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Jordan Metzner

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Founder and CEO
Los Angeles, California, United States

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  • Built This Week
    Co-Host & Creator
    Built This Week
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)
    -Co-host and creator of a weekly AI and entrepreneurship podcast with 20K+ YouTube subscribers across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and YouTube -Build and demo a new AI-powered product live on every episode, covering real tools, startup tactics, and AI news from the front lines -Featured guests include founders, engineers, and operators building at the cutting edge of AI -The show has become a significant lead generation and brand-building engine, directly contributing to business growth at Ryz Labs -Website: builtthisweek.com
  • Harvard Business School
    Guest Lecturer
    Harvard Business School
    Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 3 months)
    -Guest Lecturer teaching first-year MBA students the practice of Agentic Engineering — building and shipping real products with AI tools in a single session -Students build and deploy live websites, functional web apps, mobile prototypes, and full marketing campaigns during class -Invited back for multiple sessions; role continues to expand within the HBS curriculum Collaboration with faculty on integrating AI-native product development into business education
  • Ntrvsta
    Founder and CEO
    Ntrvsta
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 5 months)
    -Built NTRVSTA, an AI-powered interview automation platform conducting fully automated live interviews using AI avatars. – Adaptive difficulty and real-time scoring – Multilingual support – Technical whiteboard assessments – Video highlights and ATS integration – 24/7 interview availability for technical and non-technical roles – Scaling as a standalone product within the Ryz Labs portfolio
  • RYZ Labs
    Founder and CEO
    RYZ Labs
    Jul 2021 - Current (4 years 11 months)
    -CEO and Co-Founder of an AI-powered talent infrastructure company that connects elite Latin American engineers with top-tier U.S. enterprises and startups -Rapidly scaled the company across the U.S. and Latin America with teams spanning engineering, product, design, data, and operations -Built and launched multiple business units: HC (core staffing), STUDIO (venture building), NTRVSTA (AI interviews), OFFSITEIO (corporate retreats), and HIPTRAIN (AI fitness) -Serve leading enterprise clients across finance, media, sports, and technology -Built AI-native internal tools including an automated ATS, AI content engine, compliance platform, and fraud detection systems — all developed using Claude, GPT, and custom AI pipelines -Host of Built
  • Amazon
    Sr. Manager, Product Management - Tech at Ring.com (An Amazon Company)
    Amazon
    Apr 2019 - Jun 2021 (2 years 3 months)
    -Inventor of the Ring Drone - Always Home Cam -Lead Patent Holder for Amazon / Ring Drone Patent -Inventor of Ring Virtual Security Guard Service - Premium Remote Live Monitoring Service
  • Amazon
    Sr. Manager, Product Management - Tech
    Amazon
    Jun 2017 - Mar 2019 (1 year 10 months)
    Single threaded leader for the launch of Prime Video on Twitch for Thursday Night Football. Team included Product, Engineering, Design, QA, Marketing and BizDev. Launched two new 2-pizza teams for the Prime Video Engagement Automation Org. Including the Prime Video SEO team and Prime Video/ Twitch Watch Parties.
  • Washio
    Co-Founder and CEO
    Washio
    Aug 2012 - Aug 2016 (4 years 1 month)
    Washio provides Drycleaning and Laundry Service on demand. Raised over $20 million in venture capital from the world's leading investors.
  • Xsolla
    Product and Partnerships
    Xsolla
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2013 (1 year 9 months)
    Product and Partnerships: Product design and development from concept, to wireframes, to design, to testing, to live. Full Application Re-design and implementation with brand new UI/UX. Agile development implementation and scrum master. Partnership development with all key partners of global brands like Google, CyberSource, Paypal and many more. Responsible for all product marketing: demo videos, site build out, internal dashboards, and product presentations. International payment products: partnerships with payment brands in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Sweden, US, Indonesia and many others. Business Analysis: MySQL Queries and analysis.
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    Founder and CEO
    JAM Tech Incorp
    Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 (1 year)
    Strategy and business consulting for web startups and established brands. Focus on strategy, business development, operational management, user experience design, back-end design, site build-out, sales and marketing, SEO, and social media. 2 Y Combinator finalists and one TechStars acceptance Implementation of agile management for development Applications using multiple APIs including Twilio, FB Connect and Twitter Mobile App development native on iOS and Android
  • California Burrito Co
    Founder and Co- CEO
    California Burrito Co
    Nov 2005 - Aug 2010 (4 years 10 months)
    Created and operated an international fast food chain. CBC began with one store in downtown Buenos Aires and expanded to a 14-store, 5-country franchise chain with over $7mm in annual revenue. Managed all business development, branding, store design / build-out, legal, marketing, social media, forecasting, and technology infrastructure. Fluent in Spanish. 60 months of uninterrupted growth Stores in the top malls; Managed over 150 employees chain wide Created a system of training for employees and franchisees Developed and wrote a 600 page franchise operations manual in Spanish Published in WSJ, Forbes, Associated Press, LA Times, CNN, local papers and more Case study by Research in Motion Blackberry
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    Summer Intern
    eToys
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2000 (1 year)
    Office Intern
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    BS, International Business
    IES Barcelona Spain
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 (1 year)
  • Indiana University  Kelley School of Business
    Bachelors of Science, Entrepreneurship
    Indiana University Kelley School of Business
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2005 (5 years)
    2004 Glaubinger Scholarship– (04/05 School Year) Exclusive recipient of scholarship for excellence in Entrepreneurial aptitude. Club President, Young Entrepreneurship Association – (9/04-05/05) Organize and collaborate speaker series, club meetings as well outside activities. Campus Tour Guide, Indiana Admissions – (9/03-05/05) Offer weekly campus tours to prospective students. Business Leadership Initiative, Hillel at Indiana – (09/02-05/05) Jewish business students learn and network with some of the leading Jewish business executives in the country. Competing Member, USA Water Ski – (9/01- 05/05) Participant in the inaugural Collegiate Wakeboard National Championships and other club activities. Dormitory Governor, McNutt Student Gove
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    Washio
    Dryclean & Laundry Delivered.
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