Jeff Lawson

Twilio

CEO and Co-Founder

Jeff Lawson is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded the cloud communications company Twilio during the Great Recession of 2008. Since then, TechCrunch named him Founder of the Year, Fortune named him to their 40 Under 40 List, and Twilio is now among the world’s five fastest growing tech companies with a valuation that tripled since March 2020 due to companies turning to them for survival by software. Prior to co-founding Twilio, Jeff was Founder & CTO of NineStar, Founding CTO of Stubhub.com and Founder, CEO & CTO of Versity. He was also one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services. Jeff grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, started his first company in middle school, and earned his BS in Computer Science & Film/Video from University of Michigan. He is the author of ASK YOUR DEVELOPER: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century (January 12, HarperBusiness) with a foreword by Lean Startup author Eric Ries. Lawson is donating the proceeds of the book to organizations that teach underrepresented populations to code.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM PST

Twilio’s CEO and Co-Founder, Jeff Lawson, and VP of Platform Engineering, Jason Hudak, will share details about Twilio’s OMM model, the importance of investing in infrastructure to help foster innovation to meet the demands of a digital economy and Jeff’s new book Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

Thursday, February 18, 2021

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM PST

Jeff Lawson

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

OPENING KEYNOTE: Twilio -- Why Great Infrastructure is the Foundation of Innovation

DeveloperWeek Main Stage

* KEYNOTES & FEATURED SPEAKERS New Developer Technologies Engineering Innovation * OPEN Talks

Jeff Lawson

Justin Kitagawa

Thursday, February 18, 2021

KEYNOTE: Twilio -- Why Great Infrastructure is the Foundation of Innovation (duplicate)

DeveloperWeek Main Stage

* KEYNOTES & FEATURED SPEAKERS New Developer Technologies Engineering Innovation * OPEN Talks

Jeff Lawson

Justin Kitagawa