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Bob Meese is listed as Chief Business Officer at Duolingo at Duolingo, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at hga.com, phone signal with area code 412, 724, 617, 612, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Bob Meese.
Bob Meese previously worked as Chief Business Officer at Duolingo and Chief Revenue Officer at Duolingo. Bob Meese holds Mba from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
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Bob is the Chief Business Officer at Duolingo. He joined Duolingo in 2016 to lead monetization, which grew from <$1M to hundreds of millions in annual revenue and a successful IPO. During his time at the company he's led / managed Monetization, Strategy & Business Operations, Partnerships, M&A, Assessment Science, and Original Content, expansion to new subjects like Math and Music, and the Duolingo English Test.Previously, Bob spent 8 years with Google, as the Head of Games Business Development for Google Play, and as a Principal in the New Business Development group. Games revenue at Google Play grew >25x from $xxxM to $xB during his tenure. Prior to Google, he worked as a venture capitalist and management consultant. He has an MBA from MIT and degrees in Economics and Computer Science from Penn.
Listed skills include Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, and 15 others.
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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
During my time at Duolingo, I've led / managed Monetization, Strategy & Business Operations, Partnerships, M&A, Assessment Science, and Original Content, expansion to new subjects like Math and Music, and the Duolingo English Test.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
Until 2016 Duolingo ignored/struggled with monetization. After I joined we grew revenue rapidly, from an annual run rate of <$1M to $100M+ in less than three years.Responsibilities and accomplishments include:• Leadership of revenue-focused teams including subscriptions and ads• Created revenue forecasting process, beating plan every year 2017-2020• Started Strategy & BizOps team to lead strategic planning for the company• Executive leadership of Duolingo's second major product, the Duolingo English Test• Managed creation of board materials, 2017-2020• With Duolingo’s CEO, managed investor relations for Series E and F funding rounds, valuing the company at $700 million and $1.5 billion respectively
Select list of investments and advisory roles:• Altera, digital human beings that live, love, and grow with us (2024)• Dapper Labs, creators of NBA Top Shot and Flow blockchain (2020)• Kudos, consumer smart wallet that earns more and saves time (2021)• Tonic, music practice app that fosters connection and community (2021)• Trala, tech-powered online music school (2018)• Wattpad [acq by Naver/Webtoon], the world's most loved social storytelling platform (2020)LP in venture funds:• F4, backing companies that make valuable use of human attention (2023)• Patron, convergence of games and consumer Internet (2021)• 2048 Ventures, pre-seed technology investor (2022)
Mountain View, Ca, Us
I joined Play just after launch, to start and lead the Global Games BD team. This team drives developer revenue performance on Play, and developer adoption of new technologies.Developer performance programs included bringing top games to Android (major focus in 2012-13), Play commerce improvements, and consulting with developers to improve game performance (major focus in 2015-16). New platform and technology outreach included Play Games Services, Android TV, and VR.Accomplishments include:• Helped drive explosive games revenue growth of >25x, from $150M to $4B+• Led org change to merge games teams from across Google into a single team within Play• Organized team to enable category expertise in top grossing, AAA, and indie games• Built dedicated "torso" team to scale developer management, through tools and processes• Influenced merchandising, especially incentives for simultaneous launch on Play and iOS• Sponsored international assignments to start Play presence in Korea and Taiwan• Built high-performing team and positive team culture (demonstrated by a 2.5 year period of 100% offer acceptance, 0% attrition as we grew from 2 to 12 team members)• Major contributions to overall Play team growth, referred key hires, and interviewed hundreds of candidates across geographies (APAC, EMEA, Americas) and functional roles (BD, PM, merchandising, marketing, strategy, operations)• Spoke at events including GDC, Gaming Insiders Summit, GamesBeat, Casual Connect, Google I/O
Mountain View, Ca, Us
New Business Development was an early-stage BD team that worked on nascent high impact projects across all product areas globally. This role helped me develop pattern recognition for which early stage products succeed at Google.Executed strategic partnerships, distribution deals, technology licenses, data licenses, working with Product/Engineering to help launch new products and major new features. Examples include:• Games: I started Google’s game platform efforts for Chrome and Google+, which evolved into my role at Google Play• New Initiatives: Google’s first experiments and partnerships for Google Surveys, Augmented Reality (Google Goggles), and developer access to Google Infrastructure (App Engine)• TV Ads: Infrastructure deals (data licensing, tech licensing/integration) for Google TV Ads, which eventually became part of YouTube• Wireless Spectrum: Core team member of Alternate Access team, presented to Google exec leadership and received approval to bid $4.6B in 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction
Co-founded men’s apparel e-commerce startup; asset/IP sale in 2011
Mountain View, Ca, Us
700 MHz Wireless Spectrum Auction: Member of core team that presented to executive management and received approval to bid $4.6B in 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction, personally led capex/opex modelingGoogle App Engine: Sourced the first 3rd party developer to use Google App Engine
Early stage venture capital firm with $700M under management.Industry coverage: Internet/IT, focusing on mobile/wireless technology & servicesCompany involvement: Board Observer at Airpath (acquired by Aptilo), SensorLogic (acquired by Gemalto), and Tropos Networks (acquired by ABB); also supported Calix (CALX) and Nexidia (acquired by Nice Systems)
Management consulting firm specializing in mobile communications.Select engagements include: corporate strategy for Nextel, incubation of Enterprise Wi-Fi business for Bell Canada
Strategy consulting firm for technology clients, founded by Regis McKenna.Select engagements include: go-to-market strategy and sales tools development for IBM’s Linux servers, channel strategy for a European OCR company, and projects in mobile messaging, computer architecture, and home networking applications markets
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Bob Meese works for Duolingo.
Bob Meese is listed as Chief Business Officer at Duolingo at Duolingo.
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Bob Meese is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States while working with Duolingo.
Bob Meese has worked for Duolingo, Investor/Advisor, Google, Project Einstein, and Millennia Partners.
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Bob Meese holds Mba from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Bob Meese is listed with skills including Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, New Business Development, Venture Capital, Mobile Devices, and Mobile Games.
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