Ted Chen
Co-Founder at LifeSaver Mobile
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTed Chen is a seasoned technology and business leader with 11+ years in the industry and a legal background (J.D.), now co-founding LifeSaver Mobile to tackle distracted driving through patented, phone-based detection and blocking without hardware. He brings enterprise dealmaking and partnerships experience from senior business development roles at Yahoo!, YouSendIt, AOL and Netcentives, giving him rare fluency across product, sales and regulatory considerations. At LifeSaver he has validated solutions across millions of driven miles and built reporting tools for corporate safety and fleet managers that drive measurable behavior change. His combination of corporate counsel experience and executive GTM leadership helps de-risk early-stage product-market fit and commercial scaling. Based in San Jose, he blends startup grit with big‑tech operating experience and a pragmatic focus on safety, compliance and measurable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
J.D., J.D. at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolB.S., B.S. at The Wharton School
Github Skills (31)
yelp10
sensu9
retrying9
python8
slack-bot8
java7
infrastructure7
chronos7
k8s7
docker7
paas6
kubernetes6
golang5
slack5
mediawiki5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nanflasted/TekinBot
Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
TaaS: Tekin (a knowledgeable and possibly friendly professor) as a Slackbot
Contributions:14 commits, 32 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 year 4 months
slackbotslack-bottaasslackprofessor
nanflasted/tekinbot-discord
Nov 2019 - Nov 2024
TaaD: Tekin (a knowledgable and possibly friendly professor) as a DiscordBot
Contributions:17 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
discorddiscord-botprofessortekindiscordbot
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