WHO IS THAT
Nick Caldwell is a tech exec with more than 20 years of experience, active board member, and venture capital investor.
Nick has a passion for social media. He was formerly the General Manager for Core Technologies at Twitter, overseeing a 2,000 person team. He also led Reddit through hyper-scale as the VP of Engineering.
Nick is responsible for two of the most prominent business intelligence platforms in recent years. He spent 13 years at Microsoft, culminating in a role as General Manager of the Power BI product family where he rapidly transformed the company's BI suite. Later, he became Chief Product Officer at Looker which was acquired by Google for $2.6B.
His board work includes: HubSpot, a publicly traded company specializing in CRM; Bitly, the market leader in URL shortening and analytics; and True, a leading executive recruiting firm.
Nick holds a degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from MIT and an MBA from U.C. Berkeley Haas. His charitable work includes board membership for /dev/color: a non-profit whose mission is to maximize the impact of Black software engineers.
Nick is a native of P.G. County Maryland, but is happy to call San Francisco home.
OPERATING EXPERIENCE
Ran the product and engineering organizations for Power BI and Looker, the two most innovative BI tools in recent years. Took Reddit through hyper-scale. Managed multi-thousand member teams and billion+ dollar budget at Twitter.
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Jun 2020 - Nov 2022
GENERAL MANAGER
Lead a talented cross-functional team of 2000 Tweeps responsible for Core Technologies at Twitter. Learned about velocity at scale and leading with empathy.
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
SENIOR DIRECTOR
Leading the Looker product organization through acquisition and growth at our new home in Google Cloud Platform. Responsible for Engineering, Product, Design, and Product Marketing. Learned about integration.
Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Lead Engineering, Product, Design, and Product Marketing at Looker. We're a next-generation platform for building data experiences to power any business need. Acquired by Google. Learned about SaaS go-to-market, sticking to the plan, and time to shred.
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
VP OF ENGINEERING
Reddit is the world's largest collection of online communities and 5th most visit website. Rapidly scaled a 35 person engineering organization to more than 150. Accomplishments: site-wide redesign, mobile applications, creation of data pipeline / experimentation platform, launch of ad platform, replacement of Search backend, video streaming service, and more. Also responsible for IT and two product teams. Learned about hypergrowth and monetizing cat pictures.
Jun 2003 - Sep 2016
GENERAL MANAGER
Multiple leadership roles. Most memorable project was Power BI, an internal-startup which became one of Microsoft's breakout products. Grew and led a team of 300 engineers, product managers, designers, and contractors across four countries. Learned about managing large teams and equity.
Experience at public, private, and non-profit boards. Providing guidance on scaling product organizations and technology.
BOARDS
Jun 2023 - Present
BITLY
Bitly is the world's leading connection's platform, famous for its URL shortening technology.
Jan 2021 - Present
HUBSPOT
HubSpot is a CRM platform with all the software, integrations, and resources you need to connect your marketing, sales, content management, and customer service
Jan 2021 - June 2023
TRUE
True Platform is a world-class executive recruiting firm.
Feb 2017 - Present
/DEV/COLOR
Creating environments where Black software engineers learn from one another & hold one another accountable for reaching ambitious career goals.
EDUCATION
May 2013 - Jun 2015
BERKELEY, MBA
Business degree from Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Specialized in general management. Learned how to do anything.
Sep 1999 - Jun 2003
MIT, EE AND CS
Graduated from MIT with degree in electrical engineering and computer science. Specialized in machine learning. Minor in creative writing. Learned how to survive anything.