Find your path to Alex
468 people in our graph share verified history with Alex — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Tony NystenunlockedAlex: together at Nokia (2012)
×5Alex: together at University of British Columbia
×3Alex: together at Torrey Pines High School
×3Alex: together at NVIDIA
About
Alex Sismanis is a software engineer with full-stack and blockchain development experience.
Founder/CTO at BenYC W18
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Ben's investors below.
Ben's investors · 2
Co-founders at Ben
MK
Miguel KudryFounder/CEO
Experience
- L1 AdvisorsCTO and Co-foundercurrent2022 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- ItsmeLead Crypto Engineer2021 — 2022
- Ben, Inc.Co-Founder and CTO2017 — 2020Greater San Diego Area
- Festfeed Inc.CTO2016 — 2017
- Self-EmployedAndroid Development Consulting2016 — 2017
- Currents, Inc.CEO and Founder2015 — 2016Vancouver, BC
- NVIDIAAndroid Developer Intern2014Santa Clara, CA
- ColligoQA Engineer Coop2013Vancouver, Canada Area
- NokiaJunior Software Test Engineer2012Vancouver, BC
Skills & more
Project Management9Android Development16Product Development5iOS Development3ScrumMobile ApplicationsBusiness DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesJava8Android6SwiftC++2
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JavaScriptLeadershipMobile Application DevelopmentCryptocurrencyLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Sismanis?
- Alex Sismanis is a software engineer with full-stack and blockchain development experience.
- Where does Alex Sismanis work?
- Alex Sismanis is Founder/CTO of Ben.
- What companies did Alex Sismanis found?
- Alex Sismanis founded Ben.
- Where did Alex Sismanis go to school?
- Alex Sismanis studied at The University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering); Torrey Pines High School (GED).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of British Columbia mafia201
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Weiting LiuBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Everyday.me +2Kristoffer Vik HansenBachelor’s DegreeFounded Spare +2Tal ElyashivMBAFounded Exactor +1Matthew AndersonBachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)Founded A&K Robotics Inc +1Alexander HarmsenBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded PortfolioPilot +1Cathy HanBachelor of CommerceFounded 42 +1
+ 194 more
NVIDIA mafia136
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jonathan RossChief Software ArchitectFounded GroqAlán Aspuru-GuzikSenior Director of Quantum ChemistryFounded Intrepid Labs +1Saurabh SrivastavaNemotron, Advanced Deep Learning ResearchFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Lee LiuWeb Software EngineerFounded Mezmo +1Musawir ShahSr. Software Engineer - TegraFounded Jerry +1Bhairav MehtaDeep Learning and Robotics ResearchFounded Character Quilt +1
+ 129 more
Torrey Pines High School mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Prabhav JainHigh SchoolFounded EagerPanda +1Brandon LiuHigh SchoolFounded StackMachineAdam BulowHigh School DiplomaFounded PigeonAkash KashyapFounded DialtoneKalyani RamadurgamFounded Kobalt LabsDerek YeFounded Maximal
+ 3 more
Ben mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The University of British Columbia563
Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupZack GrimmerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Rares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
+ 557 more
Also attended Torrey Pines High School17
Brigitte BonebrakeAssistant Controller at Lerer HippeauJackie PlashkesInvestor at Side Door VenturesNathan LianStrategic Advisor, Strategic Finance & GTM at Asymmetric Capital PartnersTy McGuirePartner at Black Mountain Investment GroupKaiwen LiuAssociate at LEADBrian LiuAssociate at Colt Ventures
+ 11 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Ben, Inc.1
Also worked at NVIDIA194
Jonathan RossFounder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at NvidiaDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorIan ShannonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCRay SchuderSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundSandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesAbhi DinkarAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
+ 188 more
Also worked at Colligo2
Also worked at Nokia416
Nick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesSamir MatkiInvestor at DaphniTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanTimo AhopeltoSerial tech entrepreneur and early-stage investor running Lifeline Ventures
+ 410 more