Founder Directory
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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ben SchermelKeyDBFounderSummer 2020B2BToronto, Canada2—John SullyKeyDBFounderSummer 2020B2BToronto, Canada2—
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John Sully
Founder·KeyDB
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchSummer 2020
LocationToronto, Canada
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
John wrote his first program at the age of 8, and since then has a history of pushing the limits of technology. At Microsoft John was responsible for ensuring Excel’s performance was orders of magnitude faster than the competition. John also lead a team effort to port Excel’s grid rendering stack to Android and iOS ensuring Excel would be a dominate player in a mobile first world.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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