It all begins with a beer.
Greg Avola is an entrepreneur, product and community focused, software leader who loves building great products while enjoying a cold beer.
Greg has over 15+ years of experience working in the software space, focusing on engineering, infrastructure, product, leadership as well and building communities at scale.
Greg co-founded Untappd, the world’s largest beer site, in October 2010. Untappd currently has over 10m+ users with close to 1 billion check-ins since launching in 2010. I also developed the native app, website, API and backend infrastructure to support the growing community.
In 2016, Untappd merged with Next Glass, and Greg became the Chief Technical Officer, managing our development team for both the business and consumer teams.
After being the CTO, Greg moved into a creative role as Chief Creative Officer or Untappd, focusing on creating digital content for the beer world, including the launching of Untappd TV, a live and original content section on Untappd that connects users with the world of beer in a new way.
After stepping away from Untappd in January 2021, Greg worked at Hipcamp, a two-way marketplace for Campers and Private Landowners, as an Engineering Manager until March 2022..
He currently works at Spotify, as a Senior Engineering Manager for the Music Vertical Platform, on Creator Experience for the Spotify Artist Platform.
Prior to Untappd, Greg was a Senior Software Engineer at ABC News, focusing on building tools for content publishers and maintaining ABCNews.com.
In addition to Untappd, Greg has launched various other side projects, including:
Best of Discover Weekly - A way to keep track of your favorite songs you listen to on Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist
Volley - A tennis management tool for recording your matches, league play and analytics
brickd - The best way to discover, share and organize your LEGO set
Greg is currently looking for new advisor opportunities in the technology space. Feel free to get in touch with Greg on Twitter or via the Contact Form.