Andrew Brown
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Founder & CEO
New York, United States
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Jobs
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Founder & CEOCheckJan 2019 - Current (7 years 6 months)Our mission at Check is to make paying people simple. We do that by providing a payroll-as-a-service API that lets any developer embed payroll directly in their vertical SaaS, HR, or time-tracking platform. We're proud to be supported by fantastic investors including Stripe, Thrive, Bedrock, and Index. If you'd like to join us on this journey please check out our open roles here: https://checkhq.com/jobs.- Google PlayGoogleSep 2015 - Jan 2019 (3 years 5 months)
- Co-Founder and CTOOyster acquired by GoogleJun 2012 - Sep 2015 (3 years 4 months)Built the world's first Netflix-for-books service, delivering unlimited access to more than 1M titles for less than $10 a month. Oversaw engineering, product, and marketing and managed a team of 15. Grew business to $7M ARR and signed deals with every major book publisher. Oyster earned numerous honors including TechCrunch’s “Best Apps of 2013,” The Next Web’s “Best Apps of the Year,” and Google’s Summer Design Award in July 2014. Oyster was acquired by Google in September 2015.
- Associate Product ManagerGoogleAug 2011 - May 2012 (10 months)
Education
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- BS, Computer Science & EconomicsDuke UniversityJan 2007 - Dec 2011 (5 years)
- Phillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter AcademyJan 2004 - Dec 2007 (4 years)
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- PUnited States Presidental ScholarPresident of the United StatesJan 2007The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by Executive Order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our Nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the Nation’s highest honors for high school students. In honoring the Presidential Scholars, the President of the United States symbolically honors all graduating high school seniors of high potential.