Michael E. Driscoll
Founder at Rill
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael E. Driscoll is a serial founder and investor based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building data-driven companies, including Rill Data, Metamarkets, and CustomInk. He blends product and technical leadership with a deep appreciation for data engineering and analytics, shaped by his earlier work as a computational biologist and hands-on coding in Python and R. As an investor with DCVC, he evaluates and supports frontier data and infrastructure startups, bringing founder-level empathy to portfolio companies. Known for turning complex data challenges into usable products, he combines startup grit with scientific rigor and a penchant for pragmatic engineering. An underappreciated strength is his ability to translate research-grade workflows into production analytics platforms that scale for business users.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (39)
sveltekit10
duckdb10
sql10
csv10
postgresql9
golang9
business-analytics9
nodejs9
svelte9
data-analysis9
data-visualization9
parquet9
maps8
druid8
database8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rilldata/rill-nyc-taxi
Nov 2023 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 push in 6 months
medriscoll/rill-developer
Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
a tool that makes it effortless to transform and explore your datasets with SQL, powered by DuckDB
Contributions:6 pushes in 2 months
duckdbtransformexploresqlbusiness-analytics
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