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December 16, 2020
Darius Simmons on the importance of finding your community
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November 18, 2020
Plaid People: Nicole Butler
Nicole Butler joined our London office as the third UK/EU team member. Today the office is made up of nineteen Plaids (and counting!). In our latest Plaid People...
August 07, 2020
Plaid People: Kate Adamson
Kate Adamson is a product lead on Plaid’s Financial Identity team (also known as FIT). Over the last 5 years, Kate has played an integral role in helping...
May 15, 2020
Plaid People: Eric Sprauve
When Plaid engineering manager Eric Sprauve recognizes a need, he can’t help but look for a solution. It’s a trait that has served him since his childhood, when...
February 27, 2020
Plaid People: Erica Martinez
Erica Martinez didn’t always know what she wanted to do with her life, but she knew she wanted it to have an impact. That goal took her from...
January 30, 2020
Plaid People: Kalee Hasselbach
Kalee Hasselbach leads Plaid’s Workplace Experience team, which handles all internal events, real estate and design, and workplace operations across Plaid’s five international offices. She’s also the fifth...
December 23, 2019
Plaid People: Judd Blair
Photo by Kevin HuIn 2016, Judd Blair joined Plaid as a backend engineer. Today, he’s an engineering manager on Consumer Experience. In that time, he’s also made an...
November 01, 2019
Plaid People: Jack LaMar
In the two and a half years Jack LaMar has worked at Plaid, he climbed the ranks from new business associate to mid-market account executive. Along the way,...
September 27, 2019
Plaid People: Erik Anstine
Software engineer Erik Anstine is fairly new to Plaid—and software engineering, in general. He joined Plaid in January 2019 when it acquired Quovo, his former employer. Before that,...
August 29, 2019
Plaid People: Emily Downs
When Emily Downs joined Plaid two years ago, Plaid’s human resources team was just getting off the ground. Recognizing opportunity in challenge, Emily seized the chance to build...
July 26, 2019
Plaid People: Charley Ma
As a growth manager, Charley Ma is responsible for helping clients successfully launch, grow, and scale with Plaid. As one of Plaid’s earliest employees, he has also been...
June 14, 2019
Plaid People: Taylor Wilson
These days, Taylor Wilson is living out his dream job as a software engineer on the Integrations team at Plaid, but not before he pursued two other disparate...
May 14, 2019
Plaid People: Kira Booth
Photo by Kevin Hu When Plaid opened its second engineering office in Salt Lake City in 2018, engineering manager Kira Booth was its very first employee....
April 22, 2019
Plaid People: Em Minor
Em Minor took a circuitous route to fintech. In the process, she gained deeper experiences that have helped her excel at Plaid, where she recently stepped into a...
