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David Chaiken

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Operating Partner, Technology at Act One Ventures

Menlo Park, California, United States

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About

Operating Partner for technology; previously Chief Architect at Pinterest, CTO at Altiscale and SAP, and Chief Architect at Yahoo.

Experience

  1. Act One VenturesOperating Partnercurrent2023 — present
  2. PinterestFellow2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. PinterestChief Architect2017 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. SAPCTO, Altiscale2016 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
  5. AltiscaleChief Technology Officer2012 — 2016Palo Alto, CA
  6. Yahoo!Chief Architect2006 — 2012Sunnyvale, California
  7. PromptuVP, Chief Technology Officer2004 — 2006
  8. AgileTVVP, Chief Software Architect2000 — 2004
  9. AeropriseCofounder, CTO2000Mountain View, CA
  10. AT&TResearch Group Manager, AT&T Labs1998 — 2000Menlo Park, California
  11. Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)Principal Software and Hardware Engineer, Systems Research Center1994 — 1998Palo Alto, California
  12. MITResearch Assistant, Multiprocessor Architect1988 — 1994Cambridge, Massachusetts
  13. Motorola Computer GroupSoftware Engineer1986 — 1988Canton, Massachusetts
  14. PSDISoftware Engineer Intern1984Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Skills & more

Hadoop32Java5Linux36Big Data17Distributed Systems80Scalability36Agile Methodologies16System Architecture53Integration15Architecture15Software Engineering12Mobile Devices10
+3 moreCloud ComputingProduct ManagementStart-ups

From David's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Franklin Surgical CenterBoard seat

via Act One Ventures · filed Mar 2019 · $64.3K raise

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Colleagues at Act One Ventures

Alejandro Guerrero
General Partner at Act One Ventures
Alex Guerrero
Investor at Act One Ventures
Bob Baltera
Senior Advisor at Frazier Life Sciences
Gabriela Camilli
Associate at Act One Ventures
Israel Muñoz
Principal at Act One Ventures
Jan-Christopher Nugent
Operating Partner, Sales & Marketing at Act One Ventures
Lara Brooks
Operating Partner, GTM at Act One Ventures
Max Denike
Director of Communications at Act One Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Chaiken?
Operating Partner for technology; previously Chief Architect at Pinterest, CTO at Altiscale and SAP, and Chief Architect at Yahoo.
Where does David Chaiken work?
David Chaiken is Operating Partner, Technology at Act One Ventures.
What boards does David Chaiken sit on?
David Chaiken holds tracked board seats at Franklin Surgical Center.
Where did David Chaiken go to school?
David Chaiken studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., EECS); Brown University (Sc.B., Mathematics & Chemistry).

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