John Fan
Head Of Strategy
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Fan is a strategic technology leader with 11 years of experience bridging engineering and venture investing from San Francisco. He began his career as an engineer on Google Cloud Platform and transitioned into venture roles at Foundation Capital, Blumberg Capital, and Inception Capital, where he progressed from advisor to partner. Today he serves as Head of Strategy at a stealth post-LLM startup while continuing investment leadership, blending product, go-to-market, and technical due diligence expertise. His background in electrical and computer engineering, economics, and computer science gives him a rare fluency in both technical architecture and market design. Known for translating complex technical trade-offs into investment theses and scalable business models, he excels at spotting where nascent AI capabilities can become durable startups. Colleagues describe him as the connector who turns engineering depth into strategic conviction.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E. B.S. B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Economics and Computer Science, B.S.E. B.S. B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Economics and Computer Science at Duke University
Github Skills (32)
google-workspace10
kotlin10
python10
cdn10
java10
gcp10
google-cloud-run10
automl10
google-cloud10
translate10
appengine10
auth10
static-analysis9
conventions9
sun9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shun-fan/shun-vim-setup
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
shun-fan/test-compute-sendgrid
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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