Brett van Zuiden
FounderFounder/Founding CEO at FileStack
Oakland, California, United States
FoundedFileStack · YC
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About
Brett van Zuiden is the founder and CEO of Filestack, which provides APIs and UI integrations for uploading, transforming, and delivering files and images across web and mobile platforms.
Founder/Founding CEO at FileStackYC S12
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YC
Brett went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- OnceHead of Productcurrent2025 — present
- East Bay Innovation AcademyBoard Chaircurrent2023 — presentOakland, California, United States
- Summit Public Schools (Public Charter Network)Chief Information Officer2022 — 2025
- OutschoolProduct Lead2020 — 2022
- Clever Inc.PM Lead2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- IFTTTProduct Manager2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- FilestackFounder & CEO2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2011Mountain View, CA
- iControl NetworksSoftware Engineering Intern2008 — 2009
Skills & more
User Experience29Product Management2Product Design11Start-ups10Programming21Data Analysis2Mobile Applications7Acting3User Interface3Web Development2Entrepreneurship2JavaScript31
Languages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brett van Zuiden?
- Brett van Zuiden is the founder and CEO of Filestack, which provides APIs and UI integrations for uploading, transforming, and delivering files and images across web and mobile platforms.
- Where does Brett van Zuiden work?
- Brett van Zuiden is Founder/Founding CEO of FileStack.
- What companies did Brett van Zuiden found?
- Brett van Zuiden founded FileStack.
- Where did Brett van Zuiden go to school?
- Brett van Zuiden studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, EECS); Y Combinator; Los Gatos High School (High School).
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Outschool mafia8
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IFTTT mafia5
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Clever mafia4
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Summit Public Schools (Public Charter Network)2
Also worked at Clever Inc.15
Tyler BosmenyGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesRavi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersBryan SchreierPartner at Sequoia CapitalDan CarrollFounder/CPO at CleverRafael GarciaCo-founder & CTO at Clever
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Also worked at IFTTT9
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