About
Mark Piper is co-founder and CTO of Worksphere. He previously co-founded Lish, a corporate catering marketplace, and spent a decade at Amazon as a senior engineer and manager working on the Kindle team. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Tufts and an MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon.
Founder at WorksphereYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Mark went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Mark can intro founders to Worksphere's investors below.
Worksphere's investors · 1
Co-founders at Worksphere
AF
Aakhil FardeenFounder
TK
Theresa KlaassenFounder
Experience
- LishCTOcurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- EnvoyDirector of Engineering2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- WorksphereCofounder & CTO2020 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- LishCofounder & CTO2015 — 2020Seattle
- Kindle for EducationSoftware Development Manager2013 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon.comSenior Software Engineer2009 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- Amazon.comSoftware Engineer2005 — 2009Greater Seattle Area
- PfizerComputer Scientist2003 — 2004Greater Boston Area
- InvensysSoftware Developer (Intern)2002 — 2003Greater Boston Area
Skills & more
Software Engineering8Distributed Systems5Software Design4Software Development5Agile Methodologies3Algorithms1Scrum1Java1C++1RubyEnterprise Architecture
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mark Piper?
- Mark Piper is co-founder and CTO of Worksphere. He previously co-founded Lish, a corporate catering marketplace, and spent a decade at Amazon as a senior engineer and manager working on the Kindle team. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Tufts and an MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon.
- Where does Mark Piper work?
- Mark Piper is Founder of Worksphere.
- What companies did Mark Piper found?
- Mark Piper founded Worksphere.
- Where did Mark Piper go to school?
- Mark Piper studied at Y Combinator (W21); Carnegie Mellon University (MS, Software Engineering (MSIT)); Tufts University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science).
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