Employees at MessageBird rank Robert Vis in the Bottom 5% of similar sized companies. Comparatively, employees at Twilio Inc. rank Jeff Lawson in the Top 15% of similar sized companies. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

Robert Vis

CEO of MessageBird

BIO: Robert Vis founded MessageBird in 2011 with the vision of making "Communicating with a business feel as easy and natural as communicating with a friend". Robert is also the Co-Founder of the People for People Foundation, a Privately funded NGO foundation to provide aid for refugees. Before MessageBird from 2009-2011, Robert was the CEO & Co-Owner of ZayPay.com (acquired by mGage before VELT Nasdaq).

Jeff Lawson

CEO of Twilio Inc.

BIO: Mr. Jeff Lawson co-founded Twilio, Inc. in 2008 and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since November 2015 and April 2008 respectively. Mr. Lawson serves as an Advisor at Homebrew Management LLC. Prior to Twilio, he was Founder and served as Chief Technology Officer of NineStar, Founding Chief Technology Officer of Stubhub.com and Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Versity. Mr. Lawson is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. He has held several founding executive roles at Nine Start, Stubhub and Versity. In addition, he was one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services. He identified the fundamental need for a communications platform that would enable developers and enterprises of all sizes to easily build the communications solutions that meet the specific needs of their business. He has been a Director of Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association - The Wireless Association since January 1, 2015. He has been a Director of Twilio, Inc. since April 2008. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science & Film/Video from University of Michigan.