Kristin Chen

Advisor December 2020 — Current time

Investor November 2020 — Current time

About the role Investing in new startups I'm passionate about. I'm particularly interested in startups related to empowering creators, developing content ecosystems, building healthy and authentic communities and/or gaming with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Director of Product Management May 2020 — June 2020

About the role At SoundCloud, I led a group of talented lead, senior, and associate product managers to explore and build products that fuel the creator-to-fan experience for our community. We focused on empowering creators and fans to connect more deeply throughout SoundCloud's audience building flywheel from following to fandom.

Mentor August 2019 — Current time

About the role As part of the First Round Fast Track program, I have the opportunity to mentor both Product Leaders and Product Managers at startups in First Round's investment portfolio. I also have the privilege of leading an international mini-track to connect Product Leaders around the globe in different industries.

Lead Product Manager January 2019 — March 2020

About the role At Pinterest, I led all work related to pinner-creator engagement. This scope encompassed following, following tab, following tab new user experiences, reactions, creator recommendations, creator discovery, comments and tries, and creator seasonal content upsells. This also included developing new social interactions, education, or comprehension related to pinners (our users), creators, and their content.

Head of Developer Insights Products March 2018 — December 2018

Senior Product Manager October 2017 — March 2018

About the role I led a talented team of Engineers, Designers, Product Managers and Data Scientists to build Twitch Insights products and features. Our goal is to provide self-serve data, analytics, and insights - actionable recommendations - to enable all developers to grow and build on Twitch. Our customers included game developers (large and small), extension and app developers, and mod authors.

Sr. Global Insights Lead | Connected Enterprise Group March 2016 — August 2017

Insights Analyst February 2015 — March 2016

About the role As part of the founding team of the Connected Enterprise Group, I worked across all of LinkedIn's B2B products (hire, market, sell, learn), blending data analytics and business strategy. I leveraged LinkedIn's massive data set and created custom insights to understand their needs, solve their business problems, provide strategy recommendations, and help them meet their goals across hiring, marketing, sales and learning objectives. I also built data products to provide insights at scale for our Sales & Marketing orgs such as the Relationship Mapping Tool & Decision Maker Reports. These features were then incorporated into LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Talent Insights Products.

Board Member August 2014 — Current time

About the role Partners in School Innovation’s mission is to transform teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every student, regardless of background, thrives. We accelerate, strengthen and sustain improved teaching, learning and achievement in under-performing public schools and districts.

Research Associate March 2013 — January 2015

About the role As a Research Associate for the Templeton Global Macro Fund at FTI, I conducted macroeconomic research and fundamental, bottom-up country analysis for Dr. Michael Hasenstab's Global Macro Group ( ~$200 Billion AUM). Dr. Michael Hasenstab and his team manage Templeton’s global bond strategies including unconstrained fixed income, currency and global macro. This economic team, trained in some of the leading universities in the world, integrates global macroeconomic analysis with in-depth country research to help identify long-term imbalances that translate to investment opportunities.

Strategy Manager February 2011 — February 2012

About the role As a Deputy Manager of Global Strategy at Mahindra, While at Mahindra I worked on teams that provided operational and strategy consulting for the following group sectors: Mahindra First Choice Services, Automotive Aftermarket Services and Repair Mahindra First Choice Wheels, Automotive Aftermarket Sales and Procurement Mahindra Finance, Non-Banking Financial Company Mahindra Partners, Private Equity/Venture Capital

Career Services Advisor August 2009 — July 2011

About the role As the Freshman Externship (FEX) Program Manager and a Career Services Advisor at the ILR Office of Career Services I advised and supported undergrad and masters students in understanding themselves, exploring options, and developing strategies to reach their career goals. I provided resume reviews, conducted mock interviews with feedback and edited cover letters.

Summer Analyst June 2009 — August 2009

Business Analyst January 2009 — January 2011

About the role Main Project: Corporate pricing strategy for a major auto repair service center National service center (2,500+ stores nationwide with 100,000+ customers daily) uniquely prices parts and labor for each customer. Current trends (internet and others) require pricing visibility; forcing pricing standardization. Results : Highlighted price variances and identified good pricing strategies through analysis of customer invoices.

Intern June 2008 — July 2008

About the role Interned during Winter 07/08 & Summer 2008