Bret Taylor

Current

• Director, Product at Facebook

Past

• CEO and Co-Founder at FriendFeed
• Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital
• Group Product Manager at Google

• Software Engineer at Reactivity

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Education

• Stanford
• Stanford

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Bret Taylor’s Experience

• Director, Product

  Facebook

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• CEO and Co-Founder

  FriendFeed

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2007 — August 2009 (1 year 11 months)

• Entrepreneur in Residence

  Benchmark Capital

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

• Group Product Manager

  Google

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  March 2003 — June 2007 (4 years 4 months)

  Responsible for over 25 successful product launches during my four years at Google. Highlights:
  
  - Co-founded and launched Google Maps.
  
  - Conceived of, designed, and implemented the Google Maps API.
  
  - Founder and manager for Google’s Developer Product Team, growing the team to over ten engineering teams and five product managers since 2006.
  
  Received the Google Founders’ Award for Google Maps, the highest honor given to Google’s employees by its founders.
  
  Product lead for acquisitions related to Maps/Local and developer tools, including Keyhole, Where2 Technologies, ZipDash, Innuvo, and JotSpot. Led product strategy, company evaluation, technical due diligence, and integration of the engineering teams.
  
  External spokesperson for Google Maps, Google Local, and Google’s developer programs. Interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Week, Wired, AP, Reuters, and numerous industry publications
  
  Six significant promotions in four years.

• Software Engineer

  Reactivity

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — March 2003 (10 months)

Bret Taylor’s Education

• Stanford

  MS , Computer Science , September 2002 — June 2003

• Stanford

  BS , Computer Science , September 1998 — June 2002

Additional Information

Bret Taylor’s Websites:

• My Blog