Bradley Heinz

Bradley feels lucky to be working on projects at the intersection of technology and social impact. Before joining Optimizely, he worked with Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan as a Fulbright Scholar and as a Dubai-based consultant focused on nonprofits and education. He really likes the beach and scooting around SF on his Vespa.

Blog Posts by Bradley Heinz

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January 31, 2014

Fifteen Million Sign-ups in 5 Days: Bridging Technology’s Opportunity Gap

With recent IPOs (Twitter), acquisitions (Google’s purchase of Nest for $3.2B in cash), and astounding offers (Facebook’s attempt to buy Snapchat for $3B), our business headlines tell a story of incredible opportunity in the world of technology. Products envisioned in dorm rooms have been adopted by billions of people, changed the way we live our
November 21, 2013

How A/B Testing Empowers Relief Efforts in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

A/B testing is one of the fastest and most effective ways to use data to increase donations in online fundraising campaigns. We’ve seen this work before. In 2010, our co-founders and early team ran A/B tests on a campaign for earthquake disaster relief in Haiti. After only a few weeks (and just a few variations) we were able to increase donations by over one million dollars. The ongoing global disaster relief efforts for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan remind everyone one of us at Optimizely of our shared humanity and has galvanized us to act on our shared responsibility. To do our part, we would like to contribute best we can.