Adam Fishman

“Adam is an incredibly talented growth expert with great experience at early and mid-stage companies. Adam led our team to be lean and focused on rapid testing to learn and iterate as quickly as possible. On top of his experience as a manager and team leader, Adam is fun to work with and brings a healthy intensity to push projects forward while delivering quality, quantifiable results. ”

“I worked under Adam during his time as Director of Growth at Lyft. He oversaw my team (email & engagement) along with all other channels of the marketing organization. His diverse multi-channel background combined with a growth-oriented view of the business enabled him to lead the team effectively at an executive level while still maintaining full understanding of what each one of his team's were doing at a campaign level. Adam managed with transparency and kept myself and his team well-informed of executive-level decisions. His style of management resulted in an aligned, goal-driven team, fully confident in executing marketing activities under his leadership.”

“As a leader, Adam epitomizes all of the qualities required of a start-up in stealth mode. He moves quickly and strategically, and is able to seamlessly manage a diverse team with a broad range of expertise, linking skill sets together to achieve the bottom line: Growth. As a manager, Adam is very supportive while at the same time holding his team accountable in a way that inspires respect and confidence. He is a mentor even to those who don’t report to him, and never loses sight of the mission, perspective, and humor required to handle the new challenges and opportunities that surface daily.”

“I was reporting directly to Adam and saw the team grow from 4 to 20 people under his direction. He is an incredibly skilled marketer with a deep understanding of growth mechanisms from paid acquisition to partnerships, product growth, branding and viral marketing campaigns. But Adam is also an amazing manager that fostered an incredible culture within his team. He was a big reason why many of us joined Lyft and knew exactly how to keep us on our toes and push the growth team towards aggressive goals, while maintaining an unfailing dedication to the personal development and happiness of each member of the team. Any team would be very lucky to work with such a brilliant and genuinely caring person.”

“I worked alongside Adam from the early days at Lyft (then Zimride) when he was hired to run our marketing team just after our Series A round. But, like with any startup, things changed along the way...often. Adam embraced all of those changes and thrived as we grew from a smaller, 20-person team to what is now a company of over 300. In the past two years, Adam has led Lyft's impressive growth team, building it from one to nearly 20 members. Adam and his team were responsible for establishing and building our massive driver base as well as generating demand on the passenger side. He built and scaled both sides of our business and took Lyft from 0 to 70 cities in just over two years. Adam is results-driven and operations-focused, but more importantly he's a compassionate manager and an all-around awesome guy. Any company would be incredibly lucky to have him.”

“Adam is what I consider a visionary. He built out an incredibly unique culture built around passion and respect that permeated the boundaries of his own team into that of an entire company. He grew an idea into a reality. His ability to inspire, motivate, and push those around him is unmatched by anyone who I've had the opportunity to work with. His experience at the intersection of so many moving parts internally and externally gives him a robust understanding of what it means to build a disruptive company from the ground up, how to tactfully maneuver through a competitive landscape, and pave the way for a big win.”

“Adam made Lyft what it is today, helping grow it from a tiny hackday beta test to a massive transporation platform that gets vast numbers of people to their home, office or restaurant every day. Not surprisingly, as our company made a massive pivot, his role shifted many times, and he always shifted right with it and charged ahead at full speed. He was our original ad guru, our original outbound call center, our original driver onboarder and built out a large growth team to help the company grow in lots of different ways. He's a fantastic person to work with, and a great leader. Doesn't hurt he's from Michigan either.”

“Adam's high energy, positive attitude and talents are tremendous assets for any organization. He excels at juggling different projects and always makes sure key business objectives are met at the highest level. Not to mention, he's an absolute joy to be around and has a great sense of humor. Adam's efforts are taking Zimride / Lyft to the next level becoming household names. Keep up the amazing work Adam!”

“Thoroughly enjoyed partnering with Adam at Zimride. He's super committed to acquiring peeps to "share the ride", very knowledgeable in the marketing space, and a good manager/communicator. Would appreciate working with him again at some point.”

“I have had the wonderful opportunity to work for Adam at Shutterfly. His passion for business as well his energy levels are extremely infectious and inspire teams to work towards customer delight. Adam has a great understanding of what an organization requires from marketing to be successful. He is highly analytical, and understands how to turn insights from data into a compelling customer experience. At Shutterfly, Adam created a supportive, fun and a very motivating environment.”

“Adam was one of the most proactive and strategic members of the marketing team at Shutterfly. He led the charge to implement one of the most important optimization tools in order to drive conversion and learnings from tests run on our site. He led and implemented many huge development projects to drive cross sell and upsell on the site as well, which were huge undertakings from a cross-functional perspective. He is a strategic thinker in that he never jumps to conclusions, he fully vets out all possibilities and builds models in order to rationally make decisions on the business. Adam is also one of the best communicators I have ever seen. When making recommendations on complex topics to stakeholders, Adam was always able to lay out the elements without getting too complicated, and he built great structure around all of his plans. He's also just an all around fun guy, with a quick wit and great personality, so he's good to have around when you need a quick joke! I sure hope we get to work together again someday.”

“Adam is great at driving online marketing strategy and execution - he is always customer focused. He drives with a 'sense of urgency' which has been critical in the times I've worked with him . He has deep subject matter expertise. Most importantly, he has a measurable, track record of testing, learning and improving site performance showing immediate results. I could always rely on Adam to deliver! Best of all, he's a kick in the pants to work with... he gets my highest recommendation and I'd love to work with him again ANY TIME!”

“I hired Adam at Kodak Gallery and had the opportunity to manage him directly in two different roles at the company - Partner Marketing Manager and Site Marketing Manager. Adam is a great asset - flexible, motivated, a self-starter, capable of doing flawless execution but also thinking strategically. He has a great technical understanding of how websites and e-commerce sites work which he can combine with marketing acumen. Additionally, he had a well deserved reputation as being someone who was easy to work with and I can personally attest that he was a pleasure to manage. I would definitely hire him again!”

“Adam was great to work with at Mervyn's. His contributions to the team in the form of a strong understanding of the interactive space to his ability to work with colleagues of all levels allowed him to hone his skills as a solid and informed team player, willing to take on new challenges. Adam was instrumental in implementing the online strategy for Mervyn's, overseeing redesign initiatives and providing day-to-day guidance throughout the process. Adam is a skilled professional with an approachable personality that makes him a pleasure to work with.”