John Yang-sammataro
Cofounder at PayerPrice
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Yang-sammataro is a serial founder and software leader with 14 years of experience building product-driven engineering teams and startups at the intersection of healthcare, fintech, and biotech. As cofounder/partner at Silicon Valley Insight and NewCo, he helps companies take products from concept to exit—one client he advised was acquired by a camera company for over $110M. His background includes hands-on engineering at Twitter and early-stage product work, plus deep academic ties as a Stanford CS instructor and alumni in HCI and systems. He advises startups on price transparency, tax automation, and R&D finance, and has a track record of launching both nonprofit and commercial ventures that bridge technology, design, and business. Notably, he combines startup hustle with classroom rigor, having taught Stanford courses led by Sam Altman and Balaji Srinivasan.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Phillips AcademyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Harvard Business SchoolMasters Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Masters Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction at Stanford University
Italian, Chinese, English
Github Skills (112)
armv710
openalpr10
ipv610
docker-image10
dotenv9
camera9
automatic-license-plate-recognition9
rust8
umbrella8
opencv8
donut8
raspberry-pi8
pdf8
jekyll8
react-native8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
SiliconValleyInsight/siliconvalleyinsight.github.io
Jan 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:17 PRs, 27 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 8 months
siliconjekyllsilicon-valleyvalley
JohnYangSam/environment
Mar 2015 - Nov 2022
Development Environment for Mac and Linux
Contributions:2 PRs, 69 pushes, 4 issues in 7 years 9 months
linuxmacdevelopment-environmentmacbook-prodotfiles
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