Michael Franklin - Founding Advisor @ Databricks

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Primary Job Title Founding Advisor
Primary Organization
Databricks

Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US
Gender Male

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Michael J. Franklin is based out of Chicago, Illinois, and is the Founding Advisor of Databricks. Michael previously worked at Determined AI as an Advisor. Michael J. Franklin attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Personal Investments

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Michael Franklin

invested in

Tensormesh

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. This investment -

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- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
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Jobs

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Michael Franklin

has

current jobs including

Liew Family Chair of computer science and Senior advisor to the provost for computing & Data science

University of Chicago

Founding Advisor

Databricks

, and

Liew Family Chair of Computer Science & Sr. Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data Science

University of Chicago

. Additionally,

Michael Franklin

has had

past jobs including

Professor of Computer Science

University of California Berkeley

University of Chicago Liew Family Chair of computer science and Senior advisor to the provost for computing & Data scienceApr 2016
Databricks Founding AdvisorMay 2013
University of Chicago Liew Family Chair of Computer Science & Sr. Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data ScienceApr 2013
AMPLab Director

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
University of California Berkeley	Professor of Computer Science	2014	2016
Truviso	Founder and CTO	Nov 2005	May 2012
University of California Berkeley	Professor of Computer Science	Jul 1999	Jun 2004
Truviso	Founder and CTO	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Michael Franklin

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member

HPA (Hyde Park Angels)

Advisor

Sympatic

, and

Advisor

Alluxio

HPA (Hyde Park Angels) MemberDec 2019
Sympatic AdvisorMay 2019
Alluxio AdvisorAug 2017
Alluxio AdvisorAug 2017
Ocient AdvisorJan 2017
Splice Machine AdvisorJun 2014
Splice Machine AdvisorJun 2014
Wise.io Technical AdvisorJun 13, 2013
OneFold Advisors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Determined AI	Advisor	Aug 2017	Jul 2021
AtScale	Advisor	Oct 2013	2017
AtScale	Advisor	Oct 2013	2017

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