Summary
Peren Nachbaur is a product and platforms leader based in San Francisco with 13+ years delivering data-driven systems across healthcare, payroll, ridesharing, gaming, and publishing. He’s shipped platform APIs and streaming data infrastructure at scale—leading Lyft’s Transportation API and data streaming org and building Gusto’s Embedded Payroll product. Known for systems thinking, he blends technical architecture work (Kafka/Flink-style streaming, EHR integrations) with customer and partner-focused product strategy. Early-stage experience at Keen IO and Warner Bros. honed his ability to jump from hands-on engineering to building product teams and GTM motion. He favors strong communication, empathy, and audacious team goals, and has a background in cognitive science-driven research that informs his approach to robust, human-centered systems.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Town School
BA Cognitive Science Computer Science, BA Cognitive Science Computer Science at Vassar College
Saint Paul's School