Jeff Martens is a San Francisco based product leader, technologist, and entrepreneur. Most recently, Jeff was the CEO & Co-Founder of Metrist, Inc., a startup focused on creating visibility into the performance and availability of the 3rd party integrations that power modern SaaS applications. Prior, Jeff served as the Vice President of Product at Zenput, a product management leader at PagerDuty, and a Product Manager at New Relic. Jeff hails from the Pacific Northwest where he called Portland, Oregon home for more than 2 decades and is a graduate of the University of Oregon.
Jeff was born in Los Angeles and relocated to Oregon in his high school years and eventually graduated with a B.S. in business from the University of Oregon in 2000, where he clinched the "Student Entrepreneur of the Year" award.
He kicked off his career at Nike, notably playing a key role in the creation of Nike.net, the company’s first SaaS self-serve order management portal for retailers. Later, Jeff pivoted to the tech world, joining Synopsys in strategic planning. There, he enhanced their revenue strategies, including the discovery of more than $100mm in hidden opportunities, and a strategy to capture the net-new revenue.
In 2010, he co-founded CPUsage, aiming to streamline cloud computing tasks and accidentally pioneering Serverless Computing. The company showcased at TechCrunch Disrupt but unfortunately folded by 2014. That same year, Jeff hopped on board at New Relic, propelling their New Relic Insights product to success leading up to IPO before taking over leadership of New Relic Browser, tripling ARR and growing it to be the company’s 2nd largest product. Later, he joined another pre-IPO rocketship in Pagerduty to lead the design, development, and launch of a suite of software analytics products.
Jeff has been an angel investor and advisor for startups across the country, including as a mentoring for the startup incubators at Nike and Sprint. Between 2010-2015, he volunteered as a leader for Startup Weekend, hosting more than 20 events across the western US and Canada and giving the taste of startup entreprenuership to more than 1,000 people. Today, Jeff’s other volunteer efforts include the American Red Cross as a community Disaster Action Team member.
Jeff achievements and insights have been highlighted in prominent outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and TechCrunch. For speaking engagements or interviews, please use the contact form here on www.jeffreymartens.com.