Summary
Jared Cohen is a seasoned operations executive and founder who has spent the last decade scaling startups and building resilient operating systems across tech, e-commerce, and hospitality. As COO at NU Advisory Partners and co-founder of NYCOO, he connects world-class operators with AI tools to solve complex people challenges, guiding growth for companies like Kickstarter, Etsy, Squarespace, and Datadog. He previously led Kickstarter’s operations and general counsel functions, building the company’s architecture to support rapid growth from a startup to a multi-hundred-million-dollar pledges program. He also steered manufacturing and hospitality at Threes Brewing, turning around P&L and launching an e-commerce and software stack. A lawyer by training (JD from NYU) with an early career at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, he brings strong governance, risk, and deal-making instincts to operational leadership. Based in New York, he combines analytical rigor with hands-on execution to design scalable, efficiency-driven organizations.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
JD, JD at New York University School of Law