Cody SimmsFounder

United States - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Cody Simms resides in Los Angeles and is a Partner with MCJ Collective and co-host of the My Climate Journey podcast. He is also co-founder of Climate Changemakers, a 501(c)(4) climate-focused political action network; co-founder of Climate Draft, a platform to help professionals transition into climate-oriented work; and co-author of the Amazon-bestselling book Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business (leversbook.com).

Cody previously served as Senior Vice President of Climate & Sustainability at Techstars and as well as an investing Partner in Techstars' institutional venture funds. Cody joined Techstars in 2013 as the first Techstars Managing Director in Los Angeles while establishing the Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars and co-investing with Disney in 20 startups from 2014-15.

Earlier in his career, Cody held roles including Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon, Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, and Product Manager at The New York Times, Sprint, and NBC Internet / Snap.com. He got into tech in 1999 via pre-IPO Snap.com after he moved to SF to try to get a job using his Chinese language skills and instead accidentally fell into the dotcom boom.

Cody holds an M.A. in Transnational Communication and Global Media from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a B.A. in History and East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Kansas.