Michael Abbott
InvestorGeneral Partner at Kleiner Perkins · Board director at Spruce Health · Board director at CoreOS
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About
Michael (Mike) Abbott is an engineering leader, entrepreneur, and investor who has built and scaled products and infrastructure for both consumers and enterprises. Before venture investing, he led software development at Twitter, where he grew the engineering team and rebuilt the company's infrastructure, and previously led Palm's webOS software team and served as a general manager at Microsoft for .NET online services, which became Azure. He co-founded Passenger Inc. and founded Composite Software, and advised companies including Cloudera and Jawbone. In 2011 he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner on its digital team, focusing on social, mobile, and cloud investments. He later served as VP Engineering of Apple Cloud Services and as Executive Vice President of Software and Services at General Motors. He co-founded Open Athena and is a lecturer in Stanford University's computer science department, and has expertise in enterprise infrastructure, security, distributed systems, cloud computing, and blockchain.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Abbott co-founded Open Athena. Abbott founded Composite Software. Abbott co-founded Passenger Inc.
- Education
- Studied at California Polytechnic State University (bachelor's degree) Studied at University of Washington (Ph.D. coursework (not completed))
- Boards
- Abbott is a member of the Board of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Abbott is a member of the Foundation Board at Cal Poly.
- Communities
- Abbott was a member of the HealthCare.gov Tech Surge Team and remains an advisor to the US Digital Service effort.
- More
- Abbott advised Cloudera and Jawbone.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Board director at Spruce Health
Intro paths
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Spruce Health's investors · 3
Co-founders at Spruce Health
Board director at CoreOSYC S13
Intro paths
CoreOS went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — Michael sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.
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CoreOS's investors · 7
Co-founders at CoreOS
Investments
Investor
ClouderaHearsay LabsJawboneSaynow
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Colleagues at Kleiner Perkins
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Abbott?
- Michael (Mike) Abbott is an engineering leader, entrepreneur, and investor who has built and scaled products and infrastructure for both consumers and enterprises. Before venture investing, he led software development at Twitter, where he grew the engineering team and rebuilt the company's infrastructure, and previously led Palm's webOS software team and served as a general manager at Microsoft for .NET online services, which became Azure. He co-founded Passenger Inc. and founded Composite Software, and advised companies including Cloudera and Jawbone. In 2011 he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner on its digital team, focusing on social, mobile, and cloud investments. He later served as VP Engineering of Apple Cloud Services and as Executive Vice President of Software and Services at General Motors. He co-founded Open Athena and is a lecturer in Stanford University's computer science department, and has expertise in enterprise infrastructure, security, distributed systems, cloud computing, and blockchain.
- Where does Michael Abbott work?
- Michael Abbott is General Partner at Kleiner Perkins and Board director at Spruce Health and Board director at CoreOS.
- What companies has Michael Abbott invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Cloudera, Hearsay Labs, Jawbone, Saynow.