Angela Strange

General Partner
2014
FinTech, Insurance & B2B applications. Board member @Addi, Cygnvs, hyperexponential, Jeeves, Moov, Sardine, Tally, Valon, Vesta. Writing: https://a16z.com/author/angela-strange/

2016

Growth Council Member
2016
A council of 14 Canadian and international business and academic leaders selected by Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau to provide advice on concrete policy actions to help create the long-term conditions for innovation and economic growth in Canada.

2009

Co-Chair & Board Member
2009
The C100 is a non-profit organization comprised of high profile Canadian expat technology entrepreneurs, executives, and investors living and working in Silicon Valley. The mission of the organization is to accelerate promising Canadian technology entrepreneurs and to help drive Canada's Innovation agenda. Visit http://www.thec100.org for more info.

2010 - 2014

Product Manager
2010 - 2014
PM for Chrome Mobile. Together w. awesome team - defined vision/feature set for Mobile Chrome and launched Chrome for Android & Chrome for iOS. Continued to PM both products.

2008 - 2010

Director of Product Management and Business Development
2008 - 2010
Acquired by Google, May 2010. Founded in 2008, Ruba is a visual travel guide & tour review site that helps travelers from around the world discover their next perfect trip. • Co-defined product vision (with CEO). Develop product requirements through usertests, customer meetings and A/B tests. • Communicated requirements clearly with detailed documentation and close interaction with engineering team • Identified unmet need in the travel industry (organized tour discovery & reviews) and advocated for the creation of Ruba’s monetization engine (lead generation for tour companies) • Convinced large tour companies ($20M- $100M annual revenue) by cold calling and presenting at conferences to pay for leads from a website unknown in the tour industry

2006 - 2008

Senior Associate Partner
2006 - 2008
• Focused on consumer internet investments; Seed stage to series A; Developed investment thesis and led due diligence • Co-launched and co-led Bay’s Appfactory Program (a fast-track program for investing in applications atop web platforms (Facebook, Opensocial etc.); Created alternative source of dealflow and expertise in area critical to most consumer services • Built strong dealflow pipeline by leveraging GSB and other networks, speaking on panels etc. • Led self sourced deals from due diligence through to partner vote; Managed small seed investments

2005 - 2006

Case Writer
2005 - 2006
Identified, solicited, interviewed and filmed CEOs to create new interactive method of teaching leadership to MBAs and executives. Developed and executed marketing and distribution strategy for series of six leadership videos.

2004 - 2004

Strategic Planner
2004 - 2004
• Constructed business case to support investment into new fashion/sport business segment for the global footwear group • Collaborated with senior management to create strategic plan to reinvigorate Nike's outdoor business unit

2000 - 2003

Consultant
2000 - 2003
Select Technology/Operations Projects (Fortune 500 Companies) • Led multi-faceted market and customer research strategy to inform the direction of supply chain computing environment. • Interviewed 100 CIO’s, drew trends in purchasing intent to create actionable development goals for 3G wireless products. • Designed and built in-depth analysis tool of complex manufacturing network to realize $20 M in operational savings.

1999 - 2000

Business Manager
1999 - 2000
• Selected as part of 4-student management team; Profit & Loss responsibility for $300K business. • Financed remaining tuition by working 25-30 hours/week while maintaining full engineering course load. • Hired, trained and managed staff of 40. • Established yearly budgeting procedure and redesigned ad-hoc reporting processes to realize a 20% increase in net profit