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San O.

CTO at ShopBack

San O. has a diverse work experience spanning over 18 years. San is currently the CTO at ShopBack since April 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Slack as the VP of Engineering from September 2018 to April 2022, where they led two product engineering organizations and the development center in India.

Before Slack, San served as the VP of Engineering at Astro Technology, Inc from January 2017 to September 2018. San successfully built a high-performing team in the U.S before the company was acquired by Slack.

From August 2012 to January 2017, San worked at LinkedIn as the Head of Flagship Client Infrastructure. San led the development of iOS and Android apps, as well as API server infrastructure, and played a vital role in redefining mobile development, testing, and release processes.

San's experience also includes working at Mumbo, Inc as an Engineer (acquired by LinkedIn) from May 2011 to August 2012, where they were responsible for designing and implementing various backend systems and infrastructure. San worked with several technologies and integrated third-party platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google.

Prior to that, San worked at Yahoo! for several years in different roles. San served as a Principal Software Engineer from March 2010 to May 2011, where they led a team in redesigning Yahoo! Mail mid-tier. San also worked as an Architect/Engineering Manager for Mail Service Engineering from July 2009 to April 2010, and as a Senior Software Engineer in Yahoo! Mail proxy infrastructure & web services team from March 2007 to July 2009. San started at Yahoo! as a Software Engineer in February 2006.

San's earlier experiences include internships at Yahoo!, Digipede Technologies, LLC., and BigFix, Inc. San also worked as an Assistant System Administrator at UC Berkeley, Davis Etcheverry Computing Facility.

Overall, San O. has a strong background in engineering, leadership, and building high-performing teams.

San O. attended the University of California, Berkeley, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2005. Additionally, they completed a Higher Diploma in Computer Studies at the National Computing Center in the UK, although the specific dates of this program are unknown.

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  • CTO

    April, 2022 - present