Michael Lin
Founder & Managing Partner, OptimaGTM Architecting GTM Systems For B2B & AI Startups
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lin is a seasoned product and GTM leader with over two decades of experience architecting cloud, virtualization, storage, and networking products and launching them into enterprise markets. As Founder & Managing Partner of OptimaGTM and a former Principal Product Manager at Splunk and AWS, he has driven major cloud transitions, global rollouts, and rapid time-to-delivery improvements that turned multi-week deployments into one-day deliveries. He combines technical depth from engineering and computer science training with MBA-level business acumen to build cross-functional teams, define agile processes, and craft go-to-market strategies that resonate with field sales and customers. Notably, he has repeatedly created new product lines and partnerships (including VMware and Lenovo-acquired ZeroStack work) that accelerated market entry and adoption. Based in Palo Alto, he blends hands-on product execution with strategic GTM architecture for B2B and AI startups, favoring measurable customer outcomes over feature lists.
7 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at San José State UniversityEngineer’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, Engineer’s Degree, Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinMBA, Business Administration, MBA, Business Administration at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
Chinese
Github Skills (16)
access-control10
restful10
search-engine10
authentication10
opensearch10
data-masking10
opensearch-dashboards10
rest10
audit-logging10
analytics10
java10
role-based-access-control10
security8
analyzer7
ssl5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
opendistro-for-elasticsearch/deprecated-security-parent
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
[DO NOT USE - DEPRECATED as of v1.4.0] Parent repo for Open Distro Security plugin; Merged into security repo.
Contributions:30 commits, 27 PRs, 14 pushes in 4 months
security
ticheng-aws/OpenSearch
Jun 2023 - Aug 2025
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine.
Contributions:296 pushes, 21 branches in 2 years 2 months
restrestfulsearch-engine
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