%.Van Zuiden then worked as a coordination project manager for a major brand update and simultaneous launch of 8 new apps across iOS and Android. He then worked as a product manager for Outschool from April 2015 to October 2020. He was very fortunate to spend over 5 years working alongside a talented and thoughtful team to build software that helps students learn and teachers teach. As part of the discovery team, he built the Clever Library, the #1 place for teachers to find and adopt edtech, used by over 10% of US teachers. Previously, Van Zuiden led Clever's school-facing product work, growing our active users from 100,000 to 4.5M over 18 months. He then built, launched, and scaled Clever Badges, Clever's highest NPS product, now used by 20% of U.S. K-2 students. Van Zuiden also mentored, hired, and managed entry level and mid-career product managers. He then taught "Freshman Seminar," a six week training program for new hires to learn about the K12 education ecosystem.By the time that he left Clever in October of 2020, the company had shipped over 1,000 products and had reached profitability. He also became a founder and CEO of Filestack. As a founder, he did everything from UX design, fundraising, and hiring to coding the iOS product, content marketing, and customer
🎓 Education
Brett Van Zuiden has a degree fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He spent two years at Y Combinator working on a project focused on artificial intelligence. Van Zuiden then went on to earn his Master's degree, EECS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December of 2012.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Brett Van Zuiden has a BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University and a MS in Astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked in data science, software engineering, technology, and customer service. Van Zuiden has 5 years of user experience with various software products and customer service backgrounds.
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