Brandon Jakobson

Brandon Jakobson is a seasoned technology executive with experience in founding and leading startups. Currently, as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Zealot since April 2023, Brandon enables purpose-led brands to promote organic growth through advocacy. Previously, Brandon served as Entrepreneur in Residence at DubHacks from December 2022 to May 2024, participating in a cohort of driven entrepreneurs. At Geeky Bugs, from December 2022 to April 2023, Brandon managed a large development team and achieved approximately $500k in annual recurring revenue, while also securing contracts with notable companies. As Co-Founder and CEO of Uplift from February 2022 to April 2023, Brandon launched an influencer-based workout app which scaled significantly and was sold a year later. Brandon also contributed as a Technical Partner at GenieSoft from May 2021 to November 2022, transforming client needs into code solutions, and worked on the open-source Webboot project from July 2019 to October 2021, collaborating with engineers to develop a tool for booting signed live distros over the web.