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Experience
- Gladly, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2014 — present
- Greylock PartnersEntrepreneur in Residence2014
- SymantecDistinguished Engineer2010 — 2014
- SymantecTechnical Director2007 — 2010
- VontuPrincipal Engineer2002 — 2007
- FileMaker Inc., an Apple subsidiaryArchitect1998 — 2002
- Claris, an Apple subsidiarySenior Software Engineer1997 — 1998
Skills & more
Agile Methodologies23Enterprise Software25Architecture27Object Oriented Design12C++11Distributed Systems25SaaS14Software Development17Java11Scalability9Cloud Computing16Unix14
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Software EngineeringArchitecturesSoftware DesignSystem ArchitectureMultithreadingLinuxFrom Dirk's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dirk Kessler?
- Co-Founder; Principal Engineer (per Greylock portfolio page) at Gladly
- Where does Dirk Kessler work?
- Dirk Kessler is Co-Founder; Principal Engineer (per Greylock portfolio page) of Gladly.
- What companies did Dirk Kessler found?
- Dirk Kessler founded Gladly, Thankful.
- Where did Dirk Kessler go to school?
- Dirk Kessler studied at University of Victoria (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Gladly, Inc.11
Jeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalJerry ChenPartner at Greylock PartnersMichael WolfeVenture Partner at Point NineJoseph AnsanelliPartner at Greylock PartnersYolanda (Yolis) RuizPartner at Pacific Community VenturesAndy D'AmatoChief Revenue Officer at Gladly
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Also worked at Greylock Partners102
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AIHoward CoxSpecial Limited Partner at Greylock Partners
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Also worked at Symantec220
AyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalGeyer JonesFormer Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security at Scale Venture PartnersDoug NealManaging Director at eLab VenturesJohn DillonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersTed SchleinGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures
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