Twilio — Senior Community Development Manager, EMEA
Stayed on after the $3B acquisition to keep the startup program running.
- Senior IC
- Developer ecosystem
- EMEA
Joined Twilio after the $3B acquisition of SendGrid in 2019. Kept community development running for the Twilio SendGrid program, which gives startups mentoring, networking and free access to SendGrid and Twilio, plus early-release and beta products.
Stayed on after the acquisition to keep the SendGrid program running, helping early-stage startups get connected to mentoring and the platform.
Before Twilio
SendGrid, 05/2016 – 02/2019. Joined SendGrid before its ~$1.5B IPO in November 2017 (NYSE: SEND) and stayed through the $3B acquisition by Twilio.
Nurtured and expanded SendGrid's Accelerate program out of Europe into Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The program gives startups mentoring, networking, free access to SendGrid's email platform and early-release products.
After Twilio
Joined Semrush as its first Global Brand Evangelist (10/2019 – 04/2021). Part of the team through the ~$2B IPO.
Looking back
Part of the teams at SendGrid, Twilio and Semrush through two IPOs and a major acquisition.
What a colleague said
“Felipe consistently demonstrated an amazingly positive attitude, an aptitude for finding opportunity in every interaction, the capacity to work with people from a broad range of cultures and backgrounds — all the while doing it with a smile. He'd be an asset to any company he joins.” — Len Shneyder, Sr. Director of Industry Relations & Outbound PM, SendGrid / Twilio
What was Felipe's role at Twilio?
Felipe was part of the team at Twilio from 02/2019 to 05/2019 as Senior Community Development Manager, EMEA. He joined Twilio after its $3B acquisition of SendGrid in 2019, where he had been part of the team since 05/2016. At Twilio he worked on community development for the Twilio SendGrid startup program, which gives startups mentoring, networking and free access to SendGrid and Twilio, plus early-release and beta products. In 10/2019 he joined Semrush as its first Global Brand Evangelist.