VP Strategy & Community, MeetUp

Andres is responsible for Customer Development at Meetup.

He leads Meetup’s Strategy Team that is responsible for quantitative and qualitative customer discovery and validation (including Meetup’s in-house usability lab which will conduct 600+ sessions this year). He also leads Community and Evangelism teams that provide support, coaching and outreach to constituents throughout the Meetup ecosystem.

Prior to Meetup Andres has held marketing and strategy roles at Boeing, Yahoo, and i-traffic (the first online advertising agency, later acquired by Agency.com). He is interested in all things human behavior, has studied Economics and Psychology at Pomona College and has an MBA from Wharton.

Andres is also a proud member of the lean startup/customer development cult. He is one of the Co-Organizers of the 1000+ member NYC Lean Startup Meetup.