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Jesse Robbins
VP of Product, Technology & Operations at NBA
Jesse Robbins is a prominent figure in the technology investment and startup ecosystem. He currently serves as a General Partner at Heavybit, a position he has held since February 2022.1 Prior to this role, Robbins was a Part-Time Partner at Heavybit from September 2013 to February 2022, where he advised, supported, and invested in developer tools and infrastructure startups.1
Investment Portfolio
Robbins has an extensive portfolio of investments and advisory roles in various technology companies:
Notable Investments::
- Mobot (Investor & Board Member)
- Sanity.io (Investor & Board Member)
- LaunchDarkly (Investor & Advisor)
- CircleCI (Investor & Advisor)
- Tailscale (Investor & Advisor)
He has also invested in and advised companies such as groundcover, LocalStack, Blockdaemon, Replicated, Radar, Metrist, Jeli.io, Memgraph, Aserto, Shipyard, Avo, MobileCoin, Tonic.ai, and Particle.1
Recognition
In 2011, Robbins was honored by MIT Tech Review as part of their TR35 list for "Transforming the way Web companies design and manage complex networks of servers and software".1 This recognition highlights his significant contributions to the field of web infrastructure and operations.
Background
Before his current role at Heavybit, Robbins had a notable career at Amazon.com, where he played a crucial role in transforming the company's approach to managing complex networks and software systems. He introduced an emergency responder's mindset to Amazon's operations, focusing on building fault tolerance and conducting live drills to test the resilience of their systems.1
Entrepreneurial Ventures
After leaving Amazon in 2006, Robbins founded the Velocity conference in 2007, which became an annual event where major tech companies share information about handling infrastructure problems. In 2008, he co-founded Opscode, which developed Chef, an open-source programming language for automating cloud-based infrastructure management.1
Jesse Robbins' career demonstrates a strong focus on infrastructure, developer tools, and innovative approaches to managing complex technological systems, making him a valuable asset in his role as General Partner at Heavybit.
