Aliya Marder
Co-Founder And COO, Board Member at Ridwell
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAliya Marder is a seasoned operator and designer turned startup leader, currently Co-Founder, COO and Board Member at Ridwell, where she leads operations, product, engineering, design, marketing, and expansion. Since joining Ridwell in 2018, she has built a team of 250+, driven three funding rounds, and helped save millions of pounds from the landfill. Based in Seattle, she blends product strategy, design leadership, and operational excellence to scale purpose-driven technology. Her earlier career spans design leadership and strategy across consultancies and brands, including Philosophie Group and Chewse, where she steered end-to-end product design and user experiences for high-profile clients. Aliya holds a BA in History and Math from Northwestern University, reflecting a multidisciplinary foundation that informs her problem-solving approach. She combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of turning complex waste-reduction and UX challenges into practical, scalable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, Math, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, Math at Northwestern University
English
Github Skills (7)
react9
typescript8
ui-components7
react-components6
antd6
ui-design5
language-design4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
aliyanno/am_2018
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
aliyanno/aliyamarder
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 16 days
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