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133 people in our graph share verified history with John — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Wouter Van de PutteunlockedJohn: together at Georgia Institute of Technology (2018)
×5John: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
×4John: together at Tsinghua University
×2John: together at Ridgefield High School
About
John Thompson previously worked as a software engineer at Slack and now focuses on simplifying software internationalization.
Founder at QuetzalYC S24
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Quetzal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, John can intro founders to Quetzal's investors below.
Quetzal's investors · 1
Co-founders at Quetzal
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Brendan AgliardoFounder
Experience
- Quetzal LabsCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentOakland, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineer II2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineer I2022San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackAssociate Software Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineering Intern2020San Francisco, California, United States
- SpinCar®Software Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
- CorCystems, IncInformation Technology Intern2017Ridgefield, Connecticut
Skills & more
German9Mandarin17Spanish2Web Development15JavaScript6jQuery5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)5Node.js5React.js3Redux.js3Front-end Development1Microsoft Office2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Thompson?
- John Thompson previously worked as a software engineer at Slack and now focuses on simplifying software internationalization.
- Where does John Thompson work?
- John Thompson is Founder of Quetzal.
- What companies did John Thompson found?
- John Thompson founded Quetzal.
- Where did John Thompson go to school?
- John Thompson studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Tsinghua University (Spring 2019 Exchange Student - Beijing, Computer Science); Ridgefield High School (High School Diploma).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Georgia Institute of Technology mafia365
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Neil UnderwoodBSFounded Canapi Ventures +2Lukasz GadowskiExchange SemesterFounded Spreadshirt +2Bettina HeinMasters of Science in Computer ScienceFounded Juli +2Eduardo NeeterMBAFounded Atdc +2Jeff FlowersMS and BSFounded Carbonite +2Aamir PoonawallaMastersFounded Orchestra +1
+ 358 more
Tsinghua University mafia106
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Adrien CohenMBAFounded Lazada +1Ng Yi YingDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Allsome +1Alice DengStudy AbroadFounded Slope +1Ray LiaoBachelor’s DegreeFounded Empallo +1Konstantin KlinglerMaster of Science - MSFounded Seamflow +1Tim ShiBachelor's DegreeFounded Cresta +1
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Same school
Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology701
Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures
+ 695 more
Also attended Tsinghua University301
Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalAlexander KremerPartner at Keen Venture PartnersCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalSong MaoManaging Director, China at Qualcomm Ventures
+ 295 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Slack66
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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