Transition from a Large Company to a Startup - Fireside Chat with Wade Chambers & Dan Portillo

Wade Chambers will be leading Engineering at Amplitude. Amplitude is the leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Wade has over 25 years of engineering leadership experience, both advising companies and being hands-on in key leadership positions at companies such as Included Health, Twitter, TellApart, Proofpoint, Yahoo, and Opsware. He is a deep technical expert with a proven track record of scaling teams, leaders, market-defining technology innovations, and business growth.

Daniel Portillo is a seasoned venture capitalist and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. He is the co-founder of The General Partnership, a venture capital firm that focuses on helping companies grow from early stages to scale. Before co-founding The General Partnership, Daniel was a prominent Operating Partner at Greylock, where he played a key role in building the firm’s talent network and supporting portfolio companies with their hiring and organizational development. He also worked closely with the United States Digital Service, assisting in recruiting top tech talent to improve government digital services. Earlier in his career, Daniel held significant positions at Mozilla, where he was instrumental in leading recruitment and HR efforts. Daniel Portillo holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is known for his expertise in connecting the right people, products, and opportunities to accelerate company growth and success​