Brett van Zuiden
FounderFounder/Founding CEO at Filestack
Oakland, California, United States
FoundedFilestack · YC
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
Intro paths
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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In turn, Brett can intro founders to Filestack's investors below.
Filestack's investors · 2
Co-founders at Filestack
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
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree, EECS2008 — 2012
- Y Combinator2012
- Los Gatos High SchoolHigh School2004 — 2008
Skills & more
User Experience29Product Management2Product Design11Start-ups10Programming21Data Analysis2Mobile Applications7Acting3User Interface3Web Development2Entrepreneurship2JavaScript31
Languages Spanish
From Brett's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Shared employers
Also worked at Summit Public Schools (Public Charter Network)2
Also worked at Clever Inc.7
Tyler BosmenyGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesRavi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersBryan SchreierPartner at Sequoia CapitalMichael StatonEIR at SFU VentureLabsOlivia WilliamsHead of Talent at Superlayer
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