Emily O'Brien
Venture Scout at Grishin Robotics
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily O'Brien is a product-minded engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building consumer and enterprise-facing products across startups and media companies. As Co-Founder and CTO of Cherry she single-handedly built a Y Combinator-backed corporate card product, drove 57% MoM growth, and engineered a 12x increase in perks engagement through rapid product iteration and partnerships. She has led engineering teams and product efforts at Giphy, Refinery29 and Carbon Health, shipping mobile-first experiences, ad and marketing platforms, and virtual care features. Comfortable bridging design, engineering and business, Emily hires and manages lean teams, negotiates integrations, and secures press and distribution. Based in New York, she scouts venture opportunities at Grishin Robotics while actively seeking product management roles where she can apply founder-level judgment and hands-on technical execution. An early career blend of arts and tech gives her a user-centric, creative approach to product problems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Art History Dance, Bachelor of Arts Art History Dance at The George Washington UniversityArt History Spanish, Art History Spanish at Boston UniversityPAC Program Computer Science, PAC Program Computer Science at New York UniversityArt History, Art History at The American University of ParisY Combinator
Github Skills (46)
ios10
react-native10
cross-platform10
android10
figure10
react10
javascript9
mobile9
frontend9
hosting8
user-interface8
font-size8
declarative8
app-framework8
calabash8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Emibob/taylorswiftipsum
Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
Taylor Swift Ipsum
Contributions:25 commits, 8 pushes, 1 comment in 3 months
swiftipsumtaylor-swift
Emibob/tech-band-names
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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