Jason Tokoph
FounderFounder at Blockspring
Los Angeles, California, United States
FoundedBlockspring · YC
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About
Jason Tokoph is a full-stack engineer with more than 20 years of experience. His recent work has focused on reliability, scalability, and incident management.
Founder at BlockspringYC S14
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Jason went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- CoinbaseSenior Staff Software Engineer2019 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- BlockspringCo-Founder2014 — 2019San Francisco, CA
- ePrizeEngineer2013 — 2014
- Mozes, Inc.Software Engineer, Lead Engineer2007 — 2013
- Text-MeFounder2007Greater Chicago Area
- PremierProfileFounder2005Greater Chicago Area
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ScalabilityDistributed SystemsTechnical Staff ManagementSoftware InfrastructureIncident ManagementIncident ResponseMajor Incident ManagementMobile ApplicationsFrom Jason's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jason Tokoph?
- Jason Tokoph is a full-stack engineer with more than 20 years of experience. His recent work has focused on reliability, scalability, and incident management.
- Where does Jason Tokoph work?
- Jason Tokoph is Founder of Blockspring.
- What companies did Jason Tokoph found?
- Jason Tokoph founded Blockspring.
- Where did Jason Tokoph go to school?
- Jason Tokoph studied at Y Combinator (Product Market Fit); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS).
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