Co-Founder at CarrotSticks
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Co-Founder at CarrotSticks
- Past
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- Deputy Director at Presidential Transition
- Analytics Lead at Obama for America
- Product Manager at Google
- Founder at Sentiment Solutions
- Research Assistant at Stanford University
- Education
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- Stanford University
- Stanford University
- Connections
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- Industry
- E-Learning
- Websites
Dan Siroker’s Experience
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Co-Founder
CarrotSticks
(E-Learning industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Deputy Director
Presidential Transition
(Government Administration industry)
November 2008 — January 2009 (3 months)
Helped define the role of New Media during the transition and the administration. Implemented several pilot programs to achieve improved transparency, participation, and accessibility including "Open for Questions", "Join the Discussion", and "Your Seat at the Table"
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Analytics Lead
Obama for America
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Political Organization industry)
July 2008 — November 2008 (5 months)
Lead a team of software engineers and analysts to maximize voter contact, sign-ups, and donations. Helped the campaign raise more than half a billion dollars from small donations from millions of voters.
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Product Manager
Google
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
September 2006 — July 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Lead the backend team that built Google Chrome. Previously responsible for launching several AdWords features with a total annual run rate of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Founder
Sentiment Solutions
(Computer Software industry)
October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year)
Founded a financial services company to predict the stock market using sentiment classification of financial news articles.
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Research Assistant
Stanford University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
July 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 3 months)
Spent four summers as a research assistant in research groups at or affiliated with Stanford. In chronological order: Database Group, NASA Ames, Robotics Lab, and the Natural Language Processing Group.
Dan Siroker’s Education
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Stanford University
M.S. , Computer Science with Distinction in Research (on leave) , 2005 — 2006
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Stanford University
B.S. , Computer Science with Honors , 2001 — 2005
Thesis: Predicting the Stock Market using Sentiment Classification of Financial News Articles
- Activities and Societies:
- RA in Twain for two years
Additional Information
Dan Siroker’s Websites:
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)
