Prior to Lightspeed, Linus was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Silicon Valley and Greater China, where he advised companies on product development, growth strategy, customer segmentation, and post-merger integration. He has served multinational clients from a range of industries, including private equity, semiconductors, media, consumer products and health care. Before Bain, Linus worked in product development at Analog Devices.

Linus received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.