Beck Kloss
Mentor at Techstars
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Product and Technology Officer
2021 - Current
/skribbed/ (n). 1. a tech company inspiring the world through stories and knowledge 2. a membership that gives users access to the world’s largest online library of books, audiobooks, sheet music, news, and magazines I lead an organization of 250+ professionals in Product Management, Technology, Design, Insights and Growth.
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.
Raised $106,750,000.00 from Spectrum Equity.
Partner
2021
At Climate Capital, we back companies working to reduce emissions, mitigate the worst effects, and help humanity adapt to a changing climate. Learn more @ www.climatecapital.co Angel Portfolio: https://angel.co/p/beck-kloss
Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
Mentor
2022
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
SVP of Product
2020 - 2021
Endeavor is a publicly traded, global media and entertainment company with world-class brands and capabilities across talent representation, sports, fashion, event management, and brand marketing. Comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency WME; sports, fashion, events, and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC, Endeavor plays a significant role in the content you love and the experiences and events that you never forget. Our companies and represented talent and brand clients collectively reach billions of passionate fans, directly, every single day. Their Digital group sits at the intersection of technology, content, and talent, operating scaled businesses and creating new direct-to-consumer offerings with the world’s best creative talent and brands at the center. My team was composed of strategists, product managers, designers, engineers, marketers, and data scientists focused on building products to shape the future of media and entertainment.
ENDEAVOR is a media company in the fields of sports, events, media and fashion.
Raised $14,986,404.00 from Endeavor.
VP Product and Strategy: Creator
2018 - 2020
On a mission to help one million artists live off their creativity. Lead Product Management, Partnerships, Business Analysis and Economics
Senior Director: Advertising and Business to Consumer Selling Product Management
2017 - 2018
Role expanded to include all product management for eBay's business to consumer selling experience.
Initiative Owner: Advertising and Merchandising
2017 - 2018
Global owner of advertising and merchandising Initiatives for eBay. Lead corresponding product teams focused on all publisher advertising, algorithmic merchandising, personalization and computer vision.
eBay NYC General Manager
2015 - 2018
Charged with growing eBay's presence in NYC's dynamic tech community. Responsible for an administrative staff and Friends of eBay (our accelerator program).
Sr. Director of Product and Engineering Advertising and Seller Marketing
2018 - 2018
Responsible for Product, Engineering and Quality for eBay's advertising and seller marketing business.
Senior Director: Ads, Marketing and Merchandising product
2016 - 2017
Previous responsibilities expanded to include all marketing technologies: - CRM (email and site) - Affiliates - Paid Social - Paid Search
Senior Director of Product Management: Ads and Merchandising
2015 - 2016
Previous responsibilities expanded to include all 3rd party on-eBay advertising product, eBay Commerce Network off-eBay advertising and a metrics and attribution team to support the portfolio. ~20 PMs in org across San Jose, Brisbane CA, Portland and NYC. Lead campus recruiting for CMU.
Director Product Management: Onsite Traffic and Monetization
2014 - 2015
Expansion of previous responsibilities. Product lead responsible for the relevance and personalization of content and promotions across eBay marketplaces. Product portfolio includes algorithmic merchandising, promotions platforms focused on growing eBay's verticals business, marketing solutions and seller focused advertising. Campus captain for eBay's recruiting efforts at GA Tech.
Director of Product Management: Algorithmic Merchandising
2012 - 2014
Global Product Management & Design lead for algorithmic merchandising and product recommender systems across .com, mobile and marketing channels. Orchestrated the integration of Hunch.com into eBay's core product organization. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/21/ebayshunch/
Group Product Manager: Search Metrics
2011 - 2012
EBay Ventures invests in disruptive companies that are revolutionizing the commerce landscape.
Director of Digital Analytics (Web Analytics, UX Research, Optimization)
2009 - 2011
Deluxe is a finacial services company that provides financial institutions deepen customer relationships through technology solutions.
Customer Advocate (Marketing, Customer, and Web Analytics)
2006 - 2008