About
Yadhu is the CEO and co-founder of Esper, a device infrastructure and DevOps platform, which he founded with Shiv Sundar. The company is backed by Insight Partners, Scale, Madrona Ventures, and Root Ventures, and serves organizations in sectors including retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare. Prior to Esper, he held roles at Microsoft and Amazon, where he worked on device infrastructure.
Founder at Esper
Intro paths
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Esper's investors · 8
Cota CapitalSan FranciscoGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checksGRIDS CapitalSão PauloMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksNimble PartnersSan FranciscoPathbreaker VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $1M checksRoot Ventures Manager, LlcSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksUbiquity VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $3M checks
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Co-founders at Esper
Experience
- EsperCEOcurrent2018 — presentSeattle
- AmazonAWS2016 — 2018Seattle
- AmazonAmazon Go2014 — 2016Seattle
- AmazonAmazon Fire OS2013 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftPrincipal Lead Program Manager2011 — 2013Redmond, WA
- MicrosoftPrincipal Software Design Engineer2007 — 2011Redmond
- MicrosoftDevelopment Lead/Manager2003 — 2007Redmond
- MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineer1994 — 2003Redmond
Skills & more
Software Development52Leadership6DevOps5Software Engineering38Software Design49Distributed Systems21Agile Methodologies14Software Project Management14System Architecture12Scalability10Mobile Devices7Multithreading6
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Cloud ComputingDebuggingObject Oriented DesignIntegrationAgile Project ManagementDevice DriversOperating SystemsEmbedded SystemsManagementWin32 APIWindows CESilverlightFrom Yadhu's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yadhu?
- Yadhu is the CEO and co-founder of Esper, a device infrastructure and DevOps platform, which he founded with Shiv Sundar. The company is backed by Insight Partners, Scale, Madrona Ventures, and Root Ventures, and serves organizations in sectors including retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare. Prior to Esper, he held roles at Microsoft and Amazon, where he worked on device infrastructure.
- Where does Yadhu work?
- Yadhu is Co-Founder & CEO of Esper.
- What companies did Yadhu found?
- Yadhu founded Esper.
- Where did Yadhu go to school?
- Yadhu studied at Auburn University (MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); University of Maine (BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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University of Maine mafia7
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Same school
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Will McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyChris MoodyPartner at Foundry Group investing in technology companiesTy ReillyAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk VenturesGeorge StegallVice President at Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Phoebe FanDirector of Operations at Foothill VenturesJenna BryantCo-Founder, CEO and General Partner at Embedded Ventures
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Also attended University of Maine19
Connor SheaAssistant Controller at Sapphire VenturesRay UpdykeSVP, Finance, Operations at Alpaca VCJon LaddAdvisor at Tall Grass VenturesQing WangCFO at Yamaha Motor VenturesShaun RodriguezDirector of Life Science Research at Casdin CapitalBrendan RogersCo-Founder & Partner at 2am VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Esper8
Jeremy KaufmannPartner at Scale Venture PartnersRyan GembalaFounder & Managing Partner at Pathbreaker VenturesGhazi MasoodVenture Partner at Ansa CapitalRichard WellsManaging Director at Insight PartnersSunil NagarajFounder and Managing Partner at Ubiquity VenturesMatt PaukerGeneral Partner at Cleo Capital
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Also worked at Amazon724
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at Microsoft1,354
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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