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Erin Wood

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Co-founder & COO at Thistle Works · fundraising, product

Works at
Thistle Works
Location
San Jose, CA · PT (UTC-8)
Experience
12+ years experience
Education
Harvard Business School
Languages
English
Co-founder
Message Connect

Overview

Founder of Thistle Works (AI agents for operations teams). 16 years of building before that. Took Thistle Works from zero to $10 million ARR. Before that: eBay and Wells Fargo. Most at home with B2B SaaS and fundraising.

Good reasons to reach out
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Questions about AI agents for operations teams
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on fundraising decisions
Please don't message about
  • Fundraising consultants
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Paid accelerator offers

Prefers short, specific messages

Skills
agriculturefundraisingB2B SaaSproduct
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a technical co-founder for insurance claims for law firms

The idea
Insurance claims for law firms
Stage
Prototype
I bring
14 years in AI agents for operations teams
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Full-time after funding
Location
San Jose or remote

I bring 16 years of AI agents for operations teams (currently Thistle Works). Ideally you've run operations in India and SEA. Full-time from day one.

San Jose, CAfundraisingb2b saasagriculture
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Jun 2024 - Present
    Thistle Works · 2 yr 5 mo · Contract · San Jose, CA
    • Grew the team to 39 people across 2 countries.
    • Took Thistle Works from zero to $6 million ARR.
  2. Staff Android Engineer
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2024
    eBay · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Wrote the product service that now handles 70 million requests a day.
  3. Senior Engineering Manager
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2023
    Wells Fargo · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Shipped 27 launches on the real-time team without a rollback.
    • Led the migration of 70 services to B2B SaaS.
  4. Senior Engineering Manager
    Mar 2017 - Jan 2021
    Citi · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Cut p99 latency on the payments platform services from 364ms to 160ms.
  5. Senior Engineering Manager
    Nov 2014 - Mar 2017
    JPMorgan Chase · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Wrote the agriculture service that now handles 46 million requests a day.

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Education

  1. Harvard Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2015
  2. University of Washington
    BS, Economics
    2006 - 2010

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