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12 Santa Clara University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Todd Thompson

Founder
Left
Otsuka Precision Health (OPH)
Vice President, Digital Medicine and Diagnostics
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Vice President, Digital Medicine and Diagnostics at Otsuka Precision Health (OPH)2020-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • VP Roles Across Product, Innovation, BD, and Engineering at Proteus Digital Health, Inc2004-2020
  • Director of R&D - Early-stage execution and funding at Timi3 Systems1999-2003
  • Engineering Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson MedTech1995-1999
  • Sr. R&D Engineer at Guidant Corporation (Boston Scientific) - Origin Medsystems Inc.1991-1995
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityMBA
  • San José State UniversityBSME

Johnny Xu

Co-Founder
Left
Santa Clara Investment Fund
Vice President of Professional Development & Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Professional Development & Partnerships at Santa Clara Investment Fund2022-2024 · left Mar 2024
  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Citizens Capital Markets and Advisory2023-2023
  • Equity Research Fall Analyst at Wahdy Capital2022-2022
  • Financial Services Intern at KPMG2022-2022
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityBS

Venki Kumar

Founder
Left
Snowflake
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at Snowflake2023-2026 · left Feb 2026
  • President & Co-Founder at Protominds2014-2023
  • Partner at 28 Inc.2014-2021
  • Sr. Manager - IT & Business Applications at A10 Networks, Inc2012-2014
  • Sr. Functional Analyst at Juniper Networks2000-2012
  • IT Consultant at AT&T1998-2000
Education
  • Santa Clara University
  • PSG College of TechnologyBE

Matt Groetelaars

Founder
Left
Hightouch
Revenue Enablement & Sales Strategy
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Revenue Enablement & Sales Strategy at Hightouch2025-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • GTM Lead at Koala (Acquired by Cursor)2024-2025
  • Advisor at Scratchpad2021-2024
  • Chief of Staff to GM, Data & Growth Platform at Twilio2019-2022
  • Head of Account Management + Customer Success at Plato2017-2019
  • Mid Market Sales at Automile2017-2017
  • VP Sales at Poplar Homes2015-2017
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityBS

David Iglesias

Co-Founder
Left
Amazon
SDE
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • SDE at Amazon2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Piano Instructor at Inspire Academy of Music2023-2024
  • Scholar at Yale Young Global Scholars2023-2023
  • Scholar at Horatio Alger Association2023-2023
  • Line Cook at Wingen Bakery2022-2023
  • Researcher at Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program (ASDRP)2019-2020
  • Office Clerk at Bay Area International Translation Services2019-2019
Education
  • Santa Clara University
  • Pepperdine UniversityBS
  • Las Positas College

Vikas Babbar

Founder & CEO
Left
Solidigm
Global Head IT Operations
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Global Head IT Operations at Solidigm2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Senior Manager, IT Service Management and global support at NVIDIA2007-2021
  • SAP Workflow and ABAP Consultant at Accenture2006-2007
  • Software Engineer at Patni Computer Systems2003-2006
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityMBA
  • Maharishi Dayanand UniversityBachelor's

Amit Sharma

Co-Founder
Left
Dream Play
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Dream Play2025-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • CTO at Dream Sports2016-2026
  • Head of Business Strategy at DreamX2022-2024
  • Engineering@Netflix at Netflix2011-2016
  • Engineering@Yahoo at Yahoo2007-2011
  • SAP Consultant at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech2003-2004
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityMBA
  • University of Massachusetts DartmouthMS
  • Mumbai UniversityBachelor's

Naman Sehgal

Founder
Left
Origin Labs
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at Origin Labs2026-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • Venture Scout at Koinz Capital2026-2026
  • Co-Founder at ProstheX2024-2026
  • GTM at Rally Tax2026-2026
  • Senator at University of South Florida Student Government2025-2026
  • co-founder at Product @ USF2025-2025
  • Robotics Research Intern at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering2025-2025
Education
  • Santa Clara University
  • University of South FloridaBS
  • HANS RAJ MODEL SCHOOL

Vasily Parinov

Co-Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJun 2026
Education
  • Santa Clara University
  • Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business

Faolan Sugarman-Lash

Founder
Left
Faolan
Founder & Executive Coach
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Anren
Work
  • Founder & Executive Coach at Faolan2020-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Therapeutic Community Staff at Austen Riggs Center2025-2026
  • Senior Coach & Group Facilitator at OYNB2023-2025
  • Student Life Coach at MYX2022-2023
  • Published Author at Why Live?2021-2023
  • Student Coach & Group Facilitator at A Place Beyond2020-2020
  • Organizational Consultant at Miller Center for Global Impact2019-2019
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityBachelor's
  • University of Otago

Deus C. Do

Co-Founder
Left
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
Assistant Director, Graduate Business Programs & Admissions
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Assistant Director, Graduate Business Programs & Admissions at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business2021-2024 · left Jul 2024
  • Project Manager & Instructor at Silicon Valley Research Institute2021-2023
  • Instructor / Lecturer (Faculty) & Foreign Expert (Consultant) at Beijing Information Science and Technology University2015-2017
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityMBA
  • University College London (UCL)MA
  • University College London (UCL)Master's

Michael Sanie

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
Endura Technologies
CEO
Before that
Went stealthSep 2025
Work
  • CEO at Endura Technologies2023-2024 · left Jan 2024
  • CMO & Senior VP, Enterprise Marketing and Communication at Synopsys Inc2009-2023
  • Senior Group Director, Global Foundry Operations at Cadence2006-2008
  • Vice President, Marketing & Business Development at Calypto (Acquired by Mentor Graphics)2004-2006
  • Several roles of increasing responsibliity at VLSI (now NXP), Actel (now Microchip), Numerical (now Synopsys)1988-2003
Education
  • Santa Clara UniversityMBA
  • Stanford University
  • Purdue UniversityMS

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curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.