About
Iyanu Obidele previously worked at Intel and Facebook, where he built cloud orchestration systems and products serving millions of users. He is now building BlackOakTV with Uzo Ometu.
Founder at BlackOakTVYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Iyanu went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Iyanu can intro founders to BlackOakTV's investors below.
BlackOakTV's investors · 3
Co-founders at BlackOakTV
UO
Uzo OmetuFounder
Experience
- BlackOakTVChief Technology Officer2021 — 2025
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
- Intel CorporationCloud Engineer Intern2016 — 2017Hillsboro, OR
- The Workplace Centre LimitedIT System Analyst2015
- South-West Resource CenterInstructor2014
- Sonet Technology Ltd.Oracle Consultant2011 — 2013Lagos, Nigeria
Skills & more
Product ManagementAmazon BedrockAWS LambdaAWS MediapackageStripe (Software)Amazon SQSAmazon EC2Aws amplifyAmazon CloudFrontPostgreSQLAWS CloudFormationAmazon Aurora
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Node.jsGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Next.jsTv app developmentAWS CDKNotifcation SystemsAPI GatewaysTypeScriptContainerizationAmazon DynamodbKubernetesLarge-scale Data AnalysisLanguages Yoruba
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Iyanu Obidele?
- Iyanu Obidele previously worked at Intel and Facebook, where he built cloud orchestration systems and products serving millions of users. He is now building BlackOakTV with Uzo Ometu.
- Where does Iyanu Obidele work?
- Iyanu Obidele is Founder of BlackOakTV.
- What companies did Iyanu Obidele found?
- Iyanu Obidele founded BlackOakTV.
- Where did Iyanu Obidele go to school?
- Iyanu Obidele studied at Portland State University (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of South Florida; Babcock University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science).
Founder mafias
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University of South Florida mafia7
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Dr. Sidney YeeVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersAlan MaCampus Lead at The MBA FundAbdulrahman A. MaziVice Chairman at Tech Invest ComBen NahirPartner at Elevate CapitalMelissa FreemanCapital Raising & Investor Relations at Oregon Venture FundCharlie HamiltonHead of UK Wealth Management at AlTi Wealth Management France
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Shared employers
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