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Dessie Sadrzadeh

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Angel at FirsthandVC

Menlo Park, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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About

Dessie Sadrzadeh is a Senior Director of Engineering at Google, leading the YouTube MainApp and Platform organization. With prior experience at Salesforce and Yahoo, Sadrzadeh has held roles spanning product strategy, platform development, and engineering leadership.

Experience

  1. GoogleSenior Director, Engineering YouTube MainApp and Platformcurrent2025 — present
  2. GoogleSenior Director, Product and Engineering, Google Experience Platformcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco
  3. Firsthand AllianceAngel Partnercurrent2021 — present
  4. WiESilicon Valley WiE Advisory Board Membercurrent2017 — present
  5. salesforce.comVP, Engineering - Lightning Platform Foundation2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
  6. salesforce.comSr. Director, Engineering - UI Platform and Mobile2011 — 2015San Francisco, CA
  7. Yahoo IncEngineering Leader, Y! Homepage and Media Mobile2005 — 2011
  8. Gap IncEngineering Leader - Gapinc.com2004 — 2005
  9. Finaplex IncPrincipal Software Engineer2002 — 2004
  10. Providian FinancialLead Software Engineer1998 — 2002

Skills & more

Selenium9Perl4Java12Unix8SaaS8Enterprise Software5Agile Methodologies74Test Automation29Scrum47Software Quality Assurance14Quality Assurance19Product Management15
+11 moreCloud ComputingTest PlanningTestingSDLCIntegrationWeb ApplicationsMobile DevicesSoftware DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsScalabilitySoftware Engineering

Languages Bulgarian · Russian

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Akshay Sharma
Partner at FirsthandVC
Cheryl Porro
Investor at FirsthandVC
Ludovic Ulrich
Partner at FirsthandVC
Mike Kreaden
Partner at FirsthandVC
Phil Calvin
Investor at FirsthandVC
Samuel Yuk Lai Suen
Partner at FirsthandVC
Simon Chan
Managing Partner at FirsthandVC
Tatyana Mamut
Partner at FirsthandVC

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Who is Dessie Sadrzadeh?
Dessie Sadrzadeh is a Senior Director of Engineering at Google, leading the YouTube MainApp and Platform organization. With prior experience at Salesforce and Yahoo, Sadrzadeh has held roles spanning product strategy, platform development, and engineering leadership.
Where does Dessie Sadrzadeh work?
Dessie Sadrzadeh is Angel at FirsthandVC.
What check size does Dessie Sadrzadeh write?
Dessie Sadrzadeh typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
Where did Dessie Sadrzadeh go to school?
Dessie Sadrzadeh studied at Technical University of Sofia (Masters of Science); Technical University of Sofia (Masters, Mechanical Engineering); Santa Clara University (IT Program Management Certificate).

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