Jon Gelsey
BoD Observer at Duende Software
Mercer Island, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJon Gelsey is a veteran technology executive and board director with a track record of scaling deep-technology companies from early prototype to high-value exits, including leading Xnor.ai to an Apple acquisition and growing Auth0 from a 3-person startup to a global business acquired for $6.5B. He blends hands-on engineering pedigree—CPU and supercomputer architecture, IC design, and a patent in hydrogen storage—with strategic dealmaking expertise from leading M&A at Microsoft and Intel Capital. Jon excels at founding and guiding distributed engineering, sales, and ops teams across 35+ countries and building products that push complex tech into practical, deployable systems. As an investor, advisor and board member he focuses on data security, low-latency distributed databases, ML tooling, identity, and applied computer vision, often with companies commercializing research-grade tech. Known for strong negotiation and structuring skills, he repeatedly navigates complex technical and business-model integrations in acquisitions and partnerships. Currently on sabbatical and serving as a board observer/member, he combines rare technical depth with proven startup-to-exit leadership.
12 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BA BS Elec & Computer Engineering; Philosophy; German, BA BS Elec & Computer Engineering; Philosophy; German at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (85)
authentication10
kernel-module10
udp9
internet9
tuntap9
roaming9
computer-vision8
cli8
linux8
sec8
vpn8
tunnel8
python8
cryptocurrency8
security8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jgelsey/sharelock-old
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:8 PRs, 154 pushes, 12 branches in 1 month
jgelsey/esp-idf
Jul 2022 - May 2023
Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs.
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
espressifdevelopment-frameworkespressoaemiot
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