Happier
financial lives.

Twine empowers people to save more, save better, and save together.

Startup meets
John Hancock.

We're designers, programmers, researchers, strategists, marketers, analysts, and bookworms. We work from our startup office in San Francisco and John Hancock office in Boston.

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ENGAGEMENT MARKETING LEAD

Jen
Lee

šŸ£ Jen spent her marketing career driving engagement and retention efforts in real estate tech and gaming before moving to the fintech world. She loves podcasts, spicy foods, and learning new things.

Outside of the office, you can find her lurking in the aisles of San Francisco bookstores or on the hunt for the perfect matcha latte.

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SENIOR COUNSEL

Dan
Carlson

Dan has worked as an attorney for over 16 years and with that brings his expertise, way with words, and attention to detail to Team Twine. He makes sure that what we say as a company is exactly what we mean, and is always focused on the needs of Twine customers.

When heā€™s not in Boston, he loves to spend time in Florida.

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CLIENT EXPERIENCE SPECIALIST

Emily
Cunningham

šŸ¤“ While hard at work in the Boston office, Emily has a passion and talent for building and maintaining robust operating processes between teams in Boston and abroad.

Outside of her love of numbers, she enjoys traveling and discovering fun new restaurants to add her list of favorites.

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QA ENGINEER

Mike
Smith

šŸ˜» Itā€™s Mikeā€™s job to stop bugs. His quality process catches most bugs before they escape the building. But occasionally a bug slips through… and Mike must hunt it down and bring it to justice.

This work requires Mike to be strong in mind and body. He can Deadlift over 400 pounds and finds wisdom in Stoic philosophy.

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PROGRAM MANAGER

Alex
Sullivan

šŸ‘Æ Originally from California, Alex has embraced the East Coast and calls New England home.

When sheā€™s not crossing items off of her daily to-do list, she enjoys exploring the area while listening to her favorite country music, rooting for the Celtics and Patriots, and traveling back to the West Coast to visit family and friends

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SENIOR DESIGNER

Stephanie
Briones

šŸŽ‰ Itā€™s important to have exactly one perfectionist on a design team. Stephanie is our perfectionist.

Stephanie grew up playing Super Mario 3 and attending 4-H. Not much has changed. She still plays games (on a computer she built herself) and goes hiking on the weekends.

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MARKETING

Kai
Hansen

ā›„ Kai is often found in the lab (with a pen and a pad) tinkering with marketing and growth strategies to help people live happier lives.

When his nose isnā€™t in a book, Kai can be spotted exploring his new home in the Bay Area.

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FRONTEND ENGINEER

Alex
Viet Tran

šŸ™‚ Alex built his first website in 11th grade to promote La Sierra High Schoolā€™s Prom of 2002. He has been building web experiences ever since.

When not writing JavaScript, Alex can be found in his kitchen cooking up new recipes. He enjoys the challenge of preparing vegetables because ā€œanyone can cook a good steakā€.

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FULL STACK ENGINEER

Tyler
Doss

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ³ California native and adventure seeker. Tyler loves to hike, fish, run, and BBQ when heā€™s not indoors.

Heā€™s not great with spicy food, (though determined to not let it beat him) however heā€™s a super solid engineer. He enjoys tackling tough problems and coming up with creative ways to solve them.

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VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING

Arun
Agrahri

šŸ’”Obsessed with creating simple, pain reliever products (especially in mobile, email, messaging platforms). In his free time, he likes to read and explore the city with friends and family.

Arun has been the CFO of the family but never got serious until he read the book “A random walk down wall street”.

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FULL STACK DEVELOPER

Kaƫl
Quet

ā›ø Originally from Vancouver, KaĆ«l loves all things northwest: skiing, snowboarding, and sushi. After quitting hockey at age four he went through several dream jobs including: dentist, apricot, and pilot. He settled with engineering and studied at the University of Waterloo.

When not typing on a keyboard, he’s at the rink, or spinning some of the hottest records.

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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER

Kevin
Yarbrough

šŸļø Through his years of customer service and product development, Kevin has helped make countless users feel at home.

He’s a big hockey fan (and a middling hockey player), a Bay-Area native, and when heā€™s not at work, heā€™s probably motorcycling by the ocean.

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SENIOR FULL-STACK ENGINEER

Bill
Kaufman

šŸ‘“ ā€œHey Bill, what programming languages do you know?ā€ ā€” ā€œAll of them.ā€

Bill was a nerd before nerds were cool. He came to California to study at UC Berkeley and has ridden the tech booms ever since. Heā€™s excited to work on a product that helps people (and involves complex math).

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PROGRAM MANAGER

Jim
Mascia

šŸ¤” Jim is always looking ahead and brings his passion for building new and exciting financial and investment tools to Team Twine. He believes we should create products that help people achieve all of their goals in life.

In his free time, he enjoys skiing, CrossFit, and practicing Tai Chi.

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HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY, ADVICE

Jesse
Bean

šŸ¤” ā€œBlame no one, expect nothing, do somethingā€ was his fatherā€™s mantraā€”now itā€™s also Jesseā€™s. Heā€™s spent over 18 years working in the financial services industry.

Heā€™s a former college wrestler and is now sharing his skill and passion by coaching his son.

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TEAM OPERATIONS MANAGER

Nahyun
Kim

šŸ¶ At Twine, your favorite snack is always in stock. Your video conference link always works. Itā€™s not magicā€”itā€™s Nahyun.

