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Zima: 19 of Omni's 20 employees come from Looker and Stitch

Colin Zima · SaaStr CRO Confidential: Sam Blond + Omni Founder Colin Zima on the Power of Leveraging Your Network · May 9, 2023 · at 4:28

Colin Zima, co-founder and CEO of Omni, details the domain pedigree and background of Omni's early team.

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“A lot of our team 19 out of the 20 folks are from Looker and Stitch.”

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The claim, plainly

Nineteen out of the twenty team members at Omni previously worked at Looker or Stitch.

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Assessment

Colin Zima stated on May 9, 2023, that 19 out of Omni's 20 team members previously worked at Looker or Stitch. Public professional profiles, corporate announcements, and open-source contributions substantiate a very high concentration of Looker and Stitch alumni, identifying at least 14 specific early employees with those backgrounds (and subsequent statements by founding team members confirmed a similar ratio, e.g., 22 out of 30 employees by January 2024). However, because Omni was an early-stage private startup without an exhaustive public employee registry for May 2023, the full 20-person roster cannot be completely audited to verify whether exactly 19 individuals held prior Looker or Stitch employment.

Public records identify 14 early Omni employees with verified prior employment at Looker or Stitch, including founders Colin Zima, Jamie Davidson, and Chris Merrick.
A January 2024 interview with founding team member Diego Jara Simkin reported that '22 out of 30 of us who came from Looker', confirming the persistent Looker/Stitch hiring pattern.
Complete roster documentation for all 20 employees at the specific time of the statement in May 2023 is not available in public records.

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[1] businesswire.com [2] delphina.ai [3] tamradar.com [4] amalgaminsights.com [5] corailanalytics.com [6] medium.com [7] creativebloq.com [8] excerpts.io

"Nate Agrin" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" "Colin Zima" "Jamie Davidson" "Christopher Merrick" Looker Stitch employees "Brian Frantz" Looker OR Stitch Omni BI "Looker" "Stitch" team roster 2023 "Steven Talbot" Looker OR Stitch "Arielle Strong" Looker OR Stitch OR Omni "Anika Swenson" Looker OR Stitch "Tamara John" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" "Looker" "Stitch" "Colin Zima" team 20 "Buck Ryan" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" Colin Zima Looker Stitch team employees "Luke Bowerman" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" ("Alisa Tatarinova" OR "Arielle Strong" OR "Sarah Waterson" OR "Cathy Lennon" OR "Brian Frantz" OR "Corey Ruderman") Looker Stitch "Corey Ruderman" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" "Looker" "Stitch" "team" OR "employees" OR "hired" 2022 OR 2023 "Diego Jara Simkin" Looker OR Stitch "Omni" ("Eli Cohen" OR "Anika Swenson" OR "Tamara John" OR "Buck Ryan" OR "Sean Gafke" OR "Jack Sweeney") Looker Stitch "Alisa Tatarinova" Looker OR Stitch OR Omni

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