Summary
Shawn Douglass is a seasoned business and technology executive with two decades of experience building, funding, and scaling enterprise software and data businesses. As CEO of Amberdata he leads a platform used by institutional crypto teams for on-chain, market and compliance infrastructure, turning complex digital-asset telemetry into production-grade services. His background spans operating, investing and founding roles—from EMC Ventures and ServiceMesh to driving Unified’s SaaS growth and eventual acquisition—bringing rare cross-functional fluency in product, engineering, go-to-market and M&A. He routinely architects distributed, high-availability systems and has led teams working with cutting-edge cloud, big data and security stacks. Based in Miami, he pairs operator rigor with investor instincts, having guided multiple exits and strategic partnerships across cloud and data ecosystems. An early-career submersible pilot, he also brings an unconventional hands-on perspective to risk, operations and team leadership.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Venture Capital Program, Venture Capital Program at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
GMP, GMP at Harvard Business School
Sustaining High Performance Executive Education, Sustaining High Performance Executive Education at Babson College
Japanese