When not at at her desk with her guardian pet ā€œDinoā€, Nahyun is probably strolling the streets of San Francisco. She says hi to every dog she passes.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Uri
Pomerantz

šŸš€In the fintech school of karate, Uri is a black belt. Heā€™s worked to expand access to financial services since collegeā€”from founding a mideast micro-lender to building a VC in Sierra Leone.

Sometimes, he even sleeps (but dreams of Twine). He refuses to eat lunch without Sriracha involved.

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MOBILE ENGINEER

Yael
Rubenstein

šŸ¤— Yael is a real engineerā€™s engineer. WWDC is her favorite holiday and MVVM is her favorite conversational topic.

Yael spent her formative years in Israel, where she earned a BS in Software Engineering, sold sausages at the mall and won 1st place in a national swimming contest.

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LEAD ENGINEER

Michael
Boardman

šŸ¤– Michael joins Twine after a decade of work on robots and secret space stuff.

He is equal parts fancy and nice. Youā€™ll probably find Michael at an artisanal cheese tasting ā€” and youā€™ll definitely find Michael when you need help with your dev environment.

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ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, COMPLIANCE

Bob
Hartigan

šŸ‘€ A staunch believer in consumer protection practices, Bob has made a career out of putting customersā€™ needs first.

In his free time, he can often be found jogging through Southie. He likes his tea to be English and his coffee Philz style. If a book has space travel or magicians in it, heā€™s probably read it.

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HEAD OF ADVICE AND INNOVATION

Steve
Dorval

šŸ‘ Steve brings years of experience in financial advice to Twine, along with the guidance and support required to build quality, human-focused products. His goal is to make sure people have the tools they need to reach financial independence.

He enjoys traveling and hiking with his family any chance he gets.

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DIRECTOR OF DESIGN

Cassidy
Clawson

šŸŒµ What is design? Solving problems for users? Crafting memorable experiences? The careful organization of lines and letters?

Cassidy hasnā€™t been the same since he saw a UFO in Sedona, Arizona. His favorite shape is the triangle.

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DIGITAL RIA OPERATIONS MANAGER

Susana
Ngan

šŸ¾ Susana brings over 15 years of financial services operations and compliance experience to the Twine team. She enjoys knitting, traveling, urban organic farming and all things food related.

While traveling, she always designs her itinerary around restaurant reservations.

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LEAD PROJECT MANAGER

Elena
Patra

šŸ™ Elena used to write code and has led product at various personal finance, e-commerce and referral marketing startups. Sheā€™s a self-starter that can make something out of nothing and loves building teams that make products people want to use.

When sheā€™s not making stuff she salutes the sun (200 YTT), hikes or travels. Coffee is her jam.

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SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER

Rob
Arshonsky

šŸ„‘ Rob enjoys hiking, philosophy and Test Driven Development.

Many guys are proud to show off pictures of their motorcycle. Not Rob. Rob will show you pictures of his homemade Ethereum mining rig. ā€œCryptocurrency and smart contracts are going to change everything,ā€ he says (with a wild look in his eye).

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IOS ENGINEER

Raheel
Ahmad

šŸ‹ Raheel has been working as an iOS engineer in the Bay Area for the last 5 years. Previously, he taught Computer Science at a liberal arts college in rural Indiana.

He spends his free time buying vinyl records so that his two kids can have a proper music education.

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DIRECTOR OF ANALYTICS & BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

Scott
Burns

šŸ‘¼ He studied why some countries get wealthierā€”now heā€™s applying academic insights to help American families reach their financial goals.

Scott met Uri at Harvardā€™s Kennedy School. After a time managing emerging market investments, he rejoined him in California to start what we now know as Twine.

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DIRECTOR, DIGITAL STRATEGY

Jeff
Fernandes

šŸ›³ Jeff believes that investing is for everyone, and wants to make sure people have the tools they need to make good financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

He lives in the Boston area with his wife and Golden Retriever, and enjoys golfing and cycling in his spare time.

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USER RESEARCHER

Ryan
Anderson

šŸŽ£

At Twine, Ryan gathers data and forms insights by talking directly with real customers every day.

When he isnā€™t conducting research, you might find him fly fishing, taking care of his two brand new kittens, or enjoying a cup of freshly brewed pour-over coffee.

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INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Pete
Emerson

šŸļø Pete started working with Linux starting with 12 Slackware floppies on a Pentium Pro 200. Since then, he has orchestrated software across thousands of machines.

When he is not working, he is spending time being a husband and a dad of four kids, who range in age from four to fifteen.

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MOBILE ENGINEER

Ian
Luo

šŸŒ¶ļø Ian has been going to Burning Man for twice as long as heā€™s been coding. And heā€™s been coding for a long time.

Itā€™s nice to have someone ā€œcoolā€ on the Twine team. Ian is very generous with his Spotify playlists and PR reviews.

STEPHANIE & SHIRLEY

How we work.

Stronger with every thread

We believe our teamā€™s success is driven by how well we share, learn, and iterate together.

The customer decides

We bring our customersā€™ perspective into every meeting, every discussion, and every decision we make.

Candor and compassion

We strive to share whatā€™s on our minds candidly and with empathy ā€“ with our peers, managers, and partners.

Nurture trust

We foster a safe and inclusive environment for our team to do the best work of our lives, while vigilantly safeguarding the most trusted data in our customers’ lives.

Empowered and accountable

We empower each other to take ownership, while holding each other accountable for seeing work through.

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