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Top SchoolSamuel Cooper is a growth-oriented product and strategy leader with 15+ years blending general management, product strategy, and data-driven analytics across startups and global enterprises. Currently VP of Expansion at FINN and founder/CEO of Ollie Brands, he pairs hands-on full-stack sensibilities with commercial due diligence and operational improvement expertise from roles at ByteDance/BytePlus and Bain. His background in applied & computational mathematics and continued study in data visualization underpin a career of turning complex digital platform insights into scalable product and GTM motions. Samuel has led revenue-generation, analytics launches, and process redesigns across markets, and spent extensive time advising private equity and sovereign wealth clients on digital investments. Based in Hawaii and Singapore, he brings a rare mix of strategic rigor, operator mindset, and technical fluency that helps bridge engineering, analytics, and commercial teams. Notably, he moves seamlessly between founding ventures and corporate leadership, evidencing both entrepreneurial grit and large-scale execution experience.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Applied & Computational Mathematics, B.S., Applied & Computational Mathematics at Clemson University
Continuing Education, Data Analysis & Visualization, Continuing Education, Data Analysis & Visualization at University of Washington
International Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at Virginia High School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance / Strategy, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance / Strategy at INSEAD
English, Spanish