Eric Felix Yoon

Overview

Co-founder & COO of Beacon HQ, working on HR software. Took Beacon HQ from zero to $1 million ARR. Signed 228 paying customers, 21 of them enterprises. Before that: BlackRock and Disney. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Apr 2024 - Present
   Beacon HQ · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
   • Took Beacon HQ from zero to $1 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 68 people across 4 countries.
   • Previously built and sold a small HR software company.
2. Group Product Manager

   Dec 2021 - Apr 2024
   BlackRock · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 10 days to 1.
   • Grew developer revenue from $4 million to $33 million ARR.
3. Director of Product

   Jun 2020 - Dec 2021
   Disney · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
   • Launched the developer product in 11 markets.
4. Group Product Manager

   Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
   Instacart · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
   • Ran 148 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Took creator activation from 34% to 48% in three quarters.
5. Senior Product Manager

   May 2016 - Aug 2018
   Disney · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
   • Grew growth revenue from $6 million to $17 million ARR.
   • Took growth activation from 30% to 42% in three quarters.

Projects

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Education

1. Harvard Business School

   MBA, Business Administration
   2014 - 2016
2. Georgia Tech

   BS, Engineering
   2010 - 2014