Cliff Weitzman
Founder CEO at Speechify
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolCliff Weitzman is a seasoned founder and CEO leading Speechify, a 100-person team on a mission to make the internet accessible by turning text into audio and accelerating comprehension. Since 2018, he has steered Speechify to become the #1 app in its category on the Apple App Store for over 2.5 years and one of the fastest-growing Chrome extensions, reflecting a strong focus on product-market fit and user-centric design. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Cliff blends hands-on software engineering with product leadership and a background in industrial/product design from RISD and engineering economics from Brown. He has a track record as a serial entrepreneur, founding and leading ventures across education, mobile, and hardware, including BoardBrake, WeMap, FindMeScholarships, and CellArmor, often marrying hardware prototyping with software solutions. He is based in Miami and frequently speaks on entrepreneurship, learning, dyslexia, and building teams, with a practical, storytelling approach to decision-making. His early ventures span design, hardware, education, and social impact, reflecting a rare ability to move from ideation to execution.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Renewable Energy Engineering (physics computer science & engineering) Economics, Renewable Energy Engineering (physics computer science & engineering) Economics at Brown University
English, Hebrew, africans
Stackoverflow
235reputation
75kreached
4answers
2questions
Github Skills (14)
xcode6
accessibility6
ios6
swift6
uikit6
macos6
certificate6
app-store6
web-extension1
python1
chrome1
instagram1
chrome-extension1
browser-extension1
Github contributions (5)
shellguo95/HeartWatch
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 day
cliffweitzman/SwiftyJason2
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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