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74 people in our graph share verified history with Bassam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Margaret DawsonunlockedBassam: together at Symform (2011–2013)
×6Bassam: together at Upbound
×5Bassam: together at Quantum
About
Bassam Tabbara is the founder and CEO of Upbound Inc. He created the Modelplane, Crossplane, and Rook projects within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
Founder & CEO at Upbound
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Founder at Symform
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Co-founders at Symform
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Praerit GargExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- UpboundFounder and CEOcurrent2017 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- ModelplaneProject Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Crossplane projectProject Founder and Steering Commitee Membercurrent2018 — present
- QuantumCTO2014 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
- Symform (acquired by Quantum)CTO and co-founder2007 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftPartner Architect1995 — 2007Greater Seattle Area
Skills & more
SaaS31Enterprise Software9XML2Linux1Distributed Systems24Cloud Computing26Software Development16Scalability10Agile Methodologies11Software Engineering7Software Design7Scrum5
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bassam Tabbara?
- Bassam Tabbara is the founder and CEO of Upbound Inc. He created the Modelplane, Crossplane, and Rook projects within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
- Where does Bassam Tabbara work?
- Bassam Tabbara is Founder of Symform and Founder & CEO at Upbound.
- What companies did Bassam Tabbara found?
- Bassam Tabbara founded Symform, Upbound.
- Where did Bassam Tabbara go to school?
- Bassam Tabbara studied at University of Florida (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering).
Founder mafias
Same school
Also attended University of Florida401
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Upbound7
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Steve SchmidtGeneral Partner at Titanium VenturesOren TeichInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Muvaffak OnuşFounder at LimrunJonathan KalibbalaSenior Enterprise Architect, SAP (DEI Committee) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
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Also worked at Quantum20
Bobby LentManaging Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFireJohn TemteManaging Director, Founder at WYO VCLily TengPartner at Floret VenturesYoung SohnFounding Managing Partner at Walden CatalystMichael A. BrownPartner at Shield CapitalEugene McCainInvestor Relations at CKC.Fund
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Also worked at Symform (acquired by Quantum)1
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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