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James Chen

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Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Cybersecurity and cloud expert with 20+ filed patents. VP of engineering at Netskope and BedRock Systems, and co-founder of AssureSec; studies at Tsinghua and an MS from the University of Pittsburgh.

Experience

  1. NetskopeVP of Engineeringcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. BlueRock.ioVP of Engineering2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  3. DiDiExecutive Director, Head of Safety & Security, International Business Group2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. AssureSecCo-Founder2016San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Shape SecuritySr. Director of Engineering2013 — 2016Mountain View, California
  6. Aruba NetworksDirector of Software Engineering2006 — 2013Sunnyvale, California
  7. StokeStaff Software Engineer2005 — 2006Mountain View, California
  8. Juniper NetworksSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2005Sunnyvale, California
  9. NetScreen TechnologiesSenior Software Engineer2002 — 2004Sunnyvale, California
  10. OracleSenior Software Engineer2000 — 2002Redwood Shores, California

Skills & more

Cloud Computing49Distributed Systems41Network Security66Software Engineering28TCP/IP48SNMP13Routing13Ethernet9Software Development14Big Data3WiFi5Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)13
+10 moreData AnalyticsNetwork ArchitectureCloud SecurityVirtualizationData Center InfrastructureFirewallsSafety Management SystemsLinuxPerlSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages Chinese · English

  • Certified ScrumMaster — Scrum Alliance

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Colleagues at Foothill Ventures

Biao He
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Charles Ling
Investor at Foothill Ventures
Hong Tang
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Jinlin Wang
Partner at Foothill Ventures
John Matheny
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
John Wang
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Lu Wang
Investor at Foothill Ventures
Max Von Poelnitz
Partner at Foothill Ventures

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Who is James Chen?
Cybersecurity and cloud expert with 20+ filed patents. VP of engineering at Netskope and BedRock Systems, and co-founder of AssureSec; studies at Tsinghua and an MS from the University of Pittsburgh.
Where does James Chen work?
James Chen is Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures.
Where did James Chen go to school?
James Chen studied at Tsinghua University (BS, Computer Sciences).

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