Brad Hoover

Director/Board Member at Go2 Media, Inc.

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Brad Hoover is currently a Director at Go2 Media, Inc. and an Advisor at SignalFire Management Services LLC.
Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer at Grammarly, Inc. from 2011 to 2023.
He also worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co., Inc. and as a Principal at General Catalyst LLC.
Mr. Hoover received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.

Brad Hoover active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Go2 Media, Inc. Go2 Media, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Go2 Media, Inc. provides mobile media and directory services It provides users with movie listings, a concert directory, local event listings, restaurants and bars and recommendations from their national network of editors. The company was founded by Lee Hancock in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.	Director/Board Member	13/08/2009
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Brad Hoover

Companies	Position	End
Grammarly, Inc. Grammarly, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Grammarly, Inc. provides online grammar and spelling checker application software. It offers grammar check, plagiarism checker, proofreading, and Microsoft office add-in. The company was founded by Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider and Max Lytvyn in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Chief Executive Officer	01/05/2023
McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
General Catalyst LLC General Catalyst LLC Investment ManagersFinance General Catalyst LLC (General Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Bill Fitzgerald, David Orfao and John Simon. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.	Private Equity Analyst	14/07/2010

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General Catalyst LLC General Catalyst LLC Investment ManagersFinance General Catalyst LLC (General Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Bill Fitzgerald, David Orfao and John Simon. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.	Finance
McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Commercial Services
Go2 Media, Inc. Go2 Media, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Go2 Media, Inc. provides mobile media and directory services It provides users with movie listings, a concert directory, local event listings, restaurants and bars and recommendations from their national network of editors. The company was founded by Lee Hancock in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.	Technology Services
Grammarly, Inc. Grammarly, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Grammarly, Inc. provides online grammar and spelling checker application software. It offers grammar check, plagiarism checker, proofreading, and Microsoft office add-in. The company was founded by Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider and Max Lytvyn in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Technology Services
SignalFire Management Services LLC SignalFire Management Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance

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