Rod Boothby
Co-Founder of npm (acq. by Microsoft) & AI Product Leader
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · Oakland, California, US
Open to advisory
Funding · Product · Engineering & Tech
The only way to build a moat now is through network effects. As a co-founder of npm, I can help you build these. The key is creating a trust system and facilitating end user contributions to your platform.
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About Rod
Rod Boothby is an AI product leader and serial entrepreneur who co-founded npm, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft/GitHub) and has raised over $125M in venture funding across his career. He is currently Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at RootCause.ai, building explainable AI systems for enterprise data. Previously, he founded IDPartner Systems and held senior product and innovation leadership roles at Santander, AIG, and Joyent.
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Co-Founder, COO
npm, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft / GitHub)
Co-founded the JavaScript package registry, scaled from 180M to 3.6B monthly downloads, and raised $10.6M.
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Founder, CEO
IDPartner Systems
Founded a bank-based identity verification network connected to 8,000+ banks; raised $3.9M in seed funding.
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VP, Corporate & Business Development
Joyent, Inc. (acquired by Samsung)
Managed ~$30M P&L, scaled company from 19 to 100+ staff, and closed $10M+ deals with Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Global Head of Identity, Digital Platform
Banco Santander
Led global CIAM roadmap securing 153M+ accounts across 6 regulated markets, cutting payment fraud by 20%.
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Global Head of APIs, Product Manager
AIG
Led 22-person team building 200+ embedded-insurance APIs in 18 months, generating $150M+ ARR.