About
Jason Smith is a software engineer at Glide with over a decade of experience developing consumer and industrial products. His work spans mobile development, Linux application development, and C#/.NET applications, and he has taken on roles leading engineering teams as well as working solo and as a specialist. His areas of focus include user interface development and project management.
Founder at GlideYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Jason went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Glide's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jason can intro founders to Glide's investors below.
Glide's investors · 4
Co-founders at Glide
Experience
- Glidecurrent2018 — present
- MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- XamarinSoftware Engineering Manager2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- XamarinEngineering Team Lead, Xamarin.Forms2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- XamarinSoftware Engineer2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Canonical Ltd.Software Engineer2009 — 2012
- Western Michigan UniversityStudent Programmer2008 — 2010
- Western Michigan UniversityStudent System Administrator2007 — 2008
Skills & more
Linux22Open Source8Operating Systems1Ubuntu10Python3Servers2Git7C++8C2Subversion3Bash1JavaScript8
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JavaPerlXamarinC#.NETiOSAndroidOS XProgrammingSoftware DesignArchitectureSoftware EngineeringFrom Jason's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason Smith?
- Jason Smith is a software engineer at Glide with over a decade of experience developing consumer and industrial products. His work spans mobile development, Linux application development, and C#/.NET applications, and he has taken on roles leading engineering teams as well as working solo and as a specialist. His areas of focus include user interface development and project management.
- Where does Jason Smith work?
- Jason Smith is Founder of Glide.
- What companies did Jason Smith found?
- Jason Smith founded Glide.
- Where did Jason Smith go to school?
- Jason Smith studied at Western Michigan University (CS, Computer Science); Schoolcraft College (General, General); Baker College Business and Corporate Services (General).
Same school
Also attended Western Michigan University16
George HoyemVenture Partner at Lavrock VenturesNakesha JasperExecutive Assistant at Permanent Capital VenturesDeepak MenonAdvisor at Michigan Capital NetworkRoger UlrichSenior Advisor at Frazier Life SciencesCarla SonesInvestor at Southwest Michigan FirstMolly DixonInvestor at Southwest Michigan First
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Shared employers
Also worked at Glide2
Also worked at Microsoft1,177
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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