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Jonathan Berkowitz

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Operating Partner at Brentwood Associates
📍 Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Jonathan Berkowitz is an Operating Partner at Brentwood Associates, leveraging over 25 years of experience in product strategy and go-to-market execution for technology companies. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, his career includes roles as Chief Innovation Officer at loanDepot and CEO of venture acceleration firm Thinktiv.

He has a unique professional philosophy of "zero-basing" product backlogs to fundamentally change and improve the culture of innovation within large organizations.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Operating Partner
Location
Middleton, Wisconsin, United States
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Innovative Product Strategy
With a 25+ year career, he has led product strategy for diverse technology businesses, including C-level roles at loanDepot and Aurea.
AI-Native Platforms
He is focused on rebuilding technology platforms using new AI-native services and infrastructure to drive company growth and better serve customers.
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Career

Work history

1-2019
Operating Partner
Brentwood Associates
10-2021
Member, Board of Directors
SMG - Service Management Group
6-2018 - 12-2018
Chief Innovation Officer
loanDepot
9-2014 - 6-2018
Chief Product Officer
Aurea Software
11-2012 - 9-2014
Founding Investor
Handshakez
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Jonathan Berkowitz – Operating Partner, Brentwood Associates (Team Profile). Featured in Brentwood Associates
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Education
1997 - 1998
Master's degree
Carnegie Mellon University
1994 - 1998
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University
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