Head Of Strategy And Software
Current
Feb 2024 - Present
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Blake Yeager Email & Phone Number
Product and Engineering Leader
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Matereal
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@techstars.com
6 phones found area 303, 408, and 210
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Product and Engineering Leader
Location
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Blake Yeager is listed as Product and Engineering Leader at Matereal, based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at techstars.com, phone signal with area code 303, 408, 210, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Blake Yeager.
Blake Yeager previously worked as Head of Strategy and Software at Matereal and Startup Advisor & Fractional Executive at Blake Yeager Solutions. Blake Yeager holds Bs With Honors, Computer Engineering from St. Mary'S University.
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About Blake Yeager
For the past few years, Blake has worked with a number of early and growth-stage startups in executive leadership roles helping to grow and scale their product development efforts and company operations. Prior to this, Blake was the VP of Product & Engineering for Techstars, a mentorship-driven global startup ecosystem that helps founders bring new technologies to market. Blake was also a Managing Director at Techstars focused on cloud technologies. Before joining Techstars, Blake was the Director of Next Generation Markets for Rackspace. He led the team developing ZeroVM, an open-source virtualization technology after Rackspace acquired LiteStack, the company that created ZeroVM, where he was the Chief Operating Officer.Prior to ZeroVM, Blake spent time helping to build HP's Public Cloud working as the Director of Product Management for HP Cloud Services. Blake's team was responsible for the development and launch of a portfolio of IaaS products based on OpenStack, an open-source cloud management platform.Blake previously worked as the Product Line Leader for Cloud Compute at Rackspace. He led several teams, including the product management, program management, and quality assurance teams, and was part of the team that initially launched the OpenStack project. Blake also worked as the VP of R&D for Gandi Innovations a startup that manufactured grand-format digital inkjet printers.In addition, Blake has served on several non-profit and for-profit company boards. He is a mentor for multiple Techstars Accelerator Programs and an advisor to several early-stage companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Computer Engineering and graduated from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
Listed skills include Cloud Computing, Product Management, Start Ups, Program Management, and 36 others.
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21 roles · 24 years
Blake Yeager work experience
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Startup Advisor & Fractional Executive
CurrentI founded Blake Yeager Solutions to help me focus on my passion for supporting founders in building great companies. I work with companies at various stages of maturity as an advisor and a fractional product, engineering, and operations executive.I have supported a number of startups as a fractional CTO, VP of Engineering, and COO, including Revolar, Mutable, Tot Squad, EventHub, and Geniecast. I also continue to mentor companies through a number of startup accelerators and venture capital firms.
Apr 2018 - Present
Board Member & Advisor
Current
Jan 2020 - Present
Software Development Manager
Oct 2022 - Nov 2023
Cto
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
Vp Of Engineering
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022
Advisor
May 2019 - Sep 2022
Chief Operating Officer
Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
Chief Operating Officer
Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
Board Of Directors
Nupark, A Passport Company
Sep 2015 - Oct 2018
Vp Of Product & Engineering
Techstars is building a global ecosystem to help founders bring new technologies to market no matter where they live. Blake leads the Product Management and Engineering teams, building products and tools to better connect the Techstars ecosystem.
Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
Managing Director, Cloud
Jul 2014 - Jun 2016
Director, Next Generation Markets
• Focused on developing the ZeroVM technology, and the emerging ZeroVM community• Led a team working to incorporate ZeroVM into Rackspace's existing product portfolio• Developed and executed a strategy to build and launch a new converged compute and storage product offering enabled by the ZeroVM technology
Oct 2013 - Jul 2014
Chief Operating Officer
• Shortly after joining the organization, led LiteStack through an acquisition by Rackspace, the Open Cloud Company• Helped develop the overall company strategy and product direction for ZeroVM• Spearheaded the efforts to create a sustainable business for LiteStack catering to cloud service providers
Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
Director Of Product Management, Hp Cloud Services
• Lead the continued development of HP Cloud Services’ IaaS products including the GA release of Compute and Object Storage and the Public Beta release of Block Storage • Worked across multiple business groups inside HP to architect and deliver the HP Converged Cloud portfolio of solutions and to ensure HP public cloud’s alignment to this new strategy• Developed a new OEM business within HP Cloud Services leveraging our expertise at standing up a public cloud to deliver a similar solution to other service providers and customers• Engaged with industry analysts to help position HP Cloud Services within the marketplace, and acting as an evangelist presenting at multiple conferences and authoring several blog posts• Provided training and thought leadership to HP around OpenStack technology and projects
Dec 2012 - Sep 2013
Senior Product Manager, Hp Cloud Services
• Developed and refined HP’s public cloud strategy and drove the launch of HP Cloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage and other IaaS cloud services• Defined requirements, created roadmaps and business plans for all IaaS products• Built and led the IaaS Product Management Team for HP Cloud Services• Created and implemented a new product development process enabling engineering teams to effectively coordinate releases and integrate with the OpenStack community• Delivered marketing and sales enablement collateral ensuring IaaS products are properly positioned in the market and being effectively sold by HP’s global sales force
Apr 2011 - Dec 2012
Product Line Manager, Cloud Compute
• Developed the strategic vision and roadmaps for the Rackspace Cloud’s entire product portfolio, including the integration of OpenStack into the overall product strategy• Defined and managed the ongoing development of Cloud Servers, Cloud Sites and Slicehost; growing these product to eventually contribute more than $80 million in annual revenue• Defined product requirements and managed the development/launch of Cloud Servers for Windows in 2010, which drove more than half of the total growth for Rackspace Cloud Servers• Helped guide the Cloud Servers product to achieve a division leading NPS score of 50+• Hired and developed new Product Managers and built the Cloud Product Management Team
2010 - 2011
~1 yr
Technical Project Manager
• Created and lead the Project Management, Business Analyst and Quality Assurance teams for The Rackspace Cloud, a division of Rackspace Hosting• Hired and integrated more than 20 new employees and assisted in the development of several new teams, allowing the division to continue a quarterly growth rate of over 100% • Grew the Quality Assurance team from a single engineer to a team of eight responsible for testing and monitoring the Rackspace Cloud’s entire product portfolio
2009 - 2010
~1 yr
Vp Of Research And Development
Gandinnovations
• Responsible for the planning, coordination and oversight and delivery of all R&D projects • Aligned with senior management and the board of directors to develop product strategy and define product roadmaps ensuring differentiation in a competitive • Led product development activities for three new products driving over $50 million in new top line revenue; managing everything from product inception to product EOL• Managed a team of over 80 engineers and software developers handling all aspects of personnel planning and career development for the entire Research and Development department
2007 - 2009
~2 yrs
Senior Manager, Engineering
Gandinnovations
• Hired, developed and managed the Toronto-based software and engineering teams • Performed planning, work assignments, mentoring and daily supervision of the 20 person software team responsible for all Toronto-based development and maintenance projects• Formalized the processes for software releases and product launches including the coordination of these events with other company departments
2005 - 2007
~2 yrs
Computer Engineer
Gandinnovations
• Developed firmware and software for embedded systems and a variety of applications; work was performed on numerous custom electronic circuit boards with several target processors• Programmed multi-threaded control processes in C++ for Linux based host systems• Designed GUIs and back-end software to interface various software components using QT
2003 - 2005
~2 yrs
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Blake Yeager education
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St. Mary'S University
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What company does Blake Yeager work for?
Blake Yeager works for Matereal.
What is Blake Yeager's role at Matereal?
Blake Yeager is listed as Product and Engineering Leader at Matereal.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @techstars.com for Blake Yeager at Matereal.
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Where is Blake Yeager based?
Blake Yeager is based in Boulder, Colorado, United States while working with Matereal.
What companies has Blake Yeager worked for?
Blake Yeager has worked for Matereal, Blake Yeager Solutions, Tot Squad, Amazon, and Kindhealth.
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What schools did Blake Yeager attend?
Blake Yeager holds Bs With Honors, Computer Engineering from St. Mary'S University.
What skills is Blake Yeager known for?
Blake Yeager is listed with skills including Cloud Computing, Product Management, Start Ups, Program Management, Virtualization, Strategy, Open Source, and Storage.
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