About
Josh Wymer served as a software engineer at Meta and held a product engineering role at Mixpanel during its early growth stage. He is a Virginia Tech baseball player and currently leads Central as CEO.
Founder at CentralYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Josh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Central's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Central's investors below.
Central's investors · 3
Co-founders at Central
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Pranav KashyapFounder
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Nilay ModiFounder
Experience
- MercuryHead of Engineering - Payrollcurrent2026 — present
- CentralCo-founder & CEO2023 — 2026
- MixpanelStaff Tech Lead Manager2019 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2019Menlo Park, California
- MixpanelStaff Software Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelEngineering Manager2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- MixpanelSenior Software Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- YardsellrSoftware Engineer2010 — 2013San Francisco, California, United States
Skills & more
JavaScript16MySQL13PHP8MapReduce3HTML 54Big Data2Product Development3Heavy Lifting2Golf1HTML2CSS2Product Management1
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Start-upsPythonCrushingWeb ApplicationsReact.jsPython (Programming Language)From Josh's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Josh Wymer?
- Josh Wymer served as a software engineer at Meta and held a product engineering role at Mixpanel during its early growth stage. He is a Virginia Tech baseball player and currently leads Central as CEO.
- Where does Josh Wymer work?
- Josh Wymer is Founder of Central.
- What companies did Josh Wymer found?
- Josh Wymer founded Central.
- Where did Josh Wymer go to school?
- Josh Wymer studied at Y Combinator; Virginia Tech (Bachelor's degree); The University of Texas-Pan American.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Y Combinator mafia4,716
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Virginia Tech mafia36
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Mercury mafia11
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Mixpanel mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinMember Board Of DirectorsFounded PayPal +1Suhail DoshiCo-founder & CEOFounded PlaygroundMelike Abacioglu GunesSenior Director of Revenue Strategy & OperationsFounded PhysioHealthTim TrefrenFounderFounded RecheckZach OceanSenior Software EngineerFounded UberduckPranav KashyapGroup Product Manager & Head of PricingFounded Central
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
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Also attended Virginia Tech110
Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic Ventures
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Also attended The University of Texas-Pan American1
Shared employers
Also worked at Mercury24
Will ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalPaul LevineOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVStu SmithPartner at Scribble VenturesS.K. LeeExecutive Coach at Roble Ventures
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Also worked at Central4
Also worked at Mixpanel16
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURESMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMeghan SwidlerStart-Up Innovation at Pave Health VenturesBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures
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