About
Ian Ownbey worked as a backend engineer at Twitter and later at Coinbase, progressing from Ruby on Rails development to iOS, React Native, and React engineering roles.
Founder at PierreYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Ian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pierre's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ian can intro founders to Pierre's investors below.
Pierre's investors · 4
Co-founders at Pierre
JT
Jacob ThorntonFounder
Experience
- PierreCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- CoinbaseStaff Software Engineer2018 — 2022Greater New York City Area
- BumpersCo-Founder2015 — 2018New York City
- PushdiOS Engineer2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- BranchSoftware Engineer2012 — 2013Greater New York City Area
- TwitterInfrastructure Engineer2008 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Microsoft Office3Linux3Scala2PowerPoint1Internet Explorer2Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)2Brunch3Bump1Engineering4Management4Social Media5Project Management2
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Project PlanningSoftware DevelopmentManufacturingExecutive ManagementPodcastingSalesGrowth HackingHackingRelaxation TechniquesSports MarketingLeadershipVideo GamesFrom Ian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ian Ownbey?
- Ian Ownbey worked as a backend engineer at Twitter and later at Coinbase, progressing from Ruby on Rails development to iOS, React Native, and React engineering roles.
- Where does Ian Ownbey work?
- Ian Ownbey is Founder of Pierre.
- What companies did Ian Ownbey found?
- Ian Ownbey founded Pierre.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Coinbase mafia59
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pierre2
Also worked at Coinbase146
Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure Group
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Also worked at Bumpers1
Also worked at Twitter174
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmEvan WilliamsCo-founder of Twitter, Blogger and MediumFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordMischa VaughnHead of Content at Felicis Ventures
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