Jonathan Jr Rochelle

About Jonathan Jr Rochelle

Currently: Co-founder CPO of Lutely - absoLUTELY helping Music Artists, Labels and Catalogs optimize the value of their music and giving them tools to leverage AI rather than compete with it.Also: I’m an Investor and advisor for companies, startups, leaders and entrepreneurs, particularly in music technology and other creative industries - and I’m a creator myself across several channels.Previously: VP of Product Mgmt at LinkedIn Learning. Before that I was at Google, where I led the development of Google Sheets, Docs, Drive, Classroom and many other collaborative Google Products in the area of productivity and education. I was co-founder and CEO of the startup which was acquired by Google and became Google Sheets. I continued to innovate and lead Product teams at Google for 14 years. I started and led the Google for Education product team including the creation of the Google Classroom product, and other education apps. I also started the Google Jamboard team - managing the product team across hardware and software development. Between Google and LinkedIn I spent a year as Chief Product Officer at Zapier - making it easier for anyone to automate their work - with ease and #NoCode - across the apps they use every day. Previous to Google: I Co-founded two successful technology companies.1) 2Web Technologies (acquired by Google)- developed the XL2Web product which became the basis for Google Sheets. I led the sale of 2Web to Google in 2005.2) ITK Solutions - a profitable technology consulting company - grew to 35 people from inception in 2001 to the eventual sale of the company in 2005.I started my career in software engineering in Financial Services as a programmer, then manager, responsible for software dev teams across many investment banking businesses, including proprietary trading, treasury, custody, cash processing, bond syndication, loan origination, structured finance, risk, securities lending, mortgage-backed trading and other areas.I\'m passionate about all things creative and innovative. I rarely code (but still love it) and have endless ideas - one or two of which are good. I enjoy creating small companies to pursue hobby-based business ideas. I also love #creative #maker projects, guitar, electronic music, sound design and helping people become great entrepreneurs.

Experience

1. Co-founder, Cpo

   Lutely

   Oct 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Driving the product strategy and process of building products to help musical artists, labels and other music stakeholders make their music more commercially viable and valuable - and giving professional music buyers a platform to discover and transact with music creators and owners.

Education

• University at Albany

  BS, Computer Science

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Management
• Scalability
• Team Leadership
• Cloud Computing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• IT Strategy
• Enterprise Software
• Investment Banking
• Software Development
• Strategy
• Product Management
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups