Anson
GM / Engineer
Anson - Professional Eater
Anson grew up in Lexington, MA, studied Computer Science at MIT, and now lives in San Francisco. Before starting Cardpool with Tim, Anson founded Anywhere.FM, an online music player that got acquired by MySpace in 2007. Prior to that, Anson was a Program Manager and Software Engineer at Microsoft working on the Xbox 360. During his free time, Anson likes to play with numbers. His most guilty pleasure is eating other people's left overs. In 2012, Anson was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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Tim
VP Eng / Engineer
Tim - Charlie Brown Look-alike
Tim Wong grew up in New York City before going to Carnegie Mellon to study Computer Science. Tim lives in San Francisco and was a software engineer at Arch Rock before cofounding Cardpool with Anson. Prior to that, Tim was a Software Engineer at Microsoft working on Visual Studio. During his free time, Tim likes to work out excessively, making his most guilty pleasure, inhaling protein shakes.
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Robby
Engineer
Robby - Ice Cream & Cheese Lover
Robby grew up in Essex Junction, VT, went to MIT to study Computer Science and Physics, and now lives in San Francisco. Before joining Cardpool, Robby worked at Google as a Software Engineer in Search Quality (the people who write the software that figures out what web pages best answer your query). Robby is famous for his brief stardom on YouTube. His most guilty pleasure is his girlfriend ("awww") and the dorkiest BBC show ever, Merlin.
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George
Engineer
George - Inverted Rock Climber
George Huo grew up in Pullman, WA and went to MIT to study Computer Science. Before joining Cardpool, George was working on Gmail at Google. During his spare time, George likes to go rock climbing. His most guilty pleasure is receiving parking tickets, all around SF, all the time.
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Boris
Designer
Boris - Resident Dreamer
Although originally from India, Boris grew up in Muscat, Oman and went to study Electrical and Computer Engineering at Christian Brothers University, Memphis TN and Human Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech, Atlanta. His love for design and passion for technology attracted him to the San Francisco bay area, where he was courted by over 36 companies before realizing that Cardpool was the place to be. In his spare time he loves to participate in hackathons, hang out with friends, read psychology textbooks, design logos and bike around south bay - not necessarily in any order.
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Nick
Data Scientist
Nick
Nick grew up in Norwich, Vermont, and then studied International Relations and Environmental Studies at Brown in Providence, RI. Before joining Cardpool, Nick worked as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Group. In his spare time, Nick enjoys skiing, hiking, and Vermont-made cheese and ice cream.
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Laura
Biz Dev
Laura = Dog Lover
Laura is a born and raised California girl currently living in Walnut Creek with her husband, daughter and bulldog. She officially studied Marketing at UC Davis and unofficially studied the mountains of Lake Tahoe by way of snowboarding. Before joining Cardpool, