About
Dillon Nys previously worked at AWS, where he contributed to the Amplify Flutter framework. He is now founder and CEO of Celest.
Founder at CelestYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Dillon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Dillon can intro founders to Celest's investors below.
Celest's investors · 1
Experience
- ArcadeAI Product Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- TesseralSenior Software Engineer2025San Francisco, CA
- CelestFounder & CEO2023 — 2024
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Front-End Engineer II2022 — 2023Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Front-End Engineer2021 — 2022Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- AIsoftMobile App Team Lead2020 — 2021Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- MedtronicSoftware Engineer I - Mobile Apps2020 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
- Brown and CaldwellProcess-Mechanical Engineer2019 — 2020
Skills & more
Environmental Services4Mechanical Engineering5Data Analysis2Software Development6Water Treatment2
- gRPC [Golang] Master Class: Build Modern API & Microservices — Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dillon Nys?
- Dillon Nys previously worked at AWS, where he contributed to the Amplify Flutter framework. He is now founder and CEO of Celest.
- Where does Dillon Nys work?
- Dillon Nys is Founder of Celest.
- What companies did Dillon Nys found?
- Dillon Nys founded Celest.
- Where did Dillon Nys go to school?
- Dillon Nys studied at Arizona State University (Master's degree, Environmental Engineering); Arizona State University (Bachelor's degree, Business).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arcade2
Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)274
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