Jared Morgenstern

Current

• Product Ninja at Facebook

Past

• Design advisor at Wikinvest
• President and Founder at Yub.com
• President, Yub.com at Buy.com

• VP Product Development at Digital Self Corporation
• Software Engineer at Amazon.com
• Summer Intern at Cablevision Systems Corporation, Inc.

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Education

• Harvard University

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Industry

Internet

Jared Morgenstern’s Summary

Product Ninja for Facebook.com, focusing on developing our e-commerce strategy. I design and build really amazing things with an amazing team. Recently launched Facebook Marketplace, Facebook's entry into the classifieds market. Prior to that, I launched virtual gifts, Facebook's first foray into consumer facing e-commerce. And just before that, I built Facebook's friend finder and contact importer, a major growth driver.

Before joining Facebook, I was the co-founder of Yub.com (formerly Metails.com) which was the first company to outline the intersection of social networking and e-commerce by allowing users to build profiles out of the products they liked. In this role, I defined and executed the business model, including filing several key provisional patents, assembling the team, building the core technology, and negotiating the sale of the world's first social shopping engine and virtual mall. The company was acquired in September 2004 by Buy.com and her name changed from Metails.com to Yub.com. Responsible for overall strategy, UI design, product development, and coding when there is time.

Jared Morgenstern’s Specialties:

acquisitions, venture capital, starting a business, branding and identity, user interface engineering, community building, web entrepreneur

Jared Morgenstern’s Experience

• Product Ninja

  Facebook

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  February 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Joined Facebook with the cofounder of my former company, Eddie Lim of Yub.com/Metails, to become the second half of the product design team for Facebook.com. I design and build really amazing things with an amazing team. In May, I launched Marketplace, Facebook's entry into the classifieds market. In February, I launched Virtual Gifts, Facebook's first foray into consumer-facing e-commerce. Prior to that, I built Facebook's friend finder and contact importer, a major growth driver.

• Design advisor

  Wikinvest

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• President and Founder

  Yub.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — February 2006 (2 years 2 months)

  Co-founder of Yub.com (formerly Metails.com); defined and executed the business model, including filing several key provisional patents, assembling the team, building the core technology, and negotiating the sale of the world's first social shopping engine and virtual mall. The company was acquired in September 2004 by Buy.com and her name changed from Metails.com to Yub.com. Responsible for overall strategy, UI design, product development, and coding when there is time.

• President, Yub.com

  Buy.com

  (Internet industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

• VP Product Development

  Digital Self Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 7 months)

• Software Engineer

  Amazon.com

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMZN; Computer Software industry)

  June 2001 — September 2001 (4 months)

• Summer Intern

  Cablevision Systems Corporation, Inc.

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Jared Morgenstern’s Education

• Harvard University

  MA, BS, Computer Scince, September 1999 — January 2003

  Magna cum laude in Computer Science. GPA 3.7 (overall), 3.8 (concentration). Graduated with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Finalist Harvard Entrepreneurial Contest. Harvard Business Leadership Program alumnus. Harvard Student Government representative, Harvard Radcliffe Club Scholar, Juliana and William Thompson Scholar, Harvard College Scholar, Target Scholar.

  Activities and Societies:

  Undergraduate Councel, JV Soccer Team, Currier House, Computer Science Buddies, Halo Junkies

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