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Sean Lynch
Cofounder & Chief Product Officer at Census
Sean Lynch is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Census, a company focused on data operations and reverse ETL (Extract, Transform, Load). He has played a pivotal role in introducing businesses to Data Operations, enabling them to take actionable insights from their data. Under his leadership, Census has positioned itself as a key player in the modern data stack, which revolves around cloud data warehouses and operational analytics.13
Professional Background
Lynch has extensive experience in the tech industry, particularly in product management and entrepreneurship. Before founding Census in March 2018, he held significant roles at notable companies:
- Google: Product Manager for App Engine from September 2008 to May 2011.
- Dropbox: Group Product Manager from July 2012 to December 2015, where he contributed to the Dropbox for Teams initiative and partnerships.
- TapEngage: Co-founder of this Y Combinator-funded company, which was acquired by Dropbox.
- Social Capital LP: Entrepreneur in Residence for a brief period in 2017.245
Education
Lynch holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and is an alumnus of Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch, which is known for fostering startups.12
Current Role
At Census, Lynch is instrumental in shaping the company's vision and product strategy, focusing on helping organizations leverage their data effectively. He is also a Charter Member of The C100, an organization that supports Canadian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.12
Highlights
One (of several) interesting things I spotted in @bu7emba Universql project. I didn't realize you can combine Snowflake's Iceberg support with dynamic tables to essentially get it to "dual write" native and Iceberg tables. https://t.co/HrYdrhO4W8
One interesting consequence of the founder mode discussion this weekend:
It’s very transparent how trivial X’s For You algorithm has become and how bad the filter bubble problem is.
It’s basically Amazon recommending you TVs after you bought a TV.
