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Dylan Serota

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Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Terminal
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Dylan Serota is the CEO and Co-Founder of Terminal, a company focused on helping businesses hire elite global engineering talent. He developed the idea for Terminal while at Eventbrite and incubated it as a Founder in Residence at Atomic. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.

Outside of his professional life, Dylan is a passionate tennis fan and enjoys connecting with people through shared interests and hobbies. He is also a proponent of walking one-on-ones as a way to foster open and genuine conversations with his team members.

He advocates for replacing SaaS vendors with in-house builds when appropriate, a concept he refers to as the "Walk and Build. "

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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AI in Engineering
Believes companies should hire "AI-native engineers" and that AI Security Engineer will be a top role, emphasizing how AI augments and transforms software development.
Future of Work
His company is built on solving talent shortages by creating remote, distributed technical teams, believing this is the new default for how companies will operate.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Terminal
2-2021
Advisor
BoomPop
2-2017 - 10-2017
Founder In Residence
Atomic
1-2017 - 1-2024
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Terminal
12-2016 - 1-2019
Advisor
Bus.com
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Media appearances

Dylan Serota, CEO & Co‑founder, Terminal | Ep. 37. Featured in Spotify
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Terminal CEO on What CTOs Are Saying About AI Job Replacement. Featured in Business Insider
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
University of Pennsylvania
8-2008 - 1-2009
Study Abroad
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
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