Jed Christiansen

Jed Christiansen is the Business Development Director at Golden. Jed was previously the Director, Product Manager at Techstars from June 2014 to January 2019. In their role at Techstars, they were responsible for managing the software products - both end-user products and the infrastructure behind them. This included products like Techstars Connect & Discuss, Techstars Atlas, and a networking app used for FounderCon. Jed also led the development of Techstars' API & Data API. Under their leadership, usage of Techstars Connect doubled with important features being added. Jed also transitioned the technology platform behind discussions to double network engagement. At Techstars Atlas, they led the development of a Virtual Demo Day to better connect investors and companies across their network. And finally, for the networking app used at FounderCon, they programmatically curated thousands of meetings per year.

Jed Christiansen has a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MSc in Decision Sciences (Operational Research) from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA in Business from the University of Cambridge.

Jed Christiansen reports to Jude Gomila, CEO & Founder. They are on a team with David Stumm - Engineering, Rhys Davies - Engineering, and Ivo Skarica - Engineering.