Harper Reed

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Harper Reed (born March 21, 1978) is an American entrepreneur and former Head of Commerce at Braintree,[3] a subsidiary of PayPal.[2] In 2011, he served as Chief Technology Officer for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.[1] According to The Guardian, Reed's "background in crowd-sourcing and cloud-computing ... gives a significant clue to what the Obama team hoped to achieve in 2012".[4]

Early life and education

Reed was born in Greeley, Colorado, where he was raised in a home without a television but with an Apple IIC. Reed graduated from Cornell College in 2001[5] with degrees in philosophy and computer science.[6] After graduating, Reed was a professional juggler and was part of a juggling protest group called The Jugglers Against Homophobia.[7] Reed is improperly credited in Metallica's Death Magnetic album with a photo credit.[8] Reed's work was featured in an Austrian documentary by Werner Boote [de] titled Alles unter Kontrolle.[9] Reed is an avid reader [10] and currently lives in Chicago with his wife, Hiromi Nakazawa.

Beyond his tech endeavors, Reed is well known for his fashion contributions.[11][12]

Career

Reed's first job out of college was as an engineer for World Book Publishing.[13]

Threadless

From 2005 to 2009, Reed was the CTO of clothing company Threadless, where he helped lead it through a period of intense growth,[14] riding the crowdsourcing trend.

2012 American Presidential Campaign

Reed served as Chief Technology Officer for Obama for America from April 2011 through the November 2012 election.[1][15][16] A central component of that work was Project Narwhal, a centralized database of electoral information.[17] Reed helped build a team of developers from tech companies like Twitter, Google, Facebook, Craigslist, Quora, Orbitz, and Threadless. This approach— hiring technology workers from the tech startups rather than the political realm— was novel.[18]

Modest

In 2012 Reed founded and was the CEO of Modest, a startup that built retail solutions for mobile devices.[19] Modest was funded primarily by Eric Schmidt.[20] In August 2015, Braintree purchased Modest[21] and relaunched the Modest platform as PayPal Commerce.[3]

Braintree

Reed joined PayPal as a Senior Director of Software Development and as Entrepreneur in Residence in PayPal's Next Generation Commerce group.

Other

Reed is on a number of boards, including Keeper, a leading password manager application. He is a Trustee and board member[22][23] at Cornell College. He is a board member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School.[24] Reed is also on the advisory boards of the Royal United Services Institute[25] and the Illinois Tech Computer Science Department.[26] Reed was also a consultant and advisory to House of Cards for a number of episodes.[27] Harper also sits on the advisory boards for IIT Computer Science and the Royal United Service Institute, and is a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab.[28]

Writing

Reed has written on a number of topics, including user experience design,[29] diversity in technology,[30] privacy,[31] and "big data".[32]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harris, Melissa (2 June 2011). "Chicago technologist Harper Reed joins President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper. "Harper Reed Resume". Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lunden, Ingrid. "PayPal Commerce Matches Stripe With PayPal's Own Native Shopping Toolkit For Apps". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pilkington, Ed (17 February 2012). "The digital wizards behind Obama's tech-heavy re-election strategy". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nguyen, Thao (1 February 2013). "Reed strives to make an impact". Cornell College EReport. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Murphy, Tim (1 September 2012). "Inside the Obama Campaign's Hard Drive". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Inside the Obama Campaign's Hard Drive". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brooks, Derek. "Do I Sue Metallica? Or Do I Sue Harper?". derek.broox.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boote, Werner. "Everything´s Under Control". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ward, Jon (27 December 2012). "Harper Reed Goes A Week Without Internet: Obama Campaign Tech Guru Shares What He Learned". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper. "Harper Reed Home Page". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper. "Harper Reed Biography". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vuong, Andy (27 January 2013). "Greeley's Harper Reed the technology mastermind behind Obama's win". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Exclusive Interview: Threadless CTO Harper Reed Heads to Rackspace [What's A Nepholologist?]". SiliconANGLE. 2009-09-29. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper. "Harper Reed AngelList Profile". Angel List. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper. "Harper Reed LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Issenberg, Sasha (15 February 2012). "Obama's White Whale". Slate. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Madrigal, Alexis (16 November 2012). "When the Nerds Go Marching In". Wired. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cutler, Kim-Mai. "Former Obama Campaign, Threadless CTO Eyes Mobile Commerce With New Startup Modest". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modest Launches to Evolve Mobile Commerce". Tech.Co. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mac, Ryan. "PayPal Continues Acquisition Spree, Buys E-commerce Startup Led By Former Obama Campaign CTO". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Current Cornell College Trustees". www.cornellcollege.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reed, Ringer join Cornell College Board of Trustees - Cornell College". Cornell College News Center. 2016-11-03. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pardee RAND Leadership". www.pgrs.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reed". RUSI. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Computer Science Department Advisory Board". Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Harper Reed". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chopovsky, Max. "Harper Reed - Moral of the Story". Moral of the Story. Archived from the original on 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper (November 2013). "The importance of creating a great user experience". i-CIO. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  30. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper (November 2013). "Why the IT industry needs to become a more diverse place". i-CIO. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  31. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper (November 2013). "Seeing privacy and trust from an under-25's perspective". i-CIO. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  32. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, Harper (November 2013). "The vital shift from big data to big answers". i-CIO. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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