Tommy McClung
FounderCo-Founder • CEO at Release · Founder/CEO at CarWoo
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
FoundedCarWoo · YCRelease · YC
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About
Tommy McClung is the co-founder and CEO of Release, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. His background includes work in Ruby on Rails, C/C++ programming, embedded management systems, technical sales, venture fundraising, and people management.
Co-Founder • CEO at ReleaseYC W20
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Tommy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Release


Founder/CEO at CarWooYC S09
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Tommy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- ReleaseCEO/Co-foundercurrent2019 — presentTEDquarters
- TrueCar, Inc.Chief Technology & Product Officer2018 — 2019Santa Monica, California
- TrueCar, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2015 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- TrueCar, Inc.SVP Technology and Development2015 — 2019
- TrueCar, Inc.VP Product Development2014 — 2019San Francisco
- CarWoo!CEO2009 — 2014
- IMSafer, Inc.VP Engineering, Founder2006 — 2008
- uXcomm, Inc.Sr. Solutions Architect2005 — 2006
- RLX TechnologiesSales and Marketing Engineer2002 — 2005
- RLX TechnologiesFirmware Engineer - Team Lead2001 — 2002
- Oresis CommunicationsFirmware Engineer2000 — 2001
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tommy McClung?
- Tommy McClung is the co-founder and CEO of Release, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. His background includes work in Ruby on Rails, C/C++ programming, embedded management systems, technical sales, venture fundraising, and people management.
- Where does Tommy McClung work?
- Tommy McClung is Founder/CEO of CarWoo and Co-Founder • CEO at Release.
- What companies did Tommy McClung found?
- Tommy McClung founded CarWoo, Release.
- Where did Tommy McClung go to school?
- Tommy McClung studied at Y Combinator; Oregon State University (BS, Computer Engineering).
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Truecar mafia12
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Release mafia2
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