Ethan Schaffer, Mba Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Product management consulting:Product management to develop a mobile application to support >2 million practitioners affiliated with a meditation organization that operates 161 retreat centers in over80 countries.Political consulting:Served as campaign manager to lead a heated open-seat mayoral campaign in Idaho to a 64% landslide victory. Directed strategy, branding, messaging, policy development, ad buys, press, social media, debate prep, fundraising and canvassing.Adviser to a candidate for US Congress.

Mount Vernon Wa

CEO of multifaceted social venture incubator helping farmworkers become farm owners (Tech Stars/ Y Combinator for farmers). Raised $1M in funding. Managed a variety of roles including finance, fundraising, marketing, PR, HR, public speaking and operations. Built successful wholesale and retail produce marketing business. Managed permitting, financing, design and construction projects. Won grand prize and all audience choice awards at the first Seattle Social Innovation Fast Pitch. Won the Green Washington Award and was featured in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Seattle Times and High Country News.

Greater Seattle Area

As founding team member, led product development from ideas to launch. Translated business goals and customer needs into product specs and managed ambitious development timelines using an Agile process. Managed cross-functional teams, conducted user testing, developed wire frames, wrote development requirements, wrote copy and otherwise managed processes to launch multiple products. Example product management accomplishments include:Tango Card Mobile: Led the development of an iOS and Android mobile app to store and manage gift cards. Tango Card Website: Led the design and development of Tango Card website, including all wire framing, UX, copywriting and testing.Gift Card API: Led a complex project to build and integrate v.1 of Gift Card API into a major marketing partner. Coordinated with partner product manager, engineers and creative. Managed brand assets and coordinated with marketing teams from Fortune 500 companies with major gift card programs. Tango Card Donations: Led the development of a product to allow customers to donate gift card value to a select group of major nonprofit partners, including the USO, National Parks Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. Managed product development and all partner relationships. In addition to product management, supported the CEO and team in a number of roles: Led early PR efforts, landing articles in Forbes Magazine (print), Mashable, Huffington Post and Geekwire; Recruited and hired a CTO, Director of Sales, Director of Operations, Creative Director and engineers; Assisted CEO with VC pitch development, business development and account management.

Greater Seattle Area

At 19, envisioned and designed a dual marketplace website that connected aspiring farmers (demand) with opportunities to work and learn on farms (supply). Over 13 years, the program grew to a network of 2600 farms in 57 countries. Served as CEO and chief product manager. Translated business objectives and customer needs into product specs, wireframes and UX plans. Managed engineering and creative to build and update website. Led a complete rebuild into a PHP and MySQL based platform. The program closed in 2014. In 2002, won the Brower Youth Award, a top honor awarded by the Earth Island Institute for environmental leaders under the age of 22.

Applied lean management systems and sales funnel process to exponentially increase annual fundraising revenue from $900,000 to $2.1 million in three years. Managed Salesforce CRM system.

Management consulting firm for nonprofit organizations and Northwest Native American tribes. Assisted principal consultant in managing four multi-million dollar capital campaigns.

Mba, Sustainable Business

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee

Bachelor'S Degree

Education record