Greg Badros
Founder at Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc.
Profile
Greg Badros earned bachelors degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Duke University.
After founding the engineering team at a successful startup, he started graduate school and earned his masters and doctoral degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Starting from age 14, Greg has accumulated over twenty research and trade publications and has spoken at numerous conferences internationally.
His research interests include software engineering, declarative representations and constraint satisfaction, distributed systems, programming language design and implementation, and mechanism design for online advertising auctions.
His Ph.D.
work on the Cassowary Constraint Solving algorithm is now an integral part of Apple’s OS X (starting with 10.7 Lion) and iOS.
Since then, he worked at Google for over six years where he was a Sr. Director of Engineering, having led AdSense from 2004-2007 and then the Gmail+ and Google Apps teams from 2007-2009.
From mid 2009 to October 2013, Greg worked at Facebook where he was VP Engineering & Products and led numerous teams including Ads, Search, Photos, Messages, Growth, Data Infrastructure and Data Science.
After his nearly 4.5 years at Facebook, he founded Prepared Mind Innovations and now acts as an advisor to several startup companies and builds prototypes himself.
In his free time, he enjoys tennis, skiing, and home automation.
Greg Badros active positions
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Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC
 Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC (Sparklabs Global Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SparkLabs Co. Ltd. founded in 2013 by Frank Anthony Meehan, Bernard Moon and Han-Joo Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc.
 Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc. provides information technology services. The American company was founded by Greg Badros. | Founder | 01/10/2013 |
Carbon, Inc.
 Carbon, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Carbon, Inc. engages in provision of digital manufacturing solutions. Its products include hardware, printing materials, and software. The company was founded by Edward T. Samulski, Steven Lars Nelson, Joseph M. DeSimone, Nikita Ermoshkin, and Alex Ermoshkin in 2013 and is headquartered Redwood City, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/01/2015 |
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 | 01/01/2013 |
Clockwise, Inc.
 Clockwise, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Clockwise, Inc. develops intelligent calendar system that frees up the time so everyone can work on what matters. The company was founded by Matthew Martin, Gary Lerhaupt and Mike Grinolds and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/01/2017 |
Intentionet, Inc.
 Intentionet, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intentionet, Inc. develops cutting-edge software. It brings cutting-edge software development techniques to networking, such as continuous integration and unit testing. The company was founded by Ari Fogel, Todd Millstein and Ratul Mahajan and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/01/2017 |
Polymer Search, Inc.
 Polymer Search, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Polymer Search, Inc. engages in the development of search and discovery engine for internal business information. The company was founded by Yasser Ansari and Ashish Gupta and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/11/2019 |
Brave Software, Inc.
 Brave Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Brave Software, Inc. develops Internet security software. The company was founded by Brendan Eich, and Brian Bondy in May, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/11/2015 |
The Computer History Museum
 The Computer History Museum Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The Computer History Museum is a leading museum that explores the computing past, digital present, and future impact of technology on humanity. The museum is based in Mountain View, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The non-profit company's mission is to decode technology and share insights gleaned from their research, events, and collection of computing artifacts and oral histories to convene, inform, and empower people to build a better world. The CEO of the company is Dan'l Lewin. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/01/2017 |
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Training of Greg Badros
| University of Washington | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| BLOCK, INC. | Technology Services |
| PINTEREST, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 19 |
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Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC
Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sparklabs Global Ventures Management LLC (Sparklabs Global Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SparkLabs Co. Ltd. founded in 2013 by Frank Anthony Meehan, Bernard Moon and Han-Joo Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco. | Finance |
KHI Liquidation Corp.
 KHI Liquidation Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services KHI Liquidation Corp. provides mobile and web-based tools to help kids, teens, and their families lose weight. It designs and develops mobile application which allows users to track their food intake, and provides games, challenges, and coaching to users to cure obesity. The company was founded by Joanna A. Strober, Mark Vershel, and Thea Runyan on August 26, 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
HealthTap, Inc.
