Eve Phillips

Current

• Co-Founder at Empower
• VP Products at eCert Inc.
• Partner at Inflection Venture Partners

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Past

• Research Affiliate (Synthetic Neurobiology) at MIT Media Lab
• CEO at Chirp Interactive
• Associate at Greylock Partners

• Business Development at Zazzle.com, Inc.
• Corporate Strategy Manager (Intern) at Microsoft
• Associate at Vector Capital
• Product Manager at Trilogy
• Investment Analyst Intern at Amadeus Capital Partners
• Web Intern at Netscape

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Education

• Stanford GSB
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Miramonte High School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Eve Phillips’s Summary

Entrepreneur and investor in technology. Currently driving product creation at eCert, an email security company, and developing online self-help tools as the co-founder of Empower. Previous experience includes software strategy and product management (at Chirp, Zazzle, Microsoft, and Trilogy), and technology investing (Greylock, Vector, Amadeus, and Inflection). Education: MBA from Stanford, BS & M.Eng in Computer Science from MIT.

Eve Phillips’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  Empower

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Developing online tools for stress, anxiety and depression.

• VP Products

  eCert Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Making email work better.

• Partner

  Inflection Venture Partners

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  Seed investment fund.

• Research Affiliate (Synthetic Neurobiology)

  MIT Media Lab

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  January 2009 — July 2009 (7 months)

• CEO

  Chirp Interactive

  (Internet industry)

  November 2007 — August 2008 (10 months)

  http://www.theplatform.com/corp/about/news_and_events/events/chirp_interactive_joins_thepla.php

• Associate

  Greylock Partners

  (Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  November 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 1 month)

  Evaluated investment opportunities, with a focus on consumer internet; investigated and proposed investment strategy for cleantech sector; observed boards of Vudu, Data Domain, Data Robotics and Northern Light.

• Business Development

  Zazzle.com, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — October 2005 (7 months)

• Corporate Strategy Manager (Intern)

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

• Associate

  Vector Capital

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 4 months)

• Product Manager

  Trilogy

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 8 months)

• Investment Analyst Intern

  Amadeus Capital Partners

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)

• Web Intern

  Netscape

  (Internet industry)

  June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)

Eve Phillips’s Education

• Stanford GSB

  MBA , September 2003 — June 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Wine Circle, Futurists Club

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  M.Eng , EECS , 1998 — 1999

  Thesis: "If It Works, It's Not AI: A Commercial Look at Artificial Intelligence Startups"

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS , Computer Science , 1995 — 1999

  Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi

  Activities and Societies:

  $50K Competition, Alpha Phi, MIT Womens Cross Country

• Miramonte High School

  High School Diploma , 1991 — 1995

Additional Information

Eve Phillips’s Honors:

Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi