Ellen Pao
CEO at Project Include
Ellen Pao
CEO at Project Include
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2015
Project Include wants to give everyone in tech a fair chance to succeed. We provide meaningful, data-driven diversity recommendations to tech startup CEOs who want to build and support an inclusive workforce. We believe in solutions that are inclusive of everyone, comprehensive, and metrics-driven. We collect, analyze and share data on employee demographics and sentiment levels to help create benchmarks for tech startups and CEOs.
Board Member
2022
Board Member and Audit Committee
2021
Board Member and Audit Committee
2017 - 2022
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer/Venture Partner
2017 - 2018
Interim CEO
2014 - 2015
Banned unauthorized nude photos and revenge porn as first major platform to take a stand; Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and others quickly copied us. Banned harassing subreddits from the site. Rebuilt team culture and organization, built first executive team, created anti-harassment policy, ran offsite, moved offices, implemented compensation ranges, created product roadmap and planning process, hired, ran first stock options 101 session, created speakers series (including Susan Wu, Brian Armstrong, Andy Rubin)
EVP, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships
2013 - 2014
Consultant
2013 - 2013
Board Member
2011 - 2012
Board Member
2010 - 2012
Board member
2008 - 2012
Partner
2005 - 2012