Joseph Zhang
FounderFounder at CatchBack Cards
Stanford, California, United States
FoundedCatchBack Cards · YC
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About
Joseph Zhang was an early engineer at a cryptocurrency startup developing a DEX and NFT platform, a consultant at McKinsey on AI transformation for enterprises, and a software engineer at AWS focused on cloud storage infrastructure. He has direct experience in collectibles trading and the Pokémon card market.
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Joseph went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- CatchBack CardsFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- NexusSoftware Engineer2025
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant - Digital and Analytics2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- The Farmlink ProjectSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst - Digital and Analytics2022Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- AbilityHacksCS for Social Good Studio Instructor2021Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- UNICEFSoftware Engineer2020
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- Who is Joseph Zhang?
- Joseph Zhang was an early engineer at a cryptocurrency startup developing a DEX and NFT platform, a consultant at McKinsey on AI transformation for enterprises, and a software engineer at AWS focused on cloud storage infrastructure. He has direct experience in collectibles trading and the Pokémon card market.
- Where does Joseph Zhang work?
- Joseph Zhang is Founder of CatchBack Cards.
- What companies did Joseph Zhang found?
- Joseph Zhang founded CatchBack Cards.
- Where did Joseph Zhang go to school?
- Joseph Zhang studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Cognitive Science); The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) (High School Diploma).
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