About
Ellen Hui has worked on big data systems at Microsoft, site reliability engineering at Cruise, and distributed systems with real-time video at Mux. She now leads backend and infrastructure work at Thorntale.
Founder at ThorntaleYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Ellen 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, Ellen can intro founders to Thorntale's investors below.
Thorntale's investors · 1
Co-founders at Thorntale
DW
Dori WilsonFounder
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John StimacFounder
Experience
- thorntale (YC W24)Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MuxSenior Software Engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- CruiseSenior Site Reliability Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2015 — 2018
- Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud companySoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Harvey Mudd CollegeCS Grutor2012 — 2014Harvey Mudd College
- Nipun CapitalSummer Intern2012San Mateo
Skills & more
Computational BiologyVimPython1Java1C++1Matlab1BashLaTeXJavaScriptC1GitLinux
Languages Cantonese · English · Mandarin · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ellen Hui?
- Ellen Hui has worked on big data systems at Microsoft, site reliability engineering at Cruise, and distributed systems with real-time video at Mux. She now leads backend and infrastructure work at Thorntale.
- Where does Ellen Hui work?
- Ellen Hui is Founder of Thorntale.
- What companies did Ellen Hui found?
- Ellen Hui founded Thorntale.
- Where did Ellen Hui go to school?
- Ellen Hui studied at Harvey Mudd College (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Head-Royce School.
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