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
- Director of Analytics at Obama for America
- Product Manager at Google
- Founder at Sentiment Solutions
- Education
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- Stanford University
- Stanford University
- Connections
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- Industry
- E-Learning
- Websites
Dan Siroker’s Summary
Building a product to help kids love math!
Dan Siroker’s Experience
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Co-Founder
CarrotSticks
(E-Learning industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
CarrotSticks helps kids build confidence and enjoy learning math.
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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 for the administration. Implemented several programs to achieve improved transparency, participation, and accessibility.
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Director of Analytics
Obama for America
(Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)
July 2008 — November 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.
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Product Manager
Google
(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)
September 2006 — July 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.
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Founder
Sentiment Solutions
(Computer Software industry)
October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year )
Founded a company to analyze news articles using sentiment classification.
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)
