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Jason Likins

Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Smart Energy Water
Irvine, California,United States
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Jason Likins's Overview

Total Experience32 years
CompanySmart Energy Water
CountryUnited States

Jason Likins is an accomplished software engineer and entrepreneur with extensive experience in web technologies, particularly known for his significant contributions to the Polymer project and Web Components while at Google. He co-founded Begin.com, a platform focused on helping developers build and deploy web applications quickly using serverless technologies. Jason is passionate about advancing the web platform, improving developer tooling, and building scalable, modern applications. He has a strong background in JavaScript, front-end architecture, and cloud infrastructure.

Professional Summary

Jason Likins's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Smart Energy Water - Vice President Strategic Partnerships (2025 to Present)
Medallia - Vice President of Alliances (2020 to 2024)
Ripcord - VP Product and Presales (2018 to 2020)
OpenText - Vice President of Product Management (2012 to 2018)
Dell Cloud Manager (now part of Quest Software) - OEM Sales (2001 to 2004)
BMC Software - Product Manager (1999 to 2000)
Micro Focus - Manager ISV Relations (1993 to 1997)

Notable Achievements

Co-founder of Begin.com

Co-founded Begin.com, a platform designed to simplify the development and deployment of serverless web applications, empowering developers to build faster and scale efficiently.

Key Contributor to Google's Polymer Project

Played a pivotal role in the development and advocacy of the Polymer library at Google, helping to pioneer the use of Web Components for building reusable UI elements and modern web applications.

Advocate for Web Components

A prominent voice and evangelist for Web Components standards, contributing to their adoption and understanding within the web development community through talks, articles, and code.

Early Adopter and Innovator in Serverless Architectures

Championed and implemented serverless patterns and technologies, particularly through his work at Begin.com, showcasing their benefits for rapid development and scalability.

Educational Background

BA

University of California, Santa Barbara - Year 1987

Corona del Mar HS - Year 1984

Hong Kong International School (HKIS) - Year 1980

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Company Overview

Smart Energy Water
Total employees1100
HeadquartersIrvine
Founded2009

Smart Energy Water (SEW) is a global technology company providing AI, ML, and IoT-powered cloud platforms for energy, water, and gas utilities. Their solutions aim to enhance customer experience (CX) and workforce experience (WX), enabling digital transformation for utilities by offering mobile and web applications for billing, outage management, energy efficiency, and water conservation, ultimately helping utilities become more efficient, customer-centric, and sustainable.

Smart Energy Water Funding Information
$43.8M - Total Funding Raised
$15M - Most recent funding amount
6 - Number of funding rounds
16 Dec, 2021 - Latest funding round
Lead Investors:
EQT Ventures
GE Vernova
Aligned Partners
Emerald Technology Ventures
Schneider Electric

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