About
John Shao is Co-Founder and CTO of Pipe17, a company that connects e-commerce systems such as OMS, WMS, ERP, 3PL, payments, and marketplaces into a single network, with customers including American Express, Staples, Logitech, Estée Lauder, and Black Rifle Coffee. He previously spent over 15 years building engineering teams at Avaya, Spoken Communications (acquired by Avaya), Ayasdi, Oracle, and VMware, working across contact center, conversational AI, ML platforms, and cloud infrastructure. Based in Seattle, he is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Founder at Pipe17
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Co-founders at Pipe17
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Mohamad AfsharExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Pipe17Co-Founder / CTOcurrent2019 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- AvayaSr Director of Engineering - Avaya Cloud2018 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
- Spoken Communications - An Avaya CompanyVP Engineering2017 — 2018Greater Seattle Area
- AyasdiSenior Director of Engineering2015 — 2017Menlo Park, CA
- OracleDirector Software Development2014 — 2015Redwood City, CA
- VMwareSr. Manager R&D2010 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
- VMwareSr. QA Engineer2007 — 2010
- Threeway Logistic Inc.Assistant System Administrator2005 — 2007
Skills & more
Linux29VMware19Java12SaaS8Servers8Hadoop5Enterprise Software11VMware Infrastructure1MapReduce1Amazon Web Services (AWS)2Software as a Service (SaaS)2Engineering Leadership2
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Order ManagementCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentVirtualizationAgile MethodologiesScrumTest AutomationStorageSoftware EngineeringIntegrationHigh AvailabilityPaaSLanguages Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Shao?
- John Shao is Co-Founder and CTO of Pipe17, a company that connects e-commerce systems such as OMS, WMS, ERP, 3PL, payments, and marketplaces into a single network, with customers including American Express, Staples, Logitech, Estée Lauder, and Black Rifle Coffee. He previously spent over 15 years building engineering teams at Avaya, Spoken Communications (acquired by Avaya), Ayasdi, Oracle, and VMware, working across contact center, conversational AI, ML platforms, and cloud infrastructure. Based in Seattle, he is fluent in English and Mandarin.
- Where does John Shao work?
- John Shao is Founder of Pipe17.
- What companies did John Shao found?
- John Shao founded Pipe17.
Shared employers
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Also worked at Avaya13
Mark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersGhazi MasoodVenture Partner at Ansa CapitalJanavi PapriwalInvestment Partner, Co-Head South Asia at Circulate CapitalDave GarlandManaging Partner at Second Century VenturesScott L. RussoManaging Partner at Dasein CapitalBojan JovićMember of Supervisor Committee at TS Ventures
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Also worked at Oracle398
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceAyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalMark SiegelPartner Emeritus at Menlo VenturesHope CochranVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also worked at VMware116
Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMichael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer
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