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Brian Bell

Founder and Managing Partner at Team Ignite Ventures | ex AI at AWS, Microsoft, and several startups.

El Dorado Hills, California

Skills

Escape from Tarkov
Start-ups
Product Management
Scrum
Feature Prioritization
User Stories
Online Marketing
Marketing
Lead Generation
Marketing Strategy
Strategic Customer Development
Google Adwords
Agile Methodologies
Customer Acquisition
Email Marketing
Solar Energy
Renewable Energy
Social Media
SEM
Analytics

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2020

    Early stage startup investments. - Pitch your startup: http://pitch.teamignite.vc/ - Join the Team Ignite syndicate: http://join.teamignite.vc/ - Portfolio on our website: https://www.teamignite.ventures/

2019 - 2023

  • Director

    2019 - 2023

    Held leadership roles in AI, BD, Azure Marketplace, Product Management, and Startups, Scaled hundreds of startups in the Microsoft ecosystem.

  • Startup Mentor

    2021 - 2022

  • AI Global Category Lead

    2018 - 2019

    Led the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning category team for AWS Marketplace. Launched the SageMaker Marketplace for Machine Learning.

2017 - 2018

  • Director of Product Management - Artificial Intelligence

    2017 - 2018

    Led Product Management across the data science, model deployment, and platform teams for the leading enterprise conversational AI platform.

2015 - 2017

  • Principal Product Manager

    2016 - 2017

    Led product management across multiple teams including machine learning, platform, and APIs.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2015 - 2016

2014 - 2015

  • Senior Product Manager

    2014 - 2015

    Inc. 500 start-up innovating in predictive marketing for real estate using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

2012 - 2014

  • Senior Manager - Marketing Automation

    2012 - 2014

  • Senior Associate

    2008 - 2011

    Developing, brokering, and investing in commercial properties throughout Hawaii.

  • Financial Analyst

    2006 - 2007

    Mortgage-backed securities and whole loan valuation via simulation/modeling.