# Alex De Simone

> Alex De Simone is the co-founder and CEO of Avochato, a business messaging platform. A mechanical engineer educated at Johns Hopkins and Stanford, he worked at Accenture and Moovweb and co-founded Jobr, which Monster acquired in 2016. He developed Avochato during his Stanford MBA and has continued to lead its work on customer conversations and communication tools.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Avochato
- **Organizations:** Avochato, Jobr, Moovweb, Accenture
- **Education:** BS, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Jobr, acquired by Monster in June 2016., Co-founded Avochato and announced its $5 million Series A in December 2018., Reported seven-figure revenue with a five-person Avochato team in less than a year in his 2018 update.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Working at Accenture, began learning to code after exposure to growing software companies.
- **Before 2014** — Joined Moovweb as a developer and built mobile commerce websites, including Men’s Wearhouse.
- **2014** — Co-founded Jobr and began his Stanford MBA.
- **2015** — Developed Avochato during the summer between MBA years at the Stanford Venture Studio.
- **2016** — Graduated from Stanford GSB; Jobr was acquired by Monster and Avochato received its first funding.
- **2018** — Announced a $5 million Avochato Series A led by Amity Ventures.
- **2021** — Published advice on digital messaging trends; shared Avochato’s year-end update reporting more than 500 million messages processed.
- **2026** — Discussed Avochato’s origins and moving its OpenSearch workload from AWS to owned hardware on Very True.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Jobr, acquired by Monster in June 2016.
- Co-founded Avochato and announced its $5 million Series A in December 2018.
- Reported seven-figure revenue with a five-person Avochato team in less than a year in his 2018 update.
- Pledged 2.016% of his equity in Jobr and Avochato to Stanford GSB; the Jobr acquisition made his the first such pledge to pay out.
- Built a Men’s Wearhouse mobile commerce website with two Moovweb teammates that reached millions of users.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Appeared on Very True with Alex Oppenheimer on October 6 to discuss Avochato, engineering and infrastructure economics; reported moving its OpenSearch workload to owned hardware in a Santa Clara data center.

## Links

- Website: https://www.avochato.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajdesimone/

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Last updated: 2026-10-14