Michael Jacobs
Head of Product at The Drivers Cooperative- Claim this Profile
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The Drivers Cooperative
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Product
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Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
Remote Driver-owned ride-hailing cooperative in New York City
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Egypt
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Advertising Services
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Design Lead
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Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
Oakland, CA The criminal justice system in the United States is broken. It has prioritized punishment and incarceration over improving measurable outcomes like public safety. As criminal justice advocates, people of color, technologists, lawyers, and community members, we have seen the resulting disastrous impact on families, neighborhoods, and the larger social fabric. We are creating a technology-enabled model, coupled with human connectivity, focused on providing support and care to people who… Show more The criminal justice system in the United States is broken. It has prioritized punishment and incarceration over improving measurable outcomes like public safety. As criminal justice advocates, people of color, technologists, lawyers, and community members, we have seen the resulting disastrous impact on families, neighborhoods, and the larger social fabric. We are creating a technology-enabled model, coupled with human connectivity, focused on providing support and care to people who are involved in the criminal justice system. Show less
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Uber Technologies Inc
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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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Lead UX Designer/Engineer
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Feb 2013 - Apr 2017
Greater New York City Area Contributed design and code to Uber Data tools, UberPool, and the Uber Rider and Driver Partner apps.
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Hello, Chair Inc.
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United States
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Co-Founder / Chief Creative Officer
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May 2007 - Apr 2012
San Francisco Bay Area Hello Chair applied cutting edge machine learning to solve a variety of problems in advertisement targeting and product recommendations—notably App Store discoverability. I was responsible for design, front-end development, marketing, hiring, managing, and many of the other odds and ends involved in running a small software startup. We were lucky enough to have been backed by an amazing group of investors, including: Y Combinator, Mitch Kapor, Chris Sacca and Harrison Metal.
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Education
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University of Arizona
Dropout, Computer Science and Music Composition