Chris Williams
FounderFounder/CTO at Creative Market
Boise Metropolitan Area
FoundedCreative Market · YC
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271 people in our graph share verified history with Chris — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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×5Chris: together at Autodesk
Chris: together at Marcus & Millichap
Founder/CTO at Creative MarketYC W10
Intro paths
YC
Chris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Creative Market's investors · 6
Co-founders at Creative Market
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Darius "Bubs" MonsefFounder/CEO
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Aaron EpsteinFounder
Experience
- Lively, Inc.Head of Securitycurrent2020 — presentBoise Metropolitan Area
- Lively, Inc.Head of Infrastructure and Security2019 — 2020
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2017 — presentPortland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- City of Maywood ParkCity Councilman2019 — 2020Maywood Park, OR
- Creative Market – The World's Marketplace for DesignCofounder & CTO2012 — 2017San Francisco, CA
- AutodeskSenior Principal Engineer2014 — 2017San Fracisco, CA
- COLOURloversCofounder & CTO2006 — 2016Portland, Oregon
- Pure Form Solutions, LLCOwner2002 — 2010
- Marcus & MillichapCommercial Real Estate Broker2006
Skills & more
REST11LAMP3HTML 51PHP11CSS7jQuery2MySQL10JavaScript9Linux5HTML2XHTML2HTML51
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Security ManagementSecurity OperationsSecurity EngineeringCompliance ManagementMemcachedWeb StandardsOOPImageMagickSphinxArchitectureWeb DevelopmentScalabilityLanguages English · Vacation Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Williams?
- Founder/CTO at Creative Market
- Where does Chris Williams work?
- Chris Williams is Founder/CTO of Creative Market.
- What companies did Chris Williams found?
- Chris Williams founded Creative Market.
- Where did Chris Williams go to school?
- Chris Williams studied at Y Combinator; Portland Community College (Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Autodesk mafia55
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Darius "Bubs" MonsefSenior Manager of Platform, Autodesk Consumer GroupFounded Sightbox +3Nate MitchellSenior Software EngineerFounded Mountaintop Studios +1Shail KhiyaraSr. DirectorFounded Plutoshift +1Michael AntonovSenior Software ArchitectFounded Deep Origin +1Ralph GooteeChief Software ArchitectFounded TigerEye +1Saaras MehanSoftware Engineer (Autodesk Research)Founded Kular +1
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Portland Community College mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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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Also attended Portland Community College7
Ia BalbuenaOffice Manager at Reach CapitalRenné DevasiaChief Compliance, Security, and Data Protection Officer at InCountryJosh WylieVenture Capital Professional at IdeashipTricia ClemansDirector at IdeashipKyle GalbraithFounder at DepotCalvin GowerExecutive Officer, Director at Stiira
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lively, Inc.4
Also worked at Creative Market – The World's Marketplace for Design4
Also worked at Autodesk128
Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJesse DevitteCo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAllen PregerPartner at Building Ventures
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