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Brian Fioca

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Founder at RescueTime

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedRescueTime · YC

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About

Brian Fioca is a product engineer with over two decades of experience across web, mobile, and desktop platforms using languages including Java, PHP, Ruby, C++, Swift, and JavaScript. He has founded five companies including RescueTime (Y Combinator 2008) and co-founded Madrona Venture Labs, the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group.

Founder at RescueTimeYC W08

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RescueTime's investors · 3

Lowercase CapitalJacksonTrue VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2008Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2008

Experience

  1. OpenAIModel Design, Aplied Evals, Startupscurrent2025 — present
  2. Pioneer Square LabsPrincipal AI Engineer2023 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. Blueprint AIHead of AI2023Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. RescueTimeFounder, Product Enginner2019 — 2023Seattle, WA
  5. Crowd CowDirector of Growth Engineering2017 — 2019
  6. GlowforgeHead of Ecommerce Engineering2016 — 2017Seattle, WA
  7. Madrona Venture LabsFounding Partner2014 — 2016Seattle, WA
  8. About.meDirector of Mobile2013 — 2014
  9. ZapdMobile Engineer2011 — 2013Seattle, WA
  10. RescueTimeFounder, Lead Engineer2007 — 2011
  11. JobsterSoftware Development Manager / Tech Lead2006 — 2007
  12. JobbyFounder2005 — 2006
  13. Pango Technology, Inc.Chief Scientist2005 — 2006
  14. UPSSr. Programmer Analyst2004 — 2005
  15. Employease, a Division of ADPSoftware Engineer II2000 — 2004
  16. IBM CorporationSystems Analyst1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Ruby on RailsRubySaaSJavaScriptRESTPythonDatabasesJSONSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Open SourceXML1Hibernate
+12 moreC++ApacheMongoDBMySQL.NETObjective-CAmazon Web Services (AWS)PHPWeb ApplicationsProduct ManagementMobile ApplicationsTechnical Leadership
  • Triplebyte certified Generalist Software Engineer — Triplebyte

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Who is Brian Fioca?
Brian Fioca is a product engineer with over two decades of experience across web, mobile, and desktop platforms using languages including Java, PHP, Ruby, C++, Swift, and JavaScript. He has founded five companies including RescueTime (Y Combinator 2008) and co-founded Madrona Venture Labs, the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group.
Where does Brian Fioca work?
Brian Fioca is Founder of RescueTime.
What companies did Brian Fioca found?
Brian Fioca founded RescueTime.
Where did Brian Fioca go to school?
Brian Fioca studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Computer Science).

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