# About

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URL: https://www.jonathant.com/about/
Published: 2014-05-02
Updated: 2026-08-09
Author: Jonathan Tarud

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Jonathan founded [Koombea](https://www.koombea.com) in 2007, an agile development firm bent on helping anyone produce great web and mobile products. Over the years, Jonathan has led projects for startups as well as multi-billion dollar companies. He's also started several digital products like Saasler(Acquired), FlightLogger(Sunset), [Gear.Coffee](https://gear.coffee), Rilo(Sunset), Dashable(Sunset), Convergely(Sunset), Planscope(Acquired), and [Tuily](http://www.tuily.com)(Acquired).

Here are some press mentions about Jonathan:

- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/22/an-overview-of-colombia-one-of-latin-americas-most-promising-new-tech-hubs/)
- [Mixergy Interview](https://mixergy.com/interviews/jonathan-tarud-koombea-interview/)
- [AllThingsD](https://allthingsd.com/20081215/attack-of-the-purple-people-meeters-an-ex-yahoo-helps-other-ex-yahoos/)
- [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/ss/09/03/0313_rebounders/12.htm)
- [Innpulsa - Separata](https://es.slideshare.net/katerine1116/separata-innpulsa)
- [Dinero](https://www.dinero.com/Imprimir/185264)
- [Pulso Social](https://pulsosocial.com/2013/06/12/producto-y-pitch-las-claves-del-tercer-startup-weekend-medellin/)
- [El Espectador](https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/economia/un-sector-animado-articulo-308533)
- [The Frye Show](https://www.thefryeshow.com/jonathan-tarud-desarrollo-de-aplicaciones-web-y-moviles)
- [Semana](https://www.semana.com/contenidos-editoriales/barranquilla-sisepuede/articulo/barranquilla-es-el-nuevo-refugio-de-los-emprendedores/588320)
- [La Republica](https://www.larepublica.co/empresas/koombea-anuncio-que-habilito-100-nuevas-vacantes-de-trabajo-remoto-en-desarrollo-de-software-3194779)
- Forbes [here](https://forbes.co/2023/10/18/emprendedores/tuily-fintech-tarjeta-de-credito-empresarial) and [here](https://forbes.co/2025/01/09/emprendedores/bold-compra-tuily-para-empezar-a-ofrecer-tarjetas-de-credito-empresariales).

Talks I've given:

- [TEDxBarranquilla](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_tarud_desigualdistas)
- [Colombia 3.0](https://youtu.be/IS8iyQFe3hQ)

You can follow or connect with me on:

- [X](https://x.com/jonathant)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathantarud)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jonathant/)
- [Facebook](https://facebook.com/jtarud/)
- [Github](https://github.com/jonathant)
- [Torre](https://bio.torre.co/en/jonathantarud)
- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@jonathant)

Feel free to reach out anytime — I'm most responsive on [X](https://x.com/jonathant) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathantarud).

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Btw here's a [pic](jt-square.jpg).