John Morris

Co-founder & CTO at Spindle Works · D2C food brands

Spindle Works

Seattle, WA · PT (UTC-8)

15+ years experience

Princeton University

English

Hiring Raising

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Overview

Co-founder & CTO of Spindle Works, working on D2C food brands. Grew the team to 37 people across 3 countries. Before that: Dell Technologies and Pfizer. Most at home with supply chain and marketing. I read too many books about cities.

Good reasons to reach out

Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
Investors who back our stage and sector
Questions about D2C food brands
Working sessions on supply chain
Thoughtful intros to people in my field

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Unpaid work or spec projects
Offshore staffing offers

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Skills

supply chainconsumer brandsmarketing

HiringHiring for a role

closes in 3 months

Spindle Works is hiring 2 product designers in Seattle

Role: Product designer
Level: Mid
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $184k-$233k + equity
Team: Founding team, 7 people
Start: Within a month
Must have: A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Ownership of something end to end
Process: 3 conversations, no take-home

Comp $189k-$296k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Seattle, WAmarketingconsumer brandssupply chain

Open

RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Series A round open - localisation for property managers, 30 enterprise pilots

Stage: Series A
Raising: $2M
Instrument: Priced round
Committed so far: $819k from an existing fund
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: 30 enterprise pilots after 9 months
Use of funds: Engineering hires and the first sales team

30 enterprise pilots after 9 months. Looking for investors who know cybersecurity and can help with pricing.

Seattle, WAsupply chainmarketingconsumer brands

Open

Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Aug 2023 - Present
Spindle Works · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
- Signed 343 paying customers, 25 of them enterprises.
- Raised $21 million across 3 rounds.
Financial Analyst
Jul 2020 - Aug 2023
Dell Technologies · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 12.
Financial Analyst
Jun 2017 - Jul 2020
Pfizer · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
- Closed the books in 5 days, down from 11.
Senior Financial Analyst
Oct 2014 - Jun 2017
KPMG · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
- Built the operating model the board used for a $168 million raise.
FP&A Manager
Mar 2012 - Oct 2014
DoorDash · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
- Saved $3 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Built the operating model the board used for a $90 million raise.

Projects

Side project: a reading list app

2024

Built with consumer brands and supply chain. 3953 people used it last year.

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Education

Princeton University
AB, Computer Science
2002 - 2006

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