Adam Nash

Experience: Apple, Preview Systems, eBay, LinkedIn. Education: BS/MS Computer Science @ Stanford, MBA @ Harvard.

Website: http://blog.adamnash.com
Los Altos, California, United States
Accredited investor
Member since August 20, 2012

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About

Investor interests

Type of investor	Accelerator
Typical investment size	$100k - $250k
Typical investments in a year	4
Investments partners	Reid Hoffman, David Sze, John Lilly, Michael Schroepfer
Categories of interest	Analytics Big data Cloud Computing Consumer Internet (B2C) Digital media E-commerce Financial technology (FinTech) Internet iPhone Mobile Mobile advertising Mobile games Open source (OSS) personal finance Platforms Recruiting Reviews and recommendations Social commerce Social games Social media Software as a service (SaaS) Wireless
Credentials	Accredited Investor, Qualified Purchaser

I am a(n):

Executive in Residence at Greylock Partners

Full bio

Adam Nash is an entrepreneurial executive with a passion for product and deep experience with mobile and social platforms. He joined Greylock Partners in 2011 as an Executive in Residence, where he advises the leadership teams of the firm's existing consumer technology companies as well as evaluating new investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Greylock, Adam was Vice President of Product Management at LinkedIn. Most recently, Adam led LinkedIn's Platform & Mobile products, including the launch of LinkedIn's open developer platform and their highly successful native applications and mobile web experiences. Adam was the founder and architect of LinkedIn Hackdays, a seminal program for driving the innovation culture at the company. He also was responsible for leading LinkedIn's search & cloud efforts, as well as forming and leading their user experience & design team.

Prior to joining LinkedIn, Adam held a number of leadership roles at eBay, including Director of eBay Express, an innovative new site focused on new, fixed-price products. Previously, Adam also held strategic and technical roles at Atlas Venture, Preview Systems and Apple.

Adam holds an MBA from Harvard Business School as well as BS and MS degrees in Computer Science with a focus on Human Computer Interaction from Stanford University.

Adam was born and raised in Silicon Valley where he lives with his wife, four children and a beagle.