Jason Novack is a business operator and product manager. He advises, builds with, and invests in innovative technology companies spanning web3 to aerospace. Previously, he led the venture studios and startup accelerators at Consensys and CNN. Before that, he was an early employee and operations lead at AI/ML startups Clarifai and Placemeter, and a two-time startup founder after beginning his career as an aerospace engineer.
I am interested in working with founding teams, operations teams, and innovation teams to create and support great technologies for good.
Personal holding company building, advising, and investing in web3 and public goods.
Designed and implemented a legal and governance structure for a community foundation serving the DAO of a top-15 L1 blockchain
Built the first holistic employee compensation framework for a 400-person global technology startup
Designed a framework for a new venture fund to share carry with its network of contributors
Apr 2020 — Mar 2023
CNN
Senior Director of Emerging Products
CNN Digital is the world leader in online news and information and seeks to inform, engage and empower the world.
Led business operations for CNN’s digital product studio
Served as part-time COO for each of our product teams
Led product discovery and market testing for an interactive community product called Interview Club that we launched in 2022
Built and managed a business unit dedicated to web3 innovation
Sep 2018 — Apr 2020
ConsenSys
General Manager, Tachyon
Consensys is a global blockchain company focused on building and scaling tools and enterprise software products powered by Ethereum.
Led operations & strategy for ConsenSys's internal venture studio and venture capital portfolio
Designed and launched the Tachyon startup accelerator
Jun 2017 — Sep 2018
Pilotship
Founder & COO
Pilotship is your company's internal information assistant, giving each teammate smart notifications tailored to their individual work.
Founded the company
Raised seed capital from venture investors
Jul 2015 — Jun 2017
Clarifai
Director of Business Operations
Clarifai is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in computer vision and deep neural networks to identify and analyze images and videos.
Joined as employee #10 and the first business hire
Built our operating model and stood up all commercial & admin functions 0 to 1
Led pricing, deal desk, business intelligence, program management, and billing
Jun 2013 — Jul 2015
Placemeter
Senior Product Manager
Placemeter (acquired by NetGear) is an urban intelligence platform using public video feeds and computer vision AI to generate real time data layer about places, streets, and neighborhoods.
Led initial customer development & discovery
Managed consumer mobile app and customer data dashboard product
Led data analysis, GIS, product operations, and field operations
Jul 2011 — Jul 2013
DRS Technologies
Aerospace Systems Engineer
DRS Technologies (acquired by RADA Electronic Industries) is a defense contractor developing advanced avionics products.
Led system design and unit testing for integrated avionics products
Wrote & managed technical requirements
Wrote new product development processes for our 250-person engineering group
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