At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based COO’ operating in the Messaging space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Loren Appin
Co-Founder & COO of Fishbowl
Cofounder & COO of Fishbowl, a social network that connects professionals within companies and industries. Every day employees come to Fishbowl to stay informed about workplace topics, share professional advice, and learn from both peers and senior leadership. Fishbowl has captured more than 25% of the professionals in the select industries the platform is open to, with almost half of users engaging the app daily.
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About Fishbowl: Fishbowl is a social network that connects professionals within relevant communities to have candid and relevant conversations.
Amin Rezapour
COO of Curogram
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About Curogram: A HIPAA Telemedicine & Two-Way Text Communication Platform, Curogram Streamline Patient Communication and will Increase Revenue.
Nate Simmons
Founder & COO of GameOn Technology
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About GameOn Technology: Our technology powers intelligent chat applications across multiple platforms for some of the world’s largest brands.
Lisa Popovici
Co-founder & COO of Cartloop
Lisa Popovici currently works as the Co-founder and COO forCartloop. He previously worked at Ecommerce Brands as the Founder and CEO.
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About Cartloop: Cartloop is a conversational SMS marketing and text marketing platform for e-commerce.
Zachary Goldberg
Co-founder, CTO/COO of Lynk Messenger
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About Lynk Messenger: Lynk Messenger is a hyper-local messaging application that lets its users to chat with friends nearby for free.
Ben Renda
COO of Google Fi
Ben Renda is Chief Operating Officer at Google Fi – Google’s MVNO with simple pricing and smart coverage. Prior to joining Google Fi, Ben was recalled to U.S.Navy active duty supporting Defense Innovation Unit experimental (DIUx) as Chief People Officer and Head of Business Development for U.S. Navy Programs. Before DUIx, Ben was Head of Global Scaled Services at YouTube which included global copyright and policy enforcement, scaled abuse prevention, customer support, and global vendor operations. Before YouTube, he ran multiple AdWords sales teams in the Tech B2C and Retail categories. He’s a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot/NATO strategic planner and has degrees from UCLA, University of San Diego, Harvard University, and Dartmouth College.
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About Google Fi: Google Fi is a is mobile phone operator that Google trials and operates.
John vanSuchtelen
Co-Founder and COO/CPO of Songclip (Audiobyte)
John vanSuchtelen is Co-Founder and COO at Audiobyte, Inc.
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About Songclip (Audiobyte): Songclip is the first Social Music API, offering a SaaS technology platform for integrating licensed music on social and digital platforms.
Sean Heiney
COO & Founder of SignalWire
Led, developed, launched and marketed new products at CUDA to over 300M in revenue and IPO. Built and sold security SaaS company Periscan. 18 years startup experience.
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About Rentr, SignalWire: SignalWire is an API and products platform that brings broadcast and enterprise-grade communications to anyone around the world.
Anastasiia Bilous
Chief Operating Officer of New Media Services Pty Ltd
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About New Media Services Pty Ltd: New Media Services Pty Ltd Manage Communications and Content of Consumers.
AJ Chan
COO of Textline
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About Textline: Allowing your organization or business communicate with contacts and customers using text messages
Hammed Animashaun
COO + Co-Founder of CLQSIX
Hammed Animashaun is a young entrepreneur, whose motto is “living no limits. His mission in life is to enhance the human experience. Hammed brings a unique value to his role as COO of CLQSIX. Having worked at two Fortune 500 companies; helping to launch three regional sports networks, Hammed is experienced in helping to build a business from inception to success. His mission in life is to enhance the human experience. CLQSIX is a social network designed for cliques to share together and interact with followers. Hammed along with his two brothers created CLQSIX in 2015, with the mission to provide a group identity for friends throughout the world.
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About CLQSIX: A social media platform for squads to connect, create, and share.
Jeff Streader
Managing Director of Go Global Retail, Former Global COO Billabong, Former CEO of Kellwood Company of Luxlock
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About : Connected commerce meets a concierge culture. Luxlock merges digital and physical worlds to create legendary #IRL shopping experiences
Baron Joshua Cyrus Boehm
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Cyph
Led QA at SpaceX – COO & Co-Founder of Cyph.
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About Cyph: Stupid easy quantum-resistant encryption built by former SpaceX engineers.
Audrey Poindessault
Co-founder & COO of Biggerpan
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About Biggerpan: Predictive A.I. for Mobile
John Peters
COO and Co-Founder of Hey!
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About Hey!: We filter down the social media feed to the interests people care about. By doing this we create dozens of communities of likeminded people.
Ian McGee
COO/CTO of Thumbkandi
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About Thumbkandi: Thumbkandi is a global messaging platform designed for intimate fan engagement.