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Timothy Chen

Investor

General Partner at ESSENCE VC

San Francisco Bay Area

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Experience

  1. Essence Venture CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2019 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. The Infra PodCo-hostcurrent2024 — present
  3. Open Source Startup PodcastCo-hostcurrent2021 — present
  4. The Apache Software FoundationApache Foundation Membercurrent2013 — present
  5. Bessemer Venture PartnersOperator Advisorcurrent2021 — present
  6. Polygon TechnologyConsultant2022
  7. Grid.aiPrincipal Engineer2020 — 2021
  8. TendermintSVP of Engineering2019 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  9. ClouderaPrincipal Software Engineer2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
  10. HyperpilotCEO & Cofounder2016 — 2018San Francisco, California
  11. Mesosphere, Inc.Lead Distributed Systems Engineer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  12. 343 IndustriesSoftware Development Engineer II2013 — 2014Kirkland
  13. VMwareMember of Technical Staff III, CloudFoundry2012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
  14. Z2LiveSoftware Developer2011 — 2012
  15. EvriSoftware Engineer2010 — 2011
  16. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Server Architecture18Scalability31Cloud Computing74Distributed SystemsREST35Software Engineering27Scrum13Ruby7User Experience9Hadoop12Web Services45Integration18
+8 moreSoftware DevelopmentBig DataAgile MethodologiesXMLPythonRuby on RailsAgile Project ManagementSoftware Design

Languages Chinese · English

  • Deep Reinforcement Learning Nanodegree — Udacity
  • Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Timothy Chen?
General Partner at ESSENCE VC
Where does Timothy Chen work?
Timothy Chen is General Partner at ESSENCE VC.
Where did Timothy Chen go to school?
Timothy Chen studied at University of Washington (B.S., Informatics); DigiPen Institute of Technology (Computer Science).

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Also attended DigiPen Institute of Technology2

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Shared employers

Also worked at Essence Venture Capital6

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Also worked at The Infra Pod3

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Also worked at Polygon Technology26

Kenzi WangCo-Founder at Symbolic CapitalSandeep NailwalCo-Founder at Symbolic CapitalRoman J. MaFounder & General Partner at Ceras VenturesRahul DalmiaVenture Partner at Tykhe VenturesHarsh AgarwalInvestment Director at Cypher CapitalRebecca RettigInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto Vault

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Also worked at Cloudera38

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesKevin WangCEO, FOSSA Inc. at OSS CapitalScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesMick HollisonInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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