Sam Wen
General Partner at Green Visor Capital Management Co., LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSam Wen is a seasoned technology leader and investor, currently General Partner at Green Visor Capital Management in San Francisco with 16 years of engineering and startup-building experience. He blends hands-on software, hardware craftsmanship, and strategic product leadership across fintech, travel, and enterprise domains. A founder and senior technologist across ventures—including Square and Volley Travel—and leadership roles at Grid, Marqeta, and CrowdStreet Advisors, he specializes in turning early ideas into scalable platforms and data-driven decisions. His technical footprint spans payments algorithm design and iOS product development, plus complex engineering programs at Boeing and Raytheon, giving him startup grit along with large-system rigor. He holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and now guides portfolio companies from San Francisco through the next wave of fintech-enabled infrastructure.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BlairBS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (26)
authentication9
backend9
realtime8
golang7
pocketbase6
audio6
android6
iphone6
cocoa6
debugging6
objective-c6
javascript4
sdk4
threads3
plugin2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
square/xsfft
Nov 2009 - Jul 2010
Contributions:56 commits in 8 months
xuancongwen/squaremafia.com
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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