Steve Jacobs's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Steve Jacobs's journey to CTO and finally CEO and Founder at Bright Parenting started with experience as a VP Technology at Sonata from 1999-2001. Here, Steve worked with customers and engineers to develop new business and product architecture, developing products such as the Whiteboard, Blackboard, and Presentation software. In 2006, Steve joined the team at Hudson's Bay Company as a SVP Digital Technology and Product, responsible for all aspects of the company's website and digital product offering. In his role, Steve led a team of engineers that designed and built a large-scale high-performance computing infrastructure for the company. He also developed and launched a number of new products and initiatives, including the Bright Parenting Rewards Program, which grew the company's customer base by over 20%. Steve leaves Hudson's Bay Company as the Company’s Chief Product Officer and Head of Demand Marketing.Since 2004, Steve has beenVP Technology at Bright Parenting, a company he co-founded with his wife (now MBA of Bright Parenting and an active board member and CEO of the company). As CEO and Founder at Bright Parenting, Steve leads a team of engineers to develop products and services that help parents to connect with their children online. Bright Parenting has millions of active users and boasts an extensive portfolio of clients, including The Huffington Post, ABC, and NBC. He has also been involved in severalStart ups across industries, as an advisor and adviser to leading companies such as MailChimp, NexForum, and AngelList.Steve Jacobs has over 7 years of experience in technology, product management, and marketing. He is a graduate of the Haas School of Business at Berkeley and has a #1 IPO yielding a $50 million payday.

🎓 Education

Steve Jacobs has a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Bard College. In 1992, Steve Jacobs started his career as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. From 1998 to 2002, Steve Jacobs was a professor of political science at Columbia University. From 2002 to 2006, Steve Jacobs was an associate professor at Columbia University. From 2006 to current, Steve Jacobs is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.Steve Jacobs's work experience includes many years of teaching at various levels. He has taught at Bard College, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at McMaster University, the University of California at Davis, and the University of Curacao.Steve Jacobs is, in his personal opinion, a highly experienced and well-qualified political scientist. He has many years of experience teaching at various levels, and he has a unique perspective on the field of political science. He is very prepared and capable of teaching political science students at all levels.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

In the role of CTO at Poindexter Systems, Jacobs headed the technology and product groups. He also served as the company's interim CEO from 2001 to 2006. At Sonata, Jacobs was theVP Technology from 1999 to 2001 and then theVP, Digital Technology from 2001 to 2006. He was also a Board of Advisors at Zaius, Inc. from 2003 to 2004 and lateron, aDirector, Digital Technology and Product at Hudson's Bay Company from 2008 to 2009.In the role of SVP, Digital Technology and Product at Hudson's Bay Company, Jacobs was in charge of the company's technology Strategy and Development and also eyed the company's product interests. He was also in charge of the Havelock deal. At Merrill Lynch, Jacobs was theVP, High Performance Computing from 2006 to 2009.From 2009 to 2016, Jacobs was CEO and Founder of Bright Parenting. He also served as Chief Product Officer and Head of Demand Marketing at Gilt from 2009 to 2016. Jacobs has been acquainted with Vivek Wadhwa since early 1995. They first met when Jacobs was the VP of Infrastructure for Sun Microsystems and Wadhwa was the VP ofMarketing at Intel. From there, they started their business relationship and have been working together ever since.