Eric Theis
Principal at Bling Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2020 - Current
Eric is a Principal at Bling Capital, where he focuses on opportunities in marketplace, SaaS, data products, and automation. https://www.blingcap.com/eric-theis
Senior Software Engineer
2019 - 2022
Building Marketplace, Financial Controls, AR & Payments systems in an Operating System for Global Trade
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
Raised $2,699,000,000.00 from Shopify.
Software Engineer
2017 - 2019
Building High-Performance Reprogrammable Networks
An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.
Engineering
2016 - 2016
Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Raised $57,500,000.00 from Greylock, Thrive Capital, Baseline Ventures, DST Global, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital.
Engineering
2015 - 2015
Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.
16th Undergraduate Senate - Senator
2014 - 2015
Undergraduate Researcher
2013 - 2014
Measure and magnetically track iron oxide dipoles grown in genetically mutated mammalian cells using superconducting quantum interference devices.
Software Engineering Intern
2014 - 2014
PubNub Data Stream Network is a secure global Data Stream Network that enables mobile and web developers to build and scale real-time apps.
Raised $134,100,000.00 from The Raine Group, HPE Growth, Bosch Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures.
Business Intelligence Intern
2012 - 2012
Developed Interactive Tableau Interfaces Prototyped and developed data delivery webtool Created data quality monitoring SQL queries
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution offers network and engineering operations, sales, advertising, and streaming services.
Summer Research Intern
2011 - 2011
Designed Carbon Reforming of Methane reactor and synthesized nano-particles.
QA Engineering Intern
2010 - 2010
QA Engineering Intern Built content management and test automation software.