About
Roy Stillwell holds a PhD in electrical engineering with expertise in biophotonics research. He co-founded NearWave in 2020 with Professor Thomas O'Sullivan and serves as CEO and chief engineer.
Founder at NearWaveYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Roy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- Distyl AIAI Engineercurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- NophinCo-Founder2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- SourcedivCo-Founder & CTO2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- WeWorkLead Software Engineer2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- MicrosoftSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2019New York, New York, United States
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018New York, New York, United States
- ShypmateCo-Founder & CTO2015 — 2017New York, New York, United States
- Shoobx, Inc.Software Engineer2015
- OracleSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015Greater Boston
- Lark TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Intern2013
Skills & more
Programming11Python18HTML7Java21JavaScript9C++7Matlab6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Roy Stillwell?
- Roy Stillwell holds a PhD in electrical engineering with expertise in biophotonics research. He co-founded NearWave in 2020 with Professor Thomas O'Sullivan and serves as CEO and chief engineer.
- Where does Roy Stillwell work?
- Roy Stillwell is Founder of NearWave.
- What companies did Roy Stillwell found?
- Roy Stillwell founded NearWave.
- Where did Roy Stillwell go to school?
- Roy Stillwell studied at Y Combinator (YC W16); Cornell Tech (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
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