Chris Becherer
Product and design leader who built teams and scaled consumer brands with ŌURA, Pandora (Rdio), Apple, and Surfline
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I am a tech leader, product advisor, and startup investor. My experience spans product, marketing, and development leadership roles in the tech industry. I'm currently leading product and design with Surfline, and I recently served as the Chief Product Officer at ŌURA Health, where I led the launch of the award-winning ŌURA Ring Generation 3. Before ŌURA, I held senior positions at Pandora, Rdio, and Apple. I thrive on scaling teams for impactful products and driving company growth. I am also passionate about music and founded a non-profit for music education in Afghanistan.
Career Highlights
I began my career as a software developer and returned to school for an MBA at Berkeley. I then started with Apple as an intern in 2005, and became part of the iPhone team right after its initial launch, working on iOS through version 6. I led product marketing for several iOS apps, which led to my move to streaming music service Rdio, where I built and scaled the product and design team. When Pandora acquired Rdio, I was the only executive to transition. As VP of Product, I led the team that rebuilt the Pandora app from a radio player into a fully-featured on-demand music service with multiple subscription tiers, serving over 80 million users in the US. I was then the first product management hire at ŌURA, scaling the team to about 40 people. What was a $20 million company when I started was worth about $2.5 billion when I left.
Techquity Solutions
With my varied experience and success in product and design leadership, I am passionate about helping companies build teams and scale consumer products. I am also passionate about utilizing my extensive media experience to advise clients on product launches and how to best manage media exposure to convey the right message and enhance growth.
Innovation & Impact
- Scaled product and design teams to 25–40 person organizations at multiple consumer brands (ŌURA, Pandora/Rdio)
- Led product through significant valuation growth at ŌURA, $20M to $2.5B
- Led redesign of the Pandora app, used by 80 million US consumers
- Served as an Apple spokesperson for iPhone and iPad
- Awarded two patents in the wearable technology space
- Invested in and advised more than 10 consumer tech startups, with multiple successful exits
Why Techquity?
I am connected to Techquity's Founder, Anthony Bay, from our time at Rdio, and he engaged me to serve as a Fractional CPO for a fascinating client in the nutrition space, which was a great experience. I value Techquity's network of thought leaders, the opportunities to collaborate, and being part of a team where good people find good people. Helping companies and startups create products that matter and guiding them to build teams and scale products to drive their growth is the work I enjoy most.