Ilana Walder-biesanz
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at National Math Stars
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolIlana Walder-Biesanz is a founder and operator who builds mission-driven organizations at the intersection of math education, product, and strategy, currently leading National Math Stars to expand access for mathematically exceptional students. With 11 years of experience spanning management consulting at Bain, product leadership at Yahoo and Microsoft, and hands-on startup advising, she blends rigorous analytical problem solving with product execution and fundraising chops. Her academic background is eclectic—engineering at Olin, an MPhil in European literature from Cambridge, and an MBA from Stanford—fueling a rare combination of technical systems thinking and humanities-informed communication. Known for launching growth-focused programs (including scaling ad products and driving mobile user growth) and designing organizational strategy, she’s comfortable running cross-functional teams and stakeholder workshops. Off-hours she’s a cryptic crossword evangelist, opera/theater critic and occasional performer, and a certified wine professional, signaling both intellectual curiosity and cultural engagement. Based in Houston, she’s as likely to prototype a nonprofit program model as she is to co-design a product roadmap that turns complex requirements into measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Philosophy - MPhil European Literature, Master of Philosophy - MPhil European Literature at University of CambridgeBachelor of Science - BS Engineering: Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS Engineering: Systems at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, German, FrenchGithub contributions (1)
lgarron/pet-the-kitties
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year
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