About
Javier Garcia is a four-time founder who has held technical COO and co-founder roles. He has experience building and scaling products from early to growth stages while managing operations, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and hiring.
Co-Founder and CTO at MayanYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Javier went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mayan's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Javier can intro founders to Mayan's investors below.
Mayan's investors · 6
Co-founders at Mayan
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Christopher CompeanFounder
Experience
- DraftyAICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2023 — present
- MayanCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2020 — present
- Clara ConsultingFounder & Partnercurrent2017 — present
- Data DrivenLead Data & Cloud Engineer2017 — 2025
- QipoCo-Founder, Data & Integrations Architect2015 — 2018Greater Boston
- MITRESoftware Systems Engineer, Sr.2011 — 2017Bedford, Ma
- Covered SecurityStrategy Consultant2016Greater Boston Area
- White Whale LaboratoriesCOO, Founder2011Cambridge, Ma
- MIT Space Systems LaboratoryAvionics Team Lead2010 — 2011
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchDigital Hardware and Software Engineer (Transient Exoplanet Survey Satellite)2010 — 2011
- MIT Lincoln LaboratoryEngineering Intern (Engineering Analysis Group)2010
- AgnitioSoftware Research and Development Intern2009
- MIT Human and Automation LabResearch Assistant (Interruption Recovery in Time-critical Supervisory Tasks)2009
- MIT Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP)Participant2008 — 2009
- MIT Human and Automation LaboratoryResearch Assistant (Resource Allocation)2008
- MIT Human and Automation LaboratoryResearch Assistant2008
Skills & more
Leadership1Big-Picture Thinking1Strategic Planning1Negotiation1Team ManagementRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)1Prompt Engineering1Full-Stack Development1Large Language Models (LLM)1CTO1Technical Leadership1Fundraising1
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StartupsBootstrappingDataQuality ControlOptimizationTeam PerformanceNew Business OpportunitiesMarketingWeb TechnologiesTechnological InnovationProduct StrategyEngineering ManagementLanguages English · French · Spanish
- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect — Google
- Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer — Google
- Amazon Web Services SysOps Administrator - Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Javier Garcia?
- Javier Garcia is a four-time founder who has held technical COO and co-founder roles. He has experience building and scaling products from early to growth stages while managing operations, go-to-market strategy, fundraising, and hiring.
- Where does Javier Garcia work?
- Javier Garcia is Co-Founder and CTO of Mayan.
- What companies did Javier Garcia found?
- Javier Garcia founded Mayan.
- Where did Javier Garcia go to school?
- Javier Garcia studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology); Tufts University (Master’s Degree, Engineering Management); Naples High School (High School Diploma).
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546
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Tufts University mafia40
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Andrew FeinbergBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Brightcove +1Guy FriedmanBAFounded Technical.ly +1Max SafaiMSFounded M8 Systems +1Mark PiperBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Lish +1Matthew CowanFounded BreezeworksMichael NerilB.A.Founded Spider Capital
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,679
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Shared employers
Also worked at MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research561
Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmMichael TruellCo-founder & CEO of CursorRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiColin WebbFounder & CEO of Avatar RoboticsDave JohnsonCo-founder & CEO of Dash Bio
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Also worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory41
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