Where does Kemar Newell work?

Kemar Newell is Founder/CEO of Flip.

Where did Kemar Newell go to school?

Kemar Newell studied at Y Combinator; Morehouse College (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).

Kemar Newell

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Founder/CEO at Flip

San Francisco Bay Area

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Kemar Newell is the CEO of FLIP, with a background in the marketing and advertising industry. His technical skills include distributed systems, Ruby, Python, and Java, alongside experience in management and business development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Morehouse College.

Founder/CEO at Flip YC W15

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Flip's investors · 6

Agrolimen Ventures Base Venture Management, Inc.Oakland · $100K – $700K checks Black Jays VenturesNew York · $250K – $500K checks Four CitiesNewton Sunshine LakeN Las Vegas Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Experience

FLIPCEOcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Emerson CollectiveMentor2023
GoogleSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013Mountain View, CA
MIT Lincoln LaboratoryEngineer Intern2010
AppleHardware Engineer2008 — 2010Cupertino, CA

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Python13Software Engineering20Algorithms6Distributed Systems5Machine Learning2Start-ups8Perl1Ruby1Computer Science3Public Speaking12Management5Java2

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Who is Kemar Newell?: Kemar Newell is the CEO of FLIP, with a background in the marketing and advertising industry. His technical skills include distributed systems, Ruby, Python, and Java, alongside experience in management and business development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Morehouse College.
Where does Kemar Newell work?: Kemar Newell is Founder/CEO of Flip.
What companies did Kemar Newell found?: Kemar Newell founded Flip.
Where did Kemar Newell go to school?: Kemar Newell studied at Y Combinator; Morehouse College (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).

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Founder/CEO at FlipYC W15

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Founder/CEO at Flip YC W15