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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

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.

2021 - 2022

  • Startup Mentor

    2021 - 2022

2018 - 2019

  • 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

2008 - 2011

  • 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.