Sherman Dickman
Founder at Stealth Startup
San Carlos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSherman Dickman is a seasoned product-focused founder and technology leader with 10+ years of experience building and shipping developer and consumer software from Silicon Valley. He founded Postbox, a successful email client launched at TechCrunch50 in 2008 and led it end-to-end—from hiring and UX to engineering and business development—ultimately selling the company in 2024. Prior roles at Mozilla and Sun show deep expertise in product management for large platform software, including steering J2SE and Java HotSpot efforts and establishing product functions at scale. Based in San Carlos, Sherman now runs a stealth startup, bringing a rare combination of hands-on product design, metrics-driven decision making, and long-term operational leadership. An English BA who cut his teeth managing classic consumer titles in the 90s, he blends clear communication and user empathy with technical program rigor.
10 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (23)
kubernetes10
strings10
python10
localized10
openpgp9
thunderbird-extension9
google-chrome8
render8
thunderbird8
chrome-extension7
chrome6
firefox6
markdown6
react3
addon3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
postbox/localizations
Jul 2016 - Nov 2021
Localized Strings for Postbox
Contributions:267 commits, 331 PRs, 303 pushes in 5 years 5 months
localizedpostboxstrings
john-swe-translator/localizations
Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
Localized Strings for Postbox
Contributions:2 PRs in 2 years 6 months
twinestringstranslationinternationalizationlocalized
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