Ali Jamal
Founding Partner @ First Check Ventures / Growth and Product Executive / Angel Investor, Startup Advisor, International Expansion Expert
Ali Jamal is a Growth and Product Executive and Founding Partner at First Check Ventures, with over 16 years of experience in digital marketing, mobile growth, and corporate strategy. He is also an angel investor, startup advisor, and international expansion expert. Ali is passionate about
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16.7
Years of Experience
Education
stanford university, stanford university, virginia secondary
Companies
first check ventures, clip, rappi, agoda, rockyou, rockyou, rockyou, rockyou, zynga, maxim integrated products, archpoint partners, financo inc., various startups
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Experience
2020 - Present
first check ventures
Founding Partner
https://www.firstcheckventures.com/ https://angel.co/s/first-check-ventures/zL3eU/
2020 - 2021
clip
Head of Growth and Performance Marketing
2019 - 2020
rappi
Head of Performance Marketing
2017 - 2019
agoda
Digital Marketing - Display, Mobile Growth, & China Innovation
Leading the Display, Mobile Growth and China Innovation teams
2014 - 2015
rockyou
Principal, Product Strategy and Analytics
2014 - 2014
rockyou
Senior Manager, Product Strategy and Analytics
2013 - 2017
rockyou
Director of Product - Strategy and Insights
Promoted from Principal, Product Strategy and Analytics to Director of Product - Strategy and Insights in May 2015 Promoted from Senior Manager, Product Strategy and Analytics to Principal, Product Strategy and Analytics in July 2014 Promoted from Senior Product Manager to Senior Manager, Product Strategy and Analytics in March 2014 Responsibilities fall into three categories: Corporate Strategy and Development Responsibilities include M&A activities, P&L analysis, Operational Planning , Long Term and Growth Strategy Product Management Responsibilities include Monetization and Revenue Optimization Initiatives, Feature Design, Economy Tuning, Growth and Viralization Analytics Responsibilities include A/B Testing, Experiment Design, User Behavior Analytics, Market Analysis, Metrics Engineer, Data Scientist
2013 - 2014
rockyou
Senior Product Manager
2013 - 2013
zynga
Product Manager
Defined and drove product strategy and road map for multiple initiatives Initiated, designed, developed, and released features that generated over $1 million in revenue Performed in-depth data analysis on multivariate experiments and reported and presented key metrics and insight to executives, senior staff, and other games
2010 - 2013
maxim integrated products
Strategist and Data Scientist
Data Analysis, Metrics Engineer, Corporate Strategy, Operational Strategy, Corporate and Operational Planning, Analytics
2010 - 2010
archpoint partners
Investment Banking Analyst
Tech M&A - Software, SaaS, Digital Media • Developed pitch and targeted marketing materials, memorandums, and management discussion materials • Analyzed potential buyers,conducted extensive industry analysis, and completed comprehensive valuations • Responsible for all phases of transactions and assisted senior bankers in presentations to senior management • Executed several M&A transactions for mandates in technology, software, internet, SaaS, and digital media industries
2008 - 2009
financo inc.
Investment Banking Analyst
M&A - Retail, E-Commerce, Consumer Products • Participated in all aspects of M&A, restructuring, and capital raising assignments • Conducted financial modeling (LBO, accretion/dilution and DCF models), comprehensive valuations (comparable company and comparable transaction analyses), and merger analyses for clients in the retail and consumer sector • SPAC Transaction (Reverse Merger) – Represented AAMAC in acquisition of Great American Group - Negotiated and analyzed terms of transaction including cash, equity and warrant distribution - Created 8-K presentation for filing with SEC that included company and industry analysis • Acquisition Mandate - Represented Fireman Capital Partners in acquisition of Hudson Jeans - Created operating and financial models to be used in valuation of acquisition - Identified potential equity and debt co-sponsors and generated written materials to be presented
2007 - Present
various startups
Angel Investor & Advisor
I'm excited to announce I'm launching a syndicate on AngelList. Please join to get first access to my deal flow. https://angel.co/s/ali-jamal/zL3eU
Experience
81 Skills
a/b testing
Agile Methodologies
Analytics
analytics
Apache Hive
Apache Pig
Big Data
Big Data
Business Analytics
Business Development
Business Strategy
Competitive Analysis
Consulting
Corporate Development
Corporate Finance
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Data Analysis
Data Mining
Data Science
Data Scientist
Design
Digital Marketing
Due Diligence
E-commerce
Enterprise Software
Enterprise Software
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship
finance
Financial Analysis
Financial Modeling
Go-to-market Strategy
Hadoop
Hadoop
Hedge Funds
Hive
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Investment Banking
Investments
Leadership
Management
Market Analysis
market analysis
Market Research
marketing
Marketing Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mobile
Mobile Applications
Mobile Devices
Monetization
Optimization
Prioritization
Private Equity
Product Development
Product Management
Product Management
product manager
Product Marketing
Product Strategy
Quantitative Analysis
Quantitative Analytics
R
Research Scientist
SaaS
Scrum
SQL
SQL
Start-ups
statistical modeling
Statistics
statistics
Strategic Analysis
Strategy
strategy
test
testing
User Acquisition
Venture Capital
Venture Capital
Vision
Education
2006 - 2007
stanford university
Masters of Science
Statistics
2002 - 2006
stanford university
BA
Economics
1989 - 2002
virginia secondary
High School Diploma
