Ishmael Samuel
CTO & Founder @ Paragon | Forbes 30u30 | YC W20
- Role
- Chief Technology Officer Co-founder at Paragon
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ishmael Samuel
I\'m an engineer, executive, and entrepreneur. My mission is to use technology to build a better, more equitable world.I\'ve been writing software for 15 years. The products I’ve built have been used by millions of people, raised millions in venture funding, made millions in revenue, and include multiple acquisitions.I’ve built products for Uber, Universal Studios, and dozens of other startups, corporations, and non-profits—I\'m currently CTO + cofounder at Paragon (YC W20), a venture-backed startup on a mission to democratize software development. We allow both engineers and non-engineers to build products and product features seamlessly. Our investors include Y-Combinator, Village Global, Funders Club, and many more.My day-to-day consists of- Engineering: full-stack web development, dev ops, security, database administration- Engineering Management: sprint planning, architecture, code reviews, 1-on-1s- Business Development & Sales: sales calls, enterprise scoping, etc- Customer Success: troubleshooting issues with customers, answering I was CTO / CEO of CTRL LA, a software development agency. We worked with startup founders and corporations employing lean customer development to conduct market research, customer interviews, and product feature specs. We used agile methodology to tackle roadmapping and development in an iterative sprint format.The team consisted of product managers, UI / UX designers and full stack engineers with experience working with startups to Fortune 500s.I bootstrapped the business to over $1mm annual run rate before shutting it down to focus on my new venture, Paragon—Feel free to connect with me or drop me a message at:Email: w••••••••@gmail.com
Experience
Chief Technology Officer Co-founder
Aug 2019 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Paragon makes it easy to build products that integrate with the SaaS ecosystem. Ship every native integration your customers need.
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