Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz
InvestorVenture Partner at Amplify Partners
Massachusetts
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz is a technology investor and CTO who currently serves as Janitor and Co-Founder at Nexar Inc. He divides his time between technology work during the week and musical pursuits on weekends.
Experience
- Nexar Inc.Janitor, Co-Founder and CTOcurrent2015 — presentEarth
- New York UniversityBoard Advisor (C2SMART)current2018 — present
- Amplify PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Yahoo!Senior Fellow (SVP)2013 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
- Yahoo!VP, Global Head of Advertising Targeting & Personalization2012 — 2013Beijing City, China
- Yahoo!VP, Architect Fellow2009 — 2012Sunnyvale, CA
- Yahoo!Chief Architect, Platform2009Sunnyvale, CA
- Yahoo!Chief Architect, International Engineering2007 — 2009London Area, United Kingdom
- OnesoupFounder2007 — 2009
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Affiliate, Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab1998 — 2007Greater Boston
- Fidelity InternationalAssociate Director2005 — 2007
- YamiGoCo-Founder2004 — 2007
- OlympumOpen Source Developer1997 — 2007
- AccentureManager1998 — 2005
- FHECOR Ingenieria y ArquitecturaIntern1993 — 1995Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Strategy18Java17REST11Android1Enterprise Software11Hadoop18Open Source4Perl2Subversion1Unix3StartupsArchitecture55
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MobileDistributed SystemsStart-upsRecommender SystemsMobile DevicesIT StrategyLarge Scale SystemsCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentScalabilityTechnical LeadershipAgile MethodologiesLanguages English · French · Spanish
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Colleagues at Amplify Partners
Arjun Narayan
Venture Partner at Amplify Partners
Artur Bergman
Founder, Fastly at Amplify Partners
Barr Yaron
Partner at Amplify Partners
Barry McCardel
Founder, Hex at Amplify Partners
Carlie Wright
Operations Associate at Amplify Partners
David Beyer
Partner at Amplify Partners
Elliot Hershberg
Scientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of Biology
Emily McElroy
Talent at Amplify Partners
Network4
David Beyer
Partner at Amplify Partners
Lenny Pruss
General Partner at Amplify Partners
Mike Dauber
General Partner at Amplify Partners
Natalie Vais
Investor at Spark Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz?
- Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz is a technology investor and CTO who currently serves as Janitor and Co-Founder at Nexar Inc. He divides his time between technology work during the week and musical pursuits on weekends.
- Where does Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz work?
- Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz is Venture Partner at Amplify Partners.
- What check size does Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz write?
- Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- Where did Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz go to school?
- Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Sc., Transportation (Operations Research)); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (M.Sc., Computational Structural Engineering); École nationale des ponts et chaussées (Applied Mathematics & Computer Science).
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