Michael Young

Current

• Co-Founder, VP Product at CarWoo!

Past

• Chief Technology Officer at FACE AIDS
• Product Marketing at Smilebox.com
• Analyst at Stifel Nicolaus Equity Research

• Marketing Director at Stanford Formula Racing

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Education

• Stanford University
• Washington International School

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Industry

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Michael Young’s Summary

I'm living the dream starting a tech company in Silicon Valley.

Michael Young’s Specialties:

Ruby on Rails, Interaction Design

Michael Young’s Experience

• Co-Founder, VP Product

  CarWoo!

  (Privately Held; Automotive industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Chief Technology Officer

  FACE AIDS

  (Philanthropy industry)

  June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  I analyzed FACE AIDS’ tech needs as a non-profit with 140+ national chapters and international reach then revamped their tech infrastructure to cut costs by leveraging free and open-source solutions.
  
  I re-designed http://faceaids.org to better inform and impassion potential donors and members.
  
  I also designed, built, and deployed a custom chapter management system in Ruby on Rails that significantly improves communication with and between chapters.

• Product Marketing

  Smilebox.com

  (Internet industry)

  July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)

  I researched and made recommendations for Smilebox's social networking strategy, particularly with respect to the Facebook Platform.
  
  I kickstarted their SEO campaign, optimized the website, and took them from unranked to Top 10 on Google for multiple keywords.
  
  I also conducted regressions on customer feedback data to determine key drivers of customer satisfaction.

• Analyst

  Stifel Nicolaus Equity Research

  (Public Company; SF; Financial Services industry)

  June 2007 — July 2007 (2 months)

  I analyzed the effect of US government policy on media, tech, and telecommunications companies.
  
  My main project focused on analyzing the key issues facing the FCC in the White Spaces debate and evaluating their likely economic impact on companies and consumers.
  
  I also helped research and write a paper on disruptive technologies titled "The Black Swan of Telecomm (Hint: It's Not the iPhone)" and evaluated the impact of edge provider applications (e.g. Google, Yahoo!) on incumbent service providers (e.g. AT&T, Verizon).

• Marketing Director

  Stanford Formula Racing

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)

  Stanford Formula Racing was a student-run team whose goal was to build a Formula-style racecar to compete in Formula SAE competitions around the world.
  
  As the team's first Marketing Director, I designed marketing collateral and raised nearly $20,000 in six months. Corporate sponsors included SpaceX, Red Bull, Schlumberger, MathWorks, Exponent, Fluor, and Yuasa.

Michael Young’s Education

• Stanford University

  BA , Economics , 2005 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  Stanford Formula Racing

• Washington International School

  International Baccalaureate , 1990 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  International Dateline, Cross Country, Track & Field

Additional Information

Michael Young’s Interests:

Entrepreneurship, web development, reading, tennis, snowboarding

Michael Young’s Groups:

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Washington International School

Michael Young’s Honors:

• Green Award Winner, Stanford Innovation Challenge
• Nominee, Stanford University Boothe Prize For Excellence In Writing
• National Hispanic Scholar

Michael Young’s Contact Settings

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