Amanda Benson

Overview

Founder of Arbor Mobility (B2B payments). 16 years of building before that. Raised $5 million across 3 rounds. Before that: Cisco and EY.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   May 2023 - Present
   Arbor Mobility · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Grew the team to 19 people across 3 countries.
   • Took Arbor Mobility from zero to $3 million ARR.
2. Director of Engineering

   Feb 2022 - May 2023
   Cisco · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 787ms to 94ms.
   • Built the experimentation framework 13 product teams use to ship changes safely.
3. Director of Engineering

   May 2019 - Feb 2022
   EY · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Wrote the product service that now handles 59 million requests a day.
   • Mentored 6 engineers through their first promotion.
4. Director of Engineering

   Mar 2016 - May 2019
   Fidelity Investments · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
   • Cut cold-start time on low-end Android phones by 35%.
   • Built the experimentation framework 33 product teams use to ship changes safely.
5. Principal Engineer

   Nov 2013 - Mar 2016
   Twilio · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Seattle, WA
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
   • Sit on 6 boards.

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Education

1. Rice University

   BA, Engineering
   2005 - 2009