Jason Warner is a seasoned technology executive and founder with over eight years of high-impact experience leading engineering and product organizations from startups to Fortune-scale platforms. Currently co-founder and CEO of Poolside and a Board Member at Bridgewater Associates, he brings a rare combination of startup-building instincts and enterprise governance. Former CTO of GitHub and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, Jason has repeatedly scaled developer-focused platforms and led teams through major product and infrastructure transitions. His background includes senior engineering leadership at Heroku and Canonical, reflecting deep expertise in cloud-native services, developer tooling, and open-source ecosystems. Based in San Francisco with advanced CS training from RPI, he pairs hands-on technical fluency with investor-level strategy and a clear talent for spotting what’s next. An intriguing through-line: he balances operator chops with venture perspective, moving fluidly between shipping products and shaping the companies that back them.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Penn State University
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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