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Brian Vallelunga

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Founder & CEO at Vantheon
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Brian Vallelunga is the Founder and CEO of Doppler, a SecretOps platform for developers backed by major firms like Sequoia and Google Ventures. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he transitioned from a Lead Software Engineer at Uber to a Y Combinator-backed founder. Colleagues describe him as driven, versatile, and technically strong, with a passion for quality products.

Brian is a serial entrepreneur, with Doppler being his eighth and most successful venture. He is passionate about solving complex problems, a trait demonstrated by his participation in hackathons and his high school involvement in First Robotics. He is inspired by founders who persevere through failure to find success.

Interesting fact: Brian holds a patent for a "Website Content Preserver."

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
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Developer Security
Founded Doppler to solve the challenges of secrets management he faced as an engineer, aiming to make security an integral part of the developer workflow.
Startup Perseverance
Doppler was his eighth venture after seven previous failures. He is inspired by founders like Stuart Butterfield who famously "failed upwards" into success with Flickr and Slack.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Founder & CEO
Vantheon
6-2025 - 10-2026
Founder & Chairman
Doppler
6-2020 - 10-2026
Technical Advisor
Soma Capital
11-2018 - 6-2025
Founder & CEO
Doppler
1-2018 - 10-2018
Lead Software Engineer
Uber
In the press

Media appearances

Secrets Management With Doppler's Brian Vallelunga. Featured in Snyk – The Secure Developer Podcast
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Meet Brian Vallelunga, whose company Doppler manages online secrets. Featured in Fortune
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Education
W19
Y Combinator
2017 - 2018
Strategy and Leadership
Harvard Business School Online
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