INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tim Hsia - Neil DevaniContributorMore posts by this contributorWelcome to this transcribed edition of The Operators
TechCrunch is beginning to publish podcasts from industry experts, with transcriptions available for Extra Crunch members so you can read
the conversation wherever you are.The Operators highlights the experts building the products and companies that drive the tech industry
Speaking from experience at companies like Airbnb, Brex, Docsend, Edmodo, Facebook, Google, Lyft, Mint, Slack, Uber, WeWork, etc., these
experts share insider tips on how to break into fields like design and enterprise sales
Birand, UX Lead and Product Design Manager at Facebook, and Tim Rechin, Head of Design at Edmodo, the leading education technology company
Having seen and grown in their disciplines from a variety of companies and customer types, they share deep insight from across tech.Neil
Devani and Tim Hsia created The Operators after seeing and hearing too many heady, philosophical podcasts about the future of the world and
the tech industry, and not enough attention on the practical day-to-day work that makes it all happen.Tim is the CEO - Founder of Media
Mobilize, a media company and ad network, and a Venture Partner at Digital Garage
Tim is an early-stage investor in Workflow (acquired by Apple), Lime, FabFitFun, Oh My Green, Morning Brew, Girls Night In, The Hustle,
Bright Cellars, and others.Neil is an early-stage investor based in San Francisco with a focus on companies solving serious problems,
Speaking from experience at companies like Airbnb, Brex, Docsend, Edmodo, Facebook, Google, Lyft, Mint, Slack, Uber, WeWork, etc., these
experts share insider tips on how to break into fields like design and enterprise sales
talking about design and UI/UX
and welcome to The Operators, where we talk to the people building the companies of today and tomorrow
experts who have designed and researched products that have been touched by billions of people
is Tim Rechin, Head of Design at Edmodo, the leading classroom and education community with 100 million users globally
Prior to that I was at Google for about 8 years, and I led a horizontal team on Google Cloud Platform for about four years, leading growth
and engagement, support, and product excellence initiatives.Prior to that I did a bit of a tour to Google, so I worked on search, identity,
a couple of other areas like mobile ads, and before that I was at T-Mobile where I was building mass market and franchise home experiences,
And prior to that I was at Amazon leading experiences for the very first Kindle, so that was a lot of fun.Devani: And Tim tell us more about
that serves our teachers, students and parents in the US and globally
And before Edmodo, I was at Facebook, and I was on the Feed Ads team and responsible for the lead ads product that we launched that year
it.Rechin: And then before that SAP, Yahoo, eBay, and then Elance very early on which is now Upwork.Devani: Very cool, all companies that
about what you do every day
Who are the folks in your company that you are interacting with, what are your responsibilities, what does it mean to do the job that you
Just for some context, Edmodo is a company a little over 100 people and so our product teams are in the 6-7 product managers range
I lead a team of 3 designers
get ready for back to school.And so we have a lot of concurrent projects going, so one of the things I like to do when I get in is level
are being filled and we can go answer those questions that are coming from product managers and designers
In some cases too, there is a project that is about to be kicked off, so everything is not clean, phased, there are always these things that
kind of pop up.So I will find myself in meetings in talking about strategy to figure out how to kick off those projects or what our
go-to-market is for back to school.
