Shanna Tellerman

Shanna Tellerman was the founder and CEO of Modsy, which successfully exited to Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders and a longtime Modsy investor. Modsy was a visualization engine that allowed consumers to scan their rooms in 3D and work with online interior designers to virtually redesign their home, and was  previously backed  by Norwest Venture Partners, Advance Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures and TCV. Currently, Tellerman is Chief Product Officer at Lennar.

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Before founding Modsy, Tellerman was a partner on the investing team at Google Ventures. From the start, her career has focused on the intersection between design and technology, especially in the realm of 3D technology platforms. Prior to Google, Tellerman was the founder and CEO of of Sim Ops Studios (Wild Pockets), a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University that focused on democratizing 3D game development. Sim Ops was acquired by Autodesk in 2010, and Shanna worked there as a product line manager responsible for launching the cloud platform and Autodesk 360 applications.

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In 2009, Tellerman was named one of BusinessWeek's best young entrepreneurs, in 2012 she was featured in the book Creating Innovators by Harvard education expert Tony Wagner, and in 2014 she was named one of Silicon Valley Business Journal's Women of Influence. Tellerman received both her Master of Entertainment Technology (MET) and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.