David Fisher

Overview

I started Relay Foods to fix HR software for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Previously built and sold a small HR software company. Before that: Qualcomm and Spotify. I host a monthly meetup on HR software.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Dec 2024 - Present
   Relay Foods · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
   • Took Relay Foods from zero to $9 million ARR.
   • Signed 91 paying customers, 8 of them enterprises.
   • Raised $16 million across 2 rounds.
2. Full-Stack Engineer

   Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
   Qualcomm · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
   • Reduced cloud spend on infrastructure by 19% in two quarters.
   • Shipped 12 launches on the infrastructure team without a rollback.
3. Software Engineer

   Apr 2022 - Jun 2023
   Spotify · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
   • Moved 94% of developer platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
4. Senior Engineering Manager

   Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
   Datadog · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Washington, DC
   • Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
   • Built the experimentation framework 36 product teams use to ship changes safely.

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Education

1. Stanford GSB

   MBA, Business Administration
   2018 - 2020
2. Boston University

   BS, Business Administration
   2014 - 2018