Thor Ernstsson
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Experience
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Strata (strata.cc)
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder & CEO
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May 2020 - Present
New York, United States Relationships are everything. Now with Strata you can manage the most important asset in your professional life!
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Feedback Loop, by DISQO
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder
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Jan 2014 - Jun 2022
Greater New York City Area Companies use Feedback Loop to on-demand insights from target users... basically customer development delivered at scale. Used by half of the F100 as well as some of the best tech companies around (Uber, Intuit, Amazon, etc). Acquired by DISQO.
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Casual Corp
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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May 2012 - Oct 2014
NYC Casual Corp is a venture studio, building companies from scratch and as spinouts from Fortune 500s
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CTO
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2010 - 2012
Washington DC Rally Health gives users a stronger, more informed, and more empowered voice in healthcare. We leveraged data (i.e. clinical, self reported, and observed) to drive recommendations for actions to take, benefits to use, or communities to join. Acquired by United Healthcare.
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Zynga
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United States
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Computer Games
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Architect
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2009 - 2010
Joined to build Zynga's first remote studio. Created Frontierville and worked on a few other Facebook game titles. Supported ~450m users and generated significant revenue selling virtual farm equipment.
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Owner
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2001 - 2010
Mostly functioned as a mercenary exec/CTO, backed by a team of 10 developers and designers. Tasks generally included recruiting, fundraising, product management, evaluating acquisition opportunities, and software architecture/development. Notably: - built a 40+ person gaming studio from scratch in 6 months as the CTO of a $400m/yr parent company - released products reaching ~3 million users - designed and executed global marketing campaigns ($300k spend in 5 days)
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VP - Technology
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2007 - 2009
Toronto, Canada Area Worked with a small team on asset based lending deals, investment due diligence, managing distressed asset portfolios, appraisals/auctions/liquidations (sometimes with global reach), and an online auction platform.
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Adtran
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Design Engineer
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2005 - 2008
Built software and hardware to power global internet, phone, and video communications.
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Lead Software Developer
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2004 - 2005
Joined as a part of the founding team to build mobile apps to manage contacts, calendars, and email on Palm devices. Raised a little bit of money and built a native client to communicate directly with Exchange OWA.
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Education
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University of Alabama in Huntsville
ABD, Computer Science -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
MBA, Business Administration -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
MS, Computer Science -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
BS, Computer Science