About
Paul Zhang cofounded Debteye as CTO and later cofounded Avant, where he currently serves as CTO.
Founder/CTO at DebteyeYC S11
Intro paths
YC
Paul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Paul can intro founders to Debteye's investors below.
Debteye's investors · 1
Co-founders at Debteye
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John SunFounder
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Kevin YuFounder
Experience
- AvantChief Information Officercurrent2023 — present
- AvantChief Technology Officer2019 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
- AvantChief Architect2016 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
- AvantChief Technology Officer2012 — 2016Greater Chicago Area
- Hyde Park AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Debteye, Inc, part of YCombinator S2011Technical Founder2011 — 2012Santa Clara, California
- Enova FinancialSenior Software Engineer2010 — 2011
- CashNetUSASoftware Engineer2009 — 2010
Skills & more
Web Development7Software Development2Start-ups4Front-end5Web Applications6Ruby15Ruby on Rails24JavaScript8Git4SQL5CSS2PostgreSQL12
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HTMLLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paul Zhang?
- Paul Zhang cofounded Debteye as CTO and later cofounded Avant, where he currently serves as CTO.
- Where does Paul Zhang work?
- Paul Zhang is Founder/CTO of Debteye.
- What companies did Paul Zhang found?
- Paul Zhang founded Debteye.
- Where did Paul Zhang go to school?
- Paul Zhang studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Computational Bioengineering).
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Avant mafia3
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Hyde Park Angels mafia2
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Same school
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Shared employers
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