Joanna Wilson

Overview

I started Pillar Finance to fix vertical SaaS for clinics for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Grew the team to 54 people across 5 countries. Before that: KPMG and UOB. Yoga every morning.

Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Apr 2024 - Present
   Pillar Finance · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Raised $7 million across 3 rounds.
   • Grew the team to 120 people across 3 countries.
   • Previously built and sold a small vertical SaaS for clinics company.
2. Associate Partner

   Feb 2021 - Apr 2024
   KPMG · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Shipped 6 launches on the growth team without a rollback.
   • Built the experimentation framework 25 product teams use to ship changes safely.
3. Associate Partner

   Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
   UOB · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Cut p99 latency on the developer experience services from 862ms to 174ms.
   • Reduced cloud spend on developer experience by 40% in two quarters.
4. Business Analyst

   Dec 2014 - Apr 2018
   Accenture · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 33 minutes to under 4.
   • Moved 92% of growth traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
5. Senior Consultant

   Mar 2012 - Dec 2014
   Carousell · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
   • Led a cost programme that saved a client $200 million.

Projects

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Education

1. INSEAD Singapore

   MBA, Business Administration
   2011 - 2013
2. UNSW Sydney

   BEng, Business Administration
   2004 - 2008