# Adnan Asar

> Adnan Asar is the co-founder and CEO of Lucid Lane, with earlier engineering and technology leadership roles at Keynote Systems, Yahoo!, Tiny Prints, Shutterfly, and Livongo. Raised in Pakistan, he moved to the United States in 1987 to attend UC Berkeley. His public interviews emphasize practical product problems, teamwork, humility, and persistence.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Lucid Lane
- **Organizations:** Lucid Lane, Keynote Systems, Yahoo!, Tiny Prints, Shutterfly, Livongo, Berkeley SkyDeck
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University
- **Known for:** Led engineering at Tiny Prints before its acquisition by Shutterfly., Served as global head of technology at Shutterfly., Served as founding CTO at Livongo.

## Career timeline

- **1987** — Moved from Pakistan to the United States after high school to attend UC Berkeley.
- **—** — Was the first engineer hired at Keynote Systems, according to his professional biography.
- **—** — Worked as a senior engineer at Yahoo!.
- **2008** — Listed as vice president of engineering at Tiny Prints.
- **2011** — Tiny Prints was acquired by Shutterfly; Asar subsequently served as global head of technology at Shutterfly.
- **2012** — Named as a co-inventor on US patent 8,255,290, granted August 28, for managing contacts in an online stationery system.
- **—** — Served as founding chief technology officer at Livongo.
- **2017** — Co-founded Lucid Lane with Ahmed Zaafran.
- **2021** — Lucid Lane raised a $16 million Series A led by Accel.

## Achievements

- Led engineering at Tiny Prints before its acquisition by Shutterfly.
- Served as global head of technology at Shutterfly.
- Served as founding CTO at Livongo.
- Named with collaborators on granted patent US8255290B2 and multiple photo-product patent applications.
- Listed in Berkeley SkyDeck’s archived advisor directory.

## Latest updates

- **2022-08** — Discussed his upbringing, Berkeley education, and leadership principles in an Authority Magazine interview.
- **2021-11** — Discussed distributed teamwork, investor relationships, and founder advice in an interview with Morado Ventures.
- **2021-08** — Lucid Lane announced a $16 million Series A led by Accel.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnanasar
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/adnan_asar

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Last updated: 2026-10-24