 HealthTap, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services HealthTap, Inc. develops a mobile health platform that connects people with the doctors. It offers an interactive health network and mobile apps which connects doctors with patients in smarter ways and provides education to those who seek it and disseminate trusted, vetted and peer-reviewed health information. The company was founded in 2010 by Ron Gutman, Sastry Nanduri and Geoffrey Rutledge and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Marketshare LLC
 Marketshare LLC Household/Personal CareConsumer Non-Durables Marketshare LLC manufactures and distributes oral and personal care items. The private company is based in Brentwood, NY. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Spiderbook, Inc.
 Spiderbook, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Spiderbook, Inc. operates as a sales and marketing platform. It offers a platform for a network of companies, partners, customers and suppliers as well as the deals made and the executives involved, focusing on sales growth. The company was founded by Alan Fletcher and Aman Naimat on May 15, 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Clipmine, Inc.
 Clipmine, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Clipmine, Inc. engages in the provision of live video network services. The Company was founded by Zia Syed in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, NJ. | Consumer Services |
Iodine, Inc.
 Iodine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Iodine, Inc. provides online healthcare data for consumers to make decisions about medications. The firm’s online interactive tools enable individuals to drill into massive amounts of data from clinical research and real life experience to gain deeper insights into their choices about medications, both prescription and over-the-counter. The company was founded by Thomas Goetz and Matt Mohebbi in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc.
Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Prepared Mind Innovations, Inc. provides information technology services. The American company was founded by Greg Badros. | Technology Services |
Polymorph Labs, Inc.
 Polymorph Labs, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Polymorph Labs, Inc. operates as a content ad server company that allows publishers to monetize websites and apps through native ads. The company was founded by Satish Polisetti, Max Gutman, Dhawal Mujumdar, Kuldeep Kapade and Philip Foeckler in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Ontera, Inc.
 Ontera, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Ontera, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which develops single molecule biosensors for diagnostic uses. Its products include sample prep, amplification, measurement, analysis and applications. The firm is a creator of a tiny device that enables detection of any molecule of interest, including nucleic acids, proteins, metabolites, drugs and small molecules. The company was founded by Dan Heller, William Dunbar and Trevor Morin and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. | Health Technology |
Carbon, Inc.
Carbon, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Carbon, Inc. engages in provision of digital manufacturing solutions. Its products include hardware, printing materials, and software. The company was founded by Edward T. Samulski, Steven Lars Nelson, Joseph M. DeSimone, Nikita Ermoshkin, and Alex Ermoshkin in 2013 and is headquartered Redwood City, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
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 |
Clockwise, Inc.
Clockwise, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Clockwise, Inc. develops intelligent calendar system that frees up the time so everyone can work on what matters. The company was founded by Matthew Martin, Gary Lerhaupt and Mike Grinolds and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Intentionet, Inc.
Intentionet, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intentionet, Inc. develops cutting-edge software. It brings cutting-edge software development techniques to networking, such as continuous integration and unit testing. The company was founded by Ari Fogel, Todd Millstein and Ratul Mahajan and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Technology Services |
Polymer Search, Inc.
Polymer Search, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Polymer Search, Inc. engages in the development of search and discovery engine for internal business information. The company was founded by Yasser Ansari and Ashish Gupta and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Brave Software, Inc.
Brave Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Brave Software, Inc. develops Internet security software. The company was founded by Brendan Eich, and Brian Bondy in May, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
The Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The Computer History Museum is a leading museum that explores the computing past, digital present, and future impact of technology on humanity. The museum is based in Mountain View, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The non-profit company's mission is to decode technology and share insights gleaned from their research, events, and collection of computing artifacts and oral histories to convene, inform, and empower people to build a better world. The CEO of the company is Dan'l Lewin. | Consumer Services |
Universal Record Database LLC
 Universal Record Database LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Universal Record Database LLC provides information about the records include community moderation. Its database provides records in sports, fun and entertainment, food, celebrities, legendry, creative, cute and gross categories. The company was founded by Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
International Computer Science Institute
 International Computer Science Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The International Computer Science Institute operates as a center for research in computer science. The private company is based in Berkeley, CA. | Commercial Services |
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