Jensen Harris
Co-Founder, Product & Technology at Textio
- Role
- Co-founder, Product & Technology at Textio
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jensen Harris
Jensen Harris is co-founder of Textio, the startup he launched in 2014 with the mission of building AI platforms and experiences purpose-built to help companies hire and develop remarkable teams.As the creative visionary behind the invention of augmented writing, Jensen married a remarkable user experience to a data-powered language platform. He led Textio’s R&D team, including engineering, product, design, program management, security, and privacy, for the first eight years of the company.In 2024, he took over as CEO for a two-year stint, reshaping the company while envisioning and building Lavalier, Textio\'s bold new best-in-class interview intelligence platform. He is active on Textio\'s Board of Directors and continues to guide the company’s technical direction. A sought-after executive coach and industry storyteller, Jensen blends empathy and thoughtfulness with the deep experience that comes from building exceptional software teams for over twenty years.Jensen is known for designing beautiful, powerful, and forward-thinking products that are used every day by a billion people. In a 15-year career at Microsoft, he guided the creation of some of the most widely used and influential software in the world—the innovative Ribbon user interface of Microsoft Office, the often-imitated email design of Microsoft Outlook, and the pioneering touch-optimized software experience built for Microsoft Surface.A graduate of Yale University and Interlochen Arts Academy with degrees in music composition, Jensen speaks worldwide on topics of human/computer interaction, user interface design, startup leadership, and software engineering. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three girls, and two cats. See more of his work: jensenharris.com
Experience
Co-founder, Product & Technology
Jan 2026 — Present
Jensen Harris is co-founder of Textio, the startup he launched in 2014 with the mission of building AI platforms and experiences purpose-built to help companies hire and develop remarkable teams.As the creative visionary behind the invention of augmented writing, Jensen married a remarkable user experience to a data-powered language platform. He led Textio’s R&D team, including engineering, product, design, program management, security, and privacy, for the first eight years of the company.In 2024, he took over as CEO for a two-year stint, reshaping the company while envisioning and building Lavalier, Textio\'s bold new best-in-class interview intelligence platform. He is active on Textio\'s Board of Directors and continues to guide the company’s technical direction. A sought-after executive coach and industry storyteller, Jensen blends empathy and thoughtfulness with the deep experience that comes from building exceptional software teams for over twenty years.Jensen is known for designing beautiful, powerful, and forward-thinking products that are used every day by a billion people. In a 15-year career at Microsoft, he guided the creation of some of the most widely used and influential software in the world—the innovative Ribbon user interface of Microsoft Office, the often-imitated email design of Microsoft Outlook, and the pioneering touch-optimized software experience built for Microsoft Surface.A graduate of Yale University and Interlochen Arts Academy with degrees in music composition, Jensen speaks worldwide on topics of human/computer interaction, user interface design, startup leadership, and software engineering. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three girls, and two cats. See more of his work: jensenharris.com
Education
Interlochen Arts Academy
Music composition, Music Composition, Performance
1991 — 1994
Yale University
B.A., Music
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Mobile Applications
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Usability
- User Interface Design
- Creative Direction
- Human Computer Interaction
- Program Management
- Web Development
- User Experience
- Software Engineering
- Information Architecture
- Experience Design
- Software Project Management
- User-Centered Design
- Information Design
- Windows
- Software Design
- User Experience Design
- Mobile Devices
- User Interface
- Interaction Design
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