# Justin Tom > Crescent | UCLA Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/justintom Interested in all things growth / GTM, ops, and product. Contact me at: justintom(at)ucla.edu ## Work Experience ### Alumni Board @ California Crescent Fund Jan 2021 – Present ### Senior Partner (UCLA) @ California Crescent Fund Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Southern California's First Student-Run VC Fund We Write Founders $25K Checks Select Investments: Lolly (Lollyapp.com), Middlemen (middlemen.io), 123 Baby Box (123babybox.com), Kona (heykona.com), Trilobio (trilo.bio), Playbook (playbookxr.com) ### Product R&D Intern @ Signia Venture Partners Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Signia Venture Partners is an early-stage VC fund dedicated to helping passionate entrepreneurs realize their vision and build impactful, high-growth ventures. Select Investments: Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Cruise Automation (acq by General Motors), Tenor (acq by Google), Playdom (acq by Disney), Hall (acq by Atlassian), Kurbo (acq by Weight Watchers), Scoop, Boxed, Neurogum, Manscaped ### Venture Consultant (Social Enterprise Academy) @ UCLA Social Enterprise Academy Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area Since 2011, the UCLA Social Enterprise Academy has helped over 40 local nonprofits develop social enterprises. This award-winning, 2-quarter program connects undergraduate students with nonprofit organizations to identify earned income opportunities for each of their nonprofit organization. ### Strategy Consultant (Social Enterprise Accelerator) @ UCLA Social Enterprise Academy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area The UCLA Social Enterprise Accelerator is a selective quarter-long program wherein students consult nonprofits regarding growth and operations strategy. It is a spiritual and sequential successor to the Social Enterprise Academy. ### Lead Product Manager (BruinBite) @ UCLA DevX Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area Moonshots for UCLA. ### Co-Product Manager (BruinBite) @ UCLA DevX Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Product Marketing Lead (BruinBite) @ UCLA DevX Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Product Management Intern (Enterprise Applications) @ IMAX Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies. ### Product Design Fellow (Bruin Development Academy) @ UCLA Alumni Association Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area The Bruin Development Academy: Product Design is a selective program for students interested in exploring careers in the field of product development. Sessions introduce students to product design fundamentals, the design process for user-centered product development, and offer actionable steps towards preparing for a career in product design. ### Product Marketing Intern @ Brooks Automation Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Founded in 1978, Brooks Automation is a leading robotics & automation partner to the global semiconductor manufacturing market. Brooks is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, with direct operations in North America, Europe and Asia. ### Account Executive @ UCLA Student Media Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area Bruin Media Group oversees The Daily Bruin, Bruin Mobile, Bruinwalk.com, What's Bruin, various special interest magazines (Fem, etc.), and all outdoor campus kiosks. ### Ad Sales Intern @ UCLA Student Media Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Associate Consultant @ The Bruin Group Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area The Bruin Group is a non-profit startup consulting firm based at UCLA. ### Product Management Fellow (Bruin Development Academy) @ UCLA Alumni Association Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area The Bruin Development Academy: Product Management is a selective program for students interested in exploring product management. The curriculum includes an introduction to product and the product manager role, actionable steps for pursuing a career in product, skills based training, and panel discussions led by current product managers. ### Customer Success Management Intern @ Carts Guru Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Carts Guru is a SaaS solution for e-merchants that converts up to 30% of abandoned shopping carts into a 10% increase in sales. ### Collegiate Venture Associate @ Quake Capital Partners Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Quake is an accelerator focused on making seed level investments in new and early stage ventures across a wide range of industries. ### External Project Manager @ NextGen Consulting at Berkeley Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area NextGen Consulting (NGC) is a non-profit management consulting firm based at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. ### Market Analyst Intern @ VoiceLabs Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area VoiceLabs, now acquired by Headspace, was a pioneer in voice experience analytics available for Amazon Echo and Google Home platforms. It was the most widely used product analytics service for Alexa skills. VoiceLabs was backed by The Chernin Group (TCG); a privately held, independent media holding company founded by Peter Chernin. Chernin sits on the boards of American Express, Twitter and Pandora. ### Content Marketing Intern @ BAEC Bay Area Entrepreneur Center Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area The BAEC is a business incubator, accelerator, and resource center that offers aspiring entrepreneurs the information, access, and support to grow their current business or business idea. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Sociology UCLA ### Transfer Skyline College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/justintom1 - Website: https://twitter.com/ajustintom - Website: https://medium.com/@justintom --- Source: https://flows.cv/justintom JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/justintom/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08