Adam Hueniken
FounderFounder/Vice President of Engineering at Pursuit
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedPursuit · YC
About
Adam Hueniken is a Software Engineering Manager at Twitch, where he leads the engineering team responsible for Twitch Chat. Prior to Twitch, he co-founded two startups in the gaming industry.
Founder/Vice President of Engineering at PursuitYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Adam went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Adam can intro founders to Pursuit's investors below.
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Experience
- TwitchSoftware Engineering Managercurrent2020 — present
- TwitchSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- PursuitCofounder & VP of Engineering2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- RevloCofounder and VP of Engineering2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Hacker AcademyPresident2012 — 2015University of Toronto
- Pivotal LabsMobile Application Developer2013 — 2014Toronto, Canada Area
- MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern - Office Engineering Team2013Redmond
- Crossroads CollectiveTechnology Lead2011 — 2013Toronto
- MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern - Office User Experience Team2012Redmond, WA
- Continental Automotive SystemsEngineering Intern2011
Skills & more
EntrepreneurshipSoftware DevelopmentEngineering ManagementComputer VisionProgram ManagementWeb DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsStart-upsRubyRuby on RailsJavaScriptPython (Programming Language)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Hueniken?
- Adam Hueniken is a Software Engineering Manager at Twitch, where he leads the engineering team responsible for Twitch Chat. Prior to Twitch, he co-founded two startups in the gaming industry.
- Where does Adam Hueniken work?
- Adam Hueniken is Founder/Vice President of Engineering of Pursuit.
- What companies did Adam Hueniken found?
- Adam Hueniken founded Pursuit.
- Where did Adam Hueniken go to school?
- Adam Hueniken studied at Y Combinator; Next 36; University of Toronto (B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
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