Summary
Jared Rhodes is a product and operations leader with 11 years of experience shaping customer-centric products across education, social impact, fintech in emerging markets, and crypto/Web3. Trained in Genetics and Biotechnology, he brings a scientist’s curiosity and systems-thinking to product strategy, research, and design, reliably turning complex problems into empathetic, actionable solutions. As Director of Product Management at HeroDevs and an early team member, he now focuses on making open-source security and developer experiences more accessible at scale. Jared founded and scaled World Tech Academy, placing over 75 women into tech roles, and has led ventures that enabled financial inclusion—from lease-to-own vehicle programs to asset financing in Madagascar. He combines hands-on operational rigor with partnership building and curricular design, and often designs the feedback loops and processes that sustain continuous improvement. Outside work he volunteers on nonprofit boards and applies his global field experience to product decisions that balance impact, usability, and long-term sustainability.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Lloyd C. Bird High School
Bachelor of Science (BS) Major: Genetics and Biotechnology (Biobusiness), Bachelor of Science (BS) Major: Genetics and Biotechnology (Biobusiness) at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish, Portuguese