JJ Zhuang () is a VP of Engineering at
Instacart
Instacart is an American company that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the United States and Canada. The company offers its services via a website and mobile app. The service allows customers to order groceries from participatin ...
. With
Kevin Henrikson
Kevin Henrikson is a San Francisco-based engineer, speaker, and investor. Henrikson has worked for or headed several companies, such as Zimbra, Alpha Brand Media and Acompli.
Career
Henrikson earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineer ...
as his business counterpart, he cofounded
Acompli
Acompli is a discontinued mobile app that allowed for user interaction with email messages as well as management of multiple email accounts in one programme. In addition, the tool also organized one's calendar and shared files. This application pr ...
, the most broadly used email mobile and calendar client app for iPhone.
Acompli
Acompli is a discontinued mobile app that allowed for user interaction with email messages as well as management of multiple email accounts in one programme. In addition, the tool also organized one's calendar and shared files. This application pr ...
was acquired by Microsoft at a price of $200 Million with less than 40 employees.
Career
Zhuang received a Bachelor of Science degree from
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋 ...
. He worked at
Openwave Systems Inc as a software architect from December 2000 to December 2006. He then became a software architect at
Zimbra
Zimbra Collaboration, formerly known as the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) before 2019, is a collaborative software suite that includes an email server and a web client.
Zimbra was initially developed by LiquidSys, which changed their name ...
and moved along its merger with
Yahoo!
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and
VMWare
VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.
VMware's desktop software ru ...
. He was promoted to Chief Architect at Zimbra in February 2010 and later Chief Architect and Director of Engineering at
VMWare
VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.
VMware's desktop software ru ...
in March 2012. He quit VMWare in May 2013.
One month later, Zhuang co-founded
Acompli
Acompli is a discontinued mobile app that allowed for user interaction with email messages as well as management of multiple email accounts in one programme. In addition, the tool also organized one's calendar and shared files. This application pr ...
with
Javier Soltero
Javier Soltero is a Puerto Rican entrepreneur and executive. Previously, he was the Corporate Vice President advisor to Rajesh Jha at Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, he was co-founder and CEO of Acompli, after being an Entrepreneur-in-Residence a ...
and
Kevin Henrikson
Kevin Henrikson is a San Francisco-based engineer, speaker, and investor. Henrikson has worked for or headed several companies, such as Zimbra, Alpha Brand Media and Acompli.
Career
Henrikson earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineer ...
. He served as CTO until its acquisition by
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
in December 2014. Acompli is a company which builds email mobile applications and has raised $7.3 million in venture capital financing. Acompli was acquired by
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
for $200 million in 2014
and is now
Outlook Mobile.
Zhuang joined Microsoft upon its acquisition of Acompli.
References
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Living people
Chinese emigrants to the United States
American computer programmers
American software engineers
Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
Microsoft employees
Year of birth missing (living people)