Holley Mcshan
Investor at BoxGroup
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHolley Mcshan is an investor and former software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable product and infrastructure at firms ranging from LinkedIn to BlackRock. She combines an MBA from Stanford with a Computer Science and Spanish background from Middlebury, bringing product, DevOps, and full‑stack engineering fluency to early-stage venture work. At LinkedIn she architected MySQL-backed prompt template systems for generative AI and was a primary on-call for backend systems delivering billions of notifications weekly, while at BlackRock she led API and ETF risk analytics efforts. Holley pairs technical rigor with product instincts—evident in shipping new notification types that materially grew engagement—and a passion for social impact and scuba diving that informs her long-term focus on mission-driven startups. Based in Palo Alto, she leverages hands-on engineering experience to evaluate and scale founder-led technology companies.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science and Spanish, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science and Spanish at Middlebury CollegeSpanish Language Immersion, Spanish Language Immersion at AIL Madrid Spanish Language SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)St. Andrew's School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
python6
chatgpt4
openai4
llm3
langchain3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
holleymcshan/UIpractica1ejercicio2
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
holleymcshan/IUcasopractico
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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