Ruben Harris Email & Phone Number

OutRival empowers customer experience teams to create and deploy Conversational AI Agents that leverage existing resources, cut costs, and grow revenue. Starting with Admissions Teams in Higher Education.

San Francisco, California, Us

Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. We serve people looking to reskill, upskill, etc into high paying jobs and give them support for the rest of their careers.Want to join the movement? Send me an e-mail: ruben@careerkarma.comHere are some other cool investors that have joined us:Initialized Capital, Softbank, Emerson Collective, Imaginable Futures, Kapor Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Sander Daniels (Thumbtack), Bangaly Kaba (Reforge), Jack Altman (Lattice), Amira Yahyaoui (Moz), Iman Abuzeid (Incredible Health), Brian Grey (Remind), Michael Seibel (CEO of Y Combinator), Betsy Ziegler (CEO of 1871), Jewel Burks (CEO of PartPic), Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital), Unshackled Ventures, Paul Judge (Tech Square Labs), Prakash Jankiraman (Nextdoor), Justin Rosenstein (Asana), Erik Torenberg, David Phillips (Hackbright), Sten Tamkivi (Skype, Teleport, etc), Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon (Founder Gym), Edward Lando, Kevin Lee (Product Manager HQ), Kevin Olusola (Pentatonix), Anarghya Vardhana, and more

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Breaking Into Startups gives career advice better than anybody else through media and conversations online.Inspired viewers, listeners, readers, etc. join our Career GPS system and are routed to skill development programs or a hiring manager if they are ready for a job already.So far we have reached over 3 million people and you can read about us in TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, Politico, Black Enterprise, Rolling Out Magazine, G.I. Jobs, etc.Send me an e-mail if you want to learn more: ruben@breakingintostartups.com

San Francisco, California, Us

- Co-Led Hustle's Series A Fundraising efforts resulting in investments from Salesforce Ventures, Kapor Capital (normally don’t invest in Series A), Omidyar Network, and Twilio.org Impact Fund (1st investment)- Organized Hustle's Advisory Board consisting of Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore and Jotaka Eaddy- Co-Organized the CBC Tech 2020 #TechQuity Round Table with Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman G.K. Butterfield at Hustle HQ- Recruited Hustle’s Director of Labor- Recruited Hustle’s Director of Inside Sales- Recruited Engineers - Recorded the VP of Sales on the Breaking Into Startups Podcast- Published the VP of Sales story on the Home Page of TechCrunch- Spearheaded updates to Hustle's Sales Collateral (Presentations, One-Pagers, etc)- Closed deals in new verticals

San Francisco, California, Us

FY 17 team quota attainment:Q4 - 233%Q3 - 100%

San Francisco, California, Us

Consistently remained one of Honor's top 3 Outside Sales Managers from July 2016 - April 2017Served as the first Salesforce Administrator for the Inside Sales team while gathering insight from key Lead Generation partners; resulted in leveraging best practices from that insight, teaching it to them, and led to a ~63% increase in conversionsSpearheaded a partnership with Honor's largest Hospital Client while managing and/or establishing new relationships with Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Communities, Independent Living Communities, and key stakeholders in San Francisco leading to Honor's first profitable marketServed as Honor's key point of contact for Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, and LGBT partnership meetings in San Francisco while organizing several events with Honor Partners (e.g. National Parkinson's Foundation) at senior living communities resulting in a ~50% increase in referrals from partners where Honor's relationship had previously stagnatedEstablished contracts across the Continuum of Care to support Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities in their efforts to reduce readmission to the hospital and manage length of stay by discharging to high-quality care provided by Honor; led to easing the financial burden on patients by covering 100% of their costs (for a duration of a week or more on average) and increased transparency for various stakeholdersSupported Honor Executives with the company's expansion to Los Angeles, Dallas, and Albuquerque by recruiting several employees to join Honor on the Care Pro Operations and Sales TeamsEstablished partnerships with Colleges, Work Source Centers, Workforce Investment Boards, and Non-profits to recruit Care Professionals in Los Angeles as part of Honor's Launch TeamIntroduced Honor's Head of System Integration to A16Z to record a PodcastRegistered as a Home Care Aide (HCA), went through Care Professional Training, and provided care for several families (Sitter Services)

Led several initiatives within Admissions and School Formation to double the total # of students to ~300+ Introduced the Marketing team to Andreessen Horowitz, Strictly VC, and Techcrunch to coordinate interviews and a podcast with Max VentillaTranslated and presented AltSchool's Info Session in Spanish resulting in 16 students for the new dual immersion programServed as AltSchool's spokesperson for multiple conferences including B Corp and Private Schools with a Public Purpose

Created a pipeline of 100+ philanthropists, resulting in a sizable scholarship / Series B investment from Justin RosensteinArranged a partnership with Code 2040 and spearheaded diversity efforts internally and within the classroom

Organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon, secured ~35 sponsors, and raised ~$40,000 in collaboration with leadership

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Led the preparation of marketing materials, creation of tiered target / buyer lists, internal screening, financial and valuation analysis, due diligence support, and interaction with prospects and clients.Established organizational processes that fundamentally changed the way the group operated on a day-to-day basis by enhancing pitch quality, efficiency, and productivity.Recruited top talent and introduced senior management to contacts in professional and personal networks for potential revenue opportunities and client-related strategic discussions. Chosen by senior management to lead workshops in the Diversity Leadership Summit initiative.

Toronto, On, Ca

Secured a position with the team after sending 1,900+ cold e-mails to potential employers in the investment banking industry.Developed extensive modeling experience on buy-side and sell-side processes through merger and leveraged buyout models, discounted cash flow valuations and accretion/dilution analysis.Utilized resources such as Capital IQ, ThomsonONE, FactSet, Bloomberg and Symphony IRI to analyze key industry trends affecting retailers including mobile, e-commerce, and same-day delivery.

Assisted in the creation and presentation of pitch book materials for a medical device company to potential investors for a post seed $2 million angel round investment.Supported senior management in advising the Family and Foundation of a deceased rock and roll icon with strategic monetization of intellectual property and finding funds for operating capital.

Calculated the value and equity of the facilities for loan purposes; resulted in two term sheets and preliminary negotiations for a $5.6 million underwriting.Researched the benefit of incorporating an employee savings plan and its affect on talent retention; resulted in increased communication from providers to employees regarding their benefits package and an adoption increase from 10 - 13%.

Created effective social networking, radio, and print ad campaigns, reaching an audience of ~2,000,000 people.Organized a team of 10 independent contractors to design graphics, collect e-mails, and send out SMS notifications.Maximized capacity for selected venues, resulting in consistent crowd sizes of ~500-2000 people.

Winter 2019 Batch

B.S., Business Administration

B.S., Music (Cello)