David Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, New York, US

Greenwich, CT, US

Came to Zinnia through the acquisition of Policygenius

Topeka, Kansas, US

Topeka, Kansas, US

Topeka, Kansas, US

Policygenius is America's leading online insurance marketplace. Our mission is to help people get insurance right by making it easy for them to understand their insurance options, compare quotes, and buy a policy, all in one place. Policygenius has established headquarters in New York City and Durham, NC and raised over $150 million in venture capital in.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

Jacksonville, Florida, US

New York, NY, US

• Drastically reduced wasteful production and realigned product goals through the introduction of lean startup methodologies.
• Shortened our MVP cycles by implementing a build, measure, learn feedback loop.
• Introduced product analytics to the team and evangelized the process to the rest of the organization through presentations and workshops.
• Grows technical team lead’s people management skills through open discussion and coaching.
• Codes machine learning scripts on a weekly basis (both supervised and unsupervised) to help find usage trends and predictions for product analytics.
• Partners with product management, UX, visual design, marketing, and sales to create an all-encompassing strategy.

• A startup, with the goal of bringing technology to small and medium sized film and television production companies. The product aims to help the crew and the producers connect, collaborate and create — using project.
• Conceived product ideas and used contacts in the industry to validate the core concept.
• Acquired industry contacts — through networking and cold emailing — in order to learn the details of every part of the industry. This included learning how the industry differed internationally, through contacts made.
• Designed and built an MVP using modern web, mobile, and server frameworks (Angular, Ionic, Django, etc.) — rolling out software using two week SCRUM sprints.
• Interviewed industry veterans — including the head of YouTube Space New York — in order to write blog articles about the product and the industry’s landscape (https://blog.helioscene.com).
• Organized film and television meetups to foster conversations — helping to learn more about the industry and market the product.

New York, NY, US

• Responsibilities:
• Managed software developers to build and enhance a custom CRM.
• Developed the product’s technical and functional vision.
• Partnered with six internal businesses concurrently to develop software that helps employees manage their processes and helps their management to execute strategies.
• Acted as a lead designer on software projects for multiple teams.
• Was a hands on manager who coded — looking for ways to improve processes and introduce new technologies.Notable Management Achievements:

New York, NY, US