Lily Warren

Overview

Founder & CEO of Axis Works, working on edtech. Signed 309 paying customers, 5 of them enterprises. Most at home with education and growth. Plant-based cook and baker.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Nov 2025 - Present
   Axis Works · 11 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Grew the team to 77 people across 3 countries.
   • Raised $4 million across 2 rounds.
   • Took Axis Works from zero to $4 million ARR.
2. Principal Engineer

   Apr 2024 - Nov 2025
   Ford · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
   • Sit on 7 boards.
3. Staff Android Engineer

   Aug 2021 - Apr 2024
   Pinterest · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Shipped 23 launches on the developer platform team without a rollback.
4. Engineering Manager

   Jan 2018 - Aug 2021
   Zoom · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Shipped 22 launches on the storage team without a rollback.
5. Director of Engineering

   Apr 2016 - Jan 2018
   Target · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 26 minutes to under 2.
   • Moved 68% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

1. Stanford GSB

   MBA, Business Administration
   2010 - 2012
2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

   BS, Business Administration
   2004 - 2008