About
Ido Michael led data engineering and science teams at AWS, where he built data pipelines for customer projects. He holds an MS from Columbia University and founded Ploomber to streamline the process of converting prototype data work into production pipelines.
Founder at PloomberYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Ido went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ido can intro founders to Ploomber's investors below.
Ploomber's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ploomber
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Eduardo BlancasFounder
Experience
- GenmabDirector Platform Engineeringcurrent2025 — present
- PloomberChief Technology Officer2022 — 2025
- Samsung Electronics AmericaSenior Engineering Manager2021 — 2024
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Engineering Manager2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2019 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkResearch Assistant at Computer Graphics Lab2017 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- Samsung Electronics AmericaVR Engineering Intern2018Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseDevops2015 — 2017
- vTrackCEO & Founder2016 — 2017Tel Aviv District, Israel
- WeeviProduct Manager & Founder2014 — 2016Israel
- IDC HerzliyaResearch Assistant @ IDC Virtual Reality Lab2014 — 2015Israel
- IDC HerzliyaProduct Manager & Android Programmer @ Milab2014 — 2015Israel
- eRatedWeb Developer internship2014 — 2015
Skills & more
C++31Java73JavaScript55HTML39Bootstrap26AngularJS22Eclipse24CSS25Microsoft Office31C26C#18SQL29
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jQueryLinuxCascading Style Sheets (CSS)PythonPython (Programming Language)EnglishLeadershipTeamworkPublic SpeakingManagementTeam LeadershipProduct ManagementLanguages English · French · Hebrew · Spanish
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Amazon Web Services Big Data Specialty — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Rescue Scuba Diver — SSI Scuba Schools International
- Master Scuba Diver — SSI Scuba Schools International
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ido Michael?
- Ido Michael led data engineering and science teams at AWS, where he built data pipelines for customer projects. He holds an MS from Columbia University and founded Ploomber to streamline the process of converting prototype data work into production pipelines.
- Where does Ido Michael work?
- Ido Michael is Founder of Ploomber.
- What companies did Ido Michael found?
- Ido Michael founded Ploomber.
- Where did Ido Michael go to school?
- Ido Michael studied at Columbia University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering); Reichman University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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