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About
Joseph Perla is the founder of TrustedRouter.com and a serial entrepreneur with four exits. He previously held technology leadership positions at Facebook and Lyft, and has worked at companies including Hangout, Terminal.com, Turntable.fm, and Bridgewater. He holds a PhD in AI (incomplete) and studied computer science, philosophy, economics, and art history at Princeton, where he won a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Experience
- TrustedRouterFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StartXSummer 2025 Cohort2025Stanford, California, United States
- HangoutCEO2020 — 2025
- LyftMachine Learning: Level 5 Autonomous Vehicles2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- LyftSenior Eng Manager: Passenger Acquisition / Growth2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- PlatoPlato Mentor - Engineering Leadership2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Terminal.com (CloudLabs, Inc)Co-Founder2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookTech Lead, News Feed for iPhone2012 — 2013Menlo Park
- Turntable (tt.fm) — TTFM LabsCo-Founder / VP of Technology2010 — 2011New York, NY
- Labmeeting, IncCo-Founder, CTO2007 — 2010Palo Alto, CA
- ZandigoCo-Founder2005 — 2007
Skills & more
- Private Pilot — Federal Aviation Administration
- Design 101 Course — Designlab (trydesignlab.com)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joseph Perla?
- Joseph Perla is the founder of TrustedRouter.com and a serial entrepreneur with four exits. He previously held technology leadership positions at Facebook and Lyft, and has worked at companies including Hangout, Terminal.com, Turntable.fm, and Bridgewater. He holds a PhD in AI (incomplete) and studied computer science, philosophy, economics, and art history at Princeton, where he won a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Where does Joseph Perla work?
- Joseph Perla is at StartX.
- Where did Joseph Perla go to school?
- Joseph Perla studied at Advisor: Charles Elkan (PhD Candidate, Machine Learning); Princeton University (Bachelor's degree).
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