Dan Siroker

Dan Siroker

Co-Founder at CarrotSticks

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Co-Founder at CarrotSticks
Past
  • Founder at Sentiment Solutions
Education
  • Stanford University
  • Stanford University
Connections
386 connections
Industry
E-Learning
Websites

Dan Siroker’s Summary

Building a product to help kids love math!


Dan Siroker’s Experience

  • Co-Founder

    CarrotSticks

    (E-Learning industry)

    February 2009Present (10 months)

    CarrotSticks helps kids build confidence and enjoy learning math.

  • Deputy Director

    Presidential Transition

    (Government Administration industry)

    November 2008January 2009 (3 months)

    Helped define the role of New Media during the transition and for the administration. Implemented several programs to achieve improved transparency, participation, and accessibility.

  • Director of Analytics

    Obama for America

    (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

    July 2008November 2008 (5 months)

    Led a team of software engineers and analysts to maximize voter registration, email sign-ups, and donations. Helped the campaign raise more than half a billion dollars from small donations from millions of voters.

  • Product Manager

    Google

    (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

    September 2006July 2008 (1 year 11 months)

    Led the backend team that built Google Chrome. Previously, product manager for AdWords responsible for features with an annual run rate of hundreds of millions of dollars.

  • Founder

    Sentiment Solutions

    (Computer Software industry)

    October 2005September 2006 (1 year )

    Founded a company to analyze news articles using sentiment classification.


Dan Siroker’s Education

  • Stanford University

    M.S. , Computer Science with Distinction in Research (on leave) , 20052006

  • Stanford University

    B.S. , Computer Science with Honors , 20012005

    Thesis: Predicting the Stock Market using Sentiment Classification of Financial News Articles

    Activities and Societies:
    RA in Twain for two years

Additional Information

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Dan Siroker’s Honors:

BASES E-Challenge Business Plan Finalist (2005)
Best Undergraduate Research Award from Stanford Magazine (2005)
Stanford President’s Scholar (2001)
AP Scholar (2001)
Silicon Valley Scholar (2000)


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