Bede Jordan
FounderFounder/CTO at Shelf Engine
Seattle, Washington, United States
FoundedShelf Engine Β· YC
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
Intro paths
Bede went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Bede can intro founders to Shelf Engine's investors below.
Shelf Engine's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Shelf Engine
Experience
- CrispAdvisorcurrent2025 β present
- Pioneer FundSenior Venture Partnercurrent2021 β present
- Shelf EngineCo-Founder, CTO2016 β 2025Seattle
- Shelf EngineBoard Member2016 β 2025
- MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering Lead, HoloLens2013 β 2016
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Lead, XAML2011 β 2013
- MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer2005 β 2011
- MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer Intern2005
Skills & more
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Object Oriented Design.NETVisual StudioWin32 APIUser InterfaceMultithreadingAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMicrosoft SQL ServerWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)Computer GraphicsAPI DevelopmentFrom Bede's professional profile.
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)).
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Crisp1
Also worked at Shelf Engine2
Also worked at Microsoft1,438
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