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Bede Jordan

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Founder/CTO at Shelf Engine

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedShelf Engine · YC

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10,291 people in our graph share verified history with Bede — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Robin LiunlockedBede: together at Shelf Engine (2020–2025)
×2Bede: together at YC S18
×9Bede: together at Queensland University of Technology

About

Bede Jordan is an advisor at Crisp and the co-founder and former CTO of Shelf Engine, a SaaS company that uses predictive models to reduce food waste in the grocery supply chain. At Shelf Engine, he set business strategy alongside his co-founder and built and led a team of more than 50 engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers. His technical background includes web technologies, machine learning model workflows, 3D graphics and GPUs, and performance analysis.

Founder/CTO at Shelf EngineYC S18

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YC

Bede went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Bede can intro founders to Shelf Engine's investors below.

Shelf Engine's investors · 5

Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checksNotable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksPLUS CapitalVenice · $100K – $1M checksVentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $250K – $50M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Shelf Engine

SKStefan Kalb
Stefan KalbFounder/CEO
ATAre Traasdahl
Are TraasdahlCEO/Founder
DLDag Liodden
Dag LioddenCPO/Founder

Experience

  1. CrispAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. Pioneer FundSenior Venture Partnercurrent2021 — present
  3. Shelf EngineCo-Founder, CTO2016 — 2025Seattle
  4. Shelf EngineBoard Member2016 — 2025
  5. MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering Lead, HoloLens2013 — 2016
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Lead, XAML2011 — 2013
  7. MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer2005 — 2011
  8. MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer Intern2005

Skills & more

Technical LeadershipTeam BuildingProduct DevelopmentSoftware Engineering24C#18Software Design17WPF13C++13Augmented RealityUser Interface Design1Software Development11Agile Methodologies8
+12 moreObject Oriented Design.NETVisual StudioWin32 APIUser InterfaceMultithreadingAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMicrosoft SQL ServerWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Computer GraphicsAPI Development

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Bede Jordan?
Bede Jordan is an advisor at Crisp and the co-founder and former CTO of Shelf Engine, a SaaS company that uses predictive models to reduce food waste in the grocery supply chain. At Shelf Engine, he set business strategy alongside his co-founder and built and led a team of more than 50 engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers. His technical background includes web technologies, machine learning model workflows, 3D graphics and GPUs, and performance analysis.
Where does Bede Jordan work?
Bede Jordan is Founder/CTO of Shelf Engine.
What companies did Bede Jordan found?
Bede Jordan founded Shelf Engine.
Where did Bede Jordan go to school?
Bede Jordan studied at Y Combinator; QUT (Queensland University of Technology) (B. IT (Software engineering) / B. Eng (Electronics)).

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