Sean Hill

Overview

Founder of Basil Security (edtech). 14 years of building before that. Raised $4 million across 3 rounds. Took Basil Security from zero to $3 million ARR. Before that: Goldman Sachs and Intuit. Volunteer coding coach for school students.

Replies on weekday evenings

Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Jul 2024 - Present
   Basil Security · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Atlanta, GA
   • Previously built and sold a small edtech company.
   • Signed 329 paying customers, 12 of them enterprises.
   • Took Basil Security from zero to $10 million ARR.
2. Engagement Manager

   Oct 2022 - Mar 2024
   Goldman Sachs · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Atlanta, GA
   • Designed the operating model for a 10 thousand-person transformation.
   • Ran commercial diligence on 8 deals.
3. Engagement Manager

   Feb 2020 - Oct 2022
   Intuit · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Atlanta, GA
   • Ran commercial diligence on 13 deals.
   • Led a cost programme that saved a client $76 million.
4. Business Analyst

   Jun 2017 - Feb 2020
   Booking Holdings · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Atlanta, GA
   • Moved 86% of infrastructure traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
   • Cut p99 latency on the infrastructure services from 667ms to 54ms.
5. Business Analyst

   Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
   Lyft · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Atlanta, GA
   • Cut cold-start time on low-end Android phones by 41%.
   • Moved 88% of Android traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

1. Cornell University

   BS, Computer Science
   2007 - 2011