Brandon Hill

Brandon Hill

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Chief Executive Officer
Palo Alto, California, United States

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  • Vori
    Chief Executive Officer
    Vori
    Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 7 months)
  • Stanford Institute for HumanCentered Artificial Intelligence HAI
    Fellow
    Stanford Institute for HumanCentered Artificial Intelligence HAI
    Jul 2019 - Current (7 years 1 month)
  • South Park Commons
    Member
    South Park Commons
    Jul 2019 - Jan 2020 (7 months)
  • Greo
    Co-founder & CEO
    Greo
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2019 (3 years 4 months)
    A Y-Combinator consumer social company focused on thoughtful political conversation. Backed by Michael Seibel (CEO @ YC), Floodgate Fund, Paul Buchheit (creator of Gmail), and New Enterprise Associates. • Led company in developing 3 products end-to-end: conducted user research, designed engaging UXs, and engineered front-end of our iOS applications. • Built community of over 20k users across our family of apps • One product, TLDR, reached #47 on Apple App Store
  • Stanford University
    Student Body Vice President
    Stanford University
    Sep 2015 - Apr 2016 (8 months)
    Presided over 16,000 Stanford grads and undergrads. Co-led development of groundbreaking university initiatives such as the implementation of university-wide sexual violence prevention education and the landmark university decision to rename certain streets and buildings.
  • YouTube
    Product Intern
    YouTube
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2015 (4 months)
    • Prototyped and launched CREATe, a CRM-integrated email automation tool that cut time in my team's workflow by 20% • Created new branding identity for OPD team including mission statement, high-quality logo, promotional videos, and graphical animations • Conducted revenue stream research on behalf of team to present to cross-functional working group
  • UNICEF
    Consulting Intern with UNICEF Tanzania
    UNICEF
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 months)
    • Built UNICEF Tanzania’s first ever Children’s Empowerment Forum which hosted 300 primary school students, UN officials, and Ministry of Education leaders to discuss the future of public education • Built key communications toolkit to promote UNICEF Tanzania operations and visibility • Directed and filmed documentary on Zanzibar early childhood education programs
  • Enza
    Co-Founder and Executive Director
    Enza
    Mar 2014 - Aug 2015 (1 year 6 months)
    • Designed and launched educational initiative dedicated to empowering urban youth through entrepreneurship that awarded over $20,000 in seed grants and trained 500+ high school entrepreneurs • Recruited and lead diverse team of 20 graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and administrators • Collaborated with multiple partners including VMware, Google, Columbia University, and Stanford University
  • The White House
    Intern in the Office of Presidential Correspondence
    The White House
    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 (3 months)
    • Worked in partnership with senior staffers, engineers, and designers to launch a bot on WhiteHouse.gov that leveraged AI to automatically respond to 100k+ frequently asked constituent questions per day on behalf of the President • Crafted and delivered introductory remarks to audience of over 150 for the Counselor to the President of the United States • Coordinated and advised multiple volunteer teams to reach collective correspondence goals
  • TED Conferences
    Presenter
    TED Conferences
    Jan 2013
    Delivered TEDx talk on my global adventures and lessons I learned through travel at TEDxSemester@Sea. I was the youngest presenter of the bunch.
  • HuffPost
    Student Contributor
    HuffPost
    Oct 2012 - Jan 2015 (2 years 4 months)
    Student contributor to the College Section of the Huffington Post online news website, crafting provocative and informative articles on topics like tech and society.
  • US House of Representatives
    Congressional Intern
    US House of Representatives
    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 (3 months)
    • Speech writing for Congressman Corrine Brown • Updated website content around policy issues
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  • Y Combinator
    Summer 2017
    Y Combinator
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (2 years)
    Part of the S17 batch under Michael Seibel and Aaron Harris' group
  • Stanford University
    Bachelor’s Degree (Dropped out of Honors Program
    Stanford University
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (5 years)
    CS193P, CS183C, CS106A, CS105 Qualitative and quantitative political analysis, with additional coursework in web and iOS development and entrepreneurship
  • Semester At Sea  ISE
    Presidential Scholar
    Semester At Sea ISE
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 (1 year)
  • Morehouse College
    Exchange Fellow, Fall 2012, Physics
    Morehouse College
    Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 (2 years)
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    Eden Prairie High School
    Eden prairie High school
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  • Stanford University
    Academic Achievement and Service Award, Program in African & African American Studies
    Stanford University
    Jan 2014
    Awarded annually to one individual in the program for excellence in community service and scholarship
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    Ron Brown Scholar, Ron Brown Scholar Program
    Jan 2011
    Awarded to 12-15 African-American high school seniors nation-wide in the amount of $40,000
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    Martin Luther King Emerging Legend, General Mills Foundation and United Negro College Fund
    Jan 2011
    Awarded to one servant leader under the age of 25 annually in Minneapolis for outstanding community involvement
  • K
    Kohl’s Kids Who Care National Scholar, Kohl’s Foundation
    Jan 2011
    Awarded $10,000 scholarship for record of community service, one of 10 in the nation for the year
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    Youth Governor of Minnesota
    Minnesota Boys State
    Jun 2010
    Elected youth Governor of Minnesota my senior year of high school at the prestigious MN Boys' State program sponsored by the American Legion.
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    Negrophobia: Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and America’s Fear of Black People
    Time magazine
    Aug 2014
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