JB

Jason Bond Pratt

Limited Partner at Cadenza Capital Management,

Berkeley, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Advisor

    2020

    Real-time factory management - Safi automates industrial processes through remote monitoring and analytics, and focuses on long-tail industries in emerging markets (Kenya and Mexico for now.)

  • Advisor

    2015

    GovTech for eliminating cash bail. Uptrust reduces reliance on cash bail by assisting clients in overcoming barriers to appearance, significantly reducing the rate of incarceration for bail violations without placing additional work on public defenders, probation officers, or court staff.

  • Sr. Engineering Manager, Exchange

    2020 - 2021

    Operated and scaled the Coinbase spot market (Coinbase Exchange). Led the Exchange engineering team through the historic 2020/21 crypto bull market, adding two 9s to Exchange uptime and over 25x trading capacity in the run up to Coinbase's $85 billion DPO in April of 2021.

  • Hiatus

    2018 - 2020

    After being fortunate enough to take some extended time off, I spent a year being a Dad. This has been absolutely critical for growing into the kind of parent I want to be, I'll be drawing energy and memories from this period forever.

  • EVP Product and Engineering

    2017 - 2018

  • Head of Engineering

    2015 - 2017

  • VP of Engineering

    2012 - 2015

  • Co-founder / CTO

    2011 - 2012

  • Co-Founder

    2009 - 2012

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