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JJ Zhuang () is a VP of Engineering at
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. With Kevin Henrikson as his business counterpart, he cofounded Acompli, the most broadly used email mobile and calendar client app for iPhone. Acompli was acquired by Microsoft at a price of $200 million with fewer than 40 employees.


Career

Zhuang received a Bachelor of Science degree from
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 98 ...
. 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
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and VMWare. He was promoted to Chief Architect at Zimbra in February 2010 and later Chief Architect and Director of Engineering at VMWare in March 2012. He quit VMWare in May 2013. One month later, Zhuang co-founded Acompli 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 ...
and Kevin Henrikson. He served as CTO until its acquisition by
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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 corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...
for $200 million in 2014 and is now Outlook Mobile. Zhuang joined Microsoft upon its acquisition of Acompli.


References

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