Rian Finnegan
FounderFounder at Cherry Recommends
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
FoundedCherry Recommends · YC
About
Rian Finnegan is a software engineer who previously founded a startup that he shut down and returned capital to investors.
Founder at Cherry RecommendsYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Rian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Cherry Recommends
ID
Isaac DonnellyFounder
Experience
- OrkestraHead of Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentFremantle, Western Australia, Australia
- AGLStaff Software Engineer2023 — 2024Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- BlinqPrincipal Software Engineer2022 — 2023Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cherry RecommendsCo-Founder2020 — 2022
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019Greater Melbourne Area
- Ramp RFID SolutionsSystems Engineer2013 — 2016Sydney
- UNSW AustraliaStudent of the History and Philosophy of Science2010 — 2013Greater Sydney Area
- UNSW AustraliaStudent of Electrical Engineering2008 — 2013Greater Sydney Area
- CSIROSummer Scholar2010 — 2011Greater Sydney Area
- Mars PetcareInternship2009 — 2010Wodonga
Skills & more
Linux2Databases1Open-Source Software1Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1Python (Programming Language)1Xamarin3Visual C#1Pspice4C6C++2Embedded Systems1ANSYS1
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LaTeXMatlabMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelC#Node.jsJavaScriptPersonal DriveGraphical User Interface (GUI)Reliability EngineeringGeneral ProgrammingComputer ScienceLanguages English · French
- MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional — Microsoft
- MS: Programming in C# — Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Professional — United Latino Students Association
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rian Finnegan?
- Rian Finnegan is a software engineer who previously founded a startup that he shut down and returned capital to investors.
- Where does Rian Finnegan work?
- Rian Finnegan is Founder of Cherry Recommends.
- What companies did Rian Finnegan found?
- Rian Finnegan founded Cherry Recommends.
- Where did Rian Finnegan go to school?
- Rian Finnegan studied at UNSW (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering); freeCodeCamp (Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering); UNSW (Arts, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology).
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