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Arnold Villatoro

Founder

Founder at SpecCheck

Los Angeles, California, United States

FoundedSpecCheck · YC

About

Arnold Villatoro is co-founder and CTO of SpecCheck. He has worked as a software engineer for approximately a decade, including roles at Workday and most recently leading the payments team at Lyft.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at SpecCheckYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Arnold went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran SpecCheck's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Arnold can intro founders to SpecCheck's investors below.

SpecCheck's investors · 2

Initialized CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at SpecCheck

JDJoe DeMaria
Joe DeMariaFounder

Experience

  1. SpecCheckCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  2. LyftStaff Software Engineer2020 — 2022
  3. LyftSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. LyftSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. WorkdaySoftware Development Engineer ll2017Pleasanton, California
  6. WorkdaySoftware Development Engineer l2015 — 2017Pleasanton, California
  7. Lockheed MartinDatabases Engineer Intern2014 — 2015
  8. Lastline, Inc.Threat Analyst and Developer Intern2012 — 2014Santa Barbara, California

Education

  1. UC Santa BarbaraBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science2011 — 2015

Skills & more

Malware Analysis1Network Security1Android DevelopmentMIPS1PrologSoftware Engineering1Computer Science4C8C++13Java6Linux10Python14
+7 moreOperating SystemsScalaDatabasesPHPGitMySQLSpanish

Languages English · Spanish

From Arnold's professional profile.

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Shared employers

Also worked at SpecCheck1

Joe DeMariaFounder at SpecCheck

Also worked at Lyft88

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldDarcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesPierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at DaphniManish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)María de Lera AuerspergInvestor at KfundDavid RustAdvisor, Executive Coach at Verissimo Ventures

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Also worked at Workday48

Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra Ventures

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Also worked at Lockheed Martin99

Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group

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