John Emmons
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder at Raffle Gives
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Emmons is a founder and operator with 12 years of experience building and scaling mission-driven tech and consumer businesses, currently leading RaffleGives and Project Wilbur. He has a rare blend of early education roots and high-growth startup leadership, having moved from creating after-school programs to generating over $500M in gross revenue across roles at CafePress, Tilt (acquired by Airbnb), and multiple ventures. A strategic growth and fundraising specialist, John excels at turning pre-revenue ideas into funded, revenue-generating products spanning software, crowdfunding, manufacturing, and apparel. He also advises edtech and AI/ML initiatives, reflecting a sustained interest in learning technology and applied machine learning. Known for building cross-functional teams and pragmatic financial models, he combines operator grit with a systems-level view of go-to-market and product execution.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
History Political Science, History Political Science at California State University - East BayHistory, History at Foothill College
English
Github Skills (64)
face10
encoder10
vp810
decoder10
r-package9
webcam9
face-recognition9
lambda9
knitr9
video-codec9
face-detection8
rmarkdown8
literate-programming8
sweave8
latex8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
excamera/salsify-results
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:203 commits, 157 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
excamera/Captain-EO
Jan 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:114 commits, 67 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
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