Number of Founded Organizations 2
CB Rank (Person) 46,079
  • Primary Job Title CEO & Co-founder
  • Primary Organization 
    Mattermost

Ian Tien is CEO and co-founder of Mattermost, and previously founded SpinPunch, Inc.’s indie video game business while in graduate school, growing the business to three title franchises. He was formerly VP Product at a movie streaming startup backed by Sequoia Capital, Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures. Before that, he ran product management for

Microsoft’s SkyDrive and Windows Live Photos services, and was interim lead of Hotmail. Prior, he led engineering teams for Microsoft Office in its enterprise software business across SharePoint and Business Intelligence product lines.

He holds several patents and is alumus of the University of Waterloo, where he worked at Trilogy Software during school, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he served as teaching assistant for Andy Grove and Myron Scholes. Ian grew up in suburban Toronto and freelanced as an illustrator before college.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 2
Ian Tien has 2 current jobs as CEO & Co-founder at Mattermost and Co-Founder at SpinPunch. Additionally, Ian Tien has had 2 past jobs including Vice President of Product at Flickme.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Flickme
Vice President of Product20112011
Microsoft
Windows Live Senior Product ManagerMar 2008Aug 2009
Ian Tien studied at Cornell UniversityStanford Graduate School of Business, and University of Waterloo.