About
Sam Vermette is Co-Founder, CEO, and Head of Product at Transit, a role he holds alongside his work as a product designer with more than 20 years of experience. Before founding Transit, he taught himself to code and released a series of mobile apps that together accumulated over 6 million downloads. He holds a B.Sc. in industrial design from the University of Montreal.
Co-founder & CEO at Transit
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Transit's investors · 3
Co-founders at Transit
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Guillaume CampagnaCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- Chaos LabsFounder & CEOcurrent2021 — presentBrooklyn, New York, United States
- InstagramTech Lead2020 — 2021New York, United States
- FacebookTech Lead, Watch2019 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineer, internet.org, b2b2018 — 2019Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- FacebookSoftware Engineer, internet.org, b2c2017 — 2018
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTech Lead2018 — 2019
- Mindflow.aiFounder, CEO2017 — 2018Tel Aviv
- Israel Tech ChallengeAlgorithms and Fullstack Lecturer2016 — 2017Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- JoiRyde Ltd.Founder, CEO2015 — 2016Tel Aviv, Israel
- Creative Engineering BoutiqueFounder2013 — 2015Tel Aviv, Israel
Skills & more
JavaScript99Software Development99HTML50SQL36Java74AngularJS29Node.js31C28MongoDB18HTML519Microsoft Excel11jQuery13
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ProgrammingC++CSSBootstrapGitLinuxMicrosoft SQL ServerMaterialized ViewsMobile ApplicationsFluxObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)AlgorithmsLanguages English · Hebrew
- CS 193p - Developing iOS Applications — Stanford University
- MIT Media Labs, Digital Currency Initiative Prototyping Forum, Berlin — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Google Android Developer Scholarship — Google
- 1st Place - Blockchain implementation competition — Kin Ecosystem
- Startup School — Y Combinator
- 1st Place - Com.Unity 6 Week Hackathon - National Technology Competition — COM.UNITY
- Dean's List Academic Excellence - Technion - 2015 — Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Vermette?
- Sam Vermette is Co-Founder, CEO, and Head of Product at Transit, a role he holds alongside his work as a product designer with more than 20 years of experience. Before founding Transit, he taught himself to code and released a series of mobile apps that together accumulated over 6 million downloads. He holds a B.Sc. in industrial design from the University of Montreal.
- Where does Sam Vermette work?
- Sam Vermette is Co-founder & CEO of Transit.
- What companies did Sam Vermette found?
- Sam Vermette founded Transit.
- Where did Sam Vermette go to school?
- Sam Vermette studied at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Computer Science, Information Technology); Fullstack Academy (Certified, Computer Software Engineering).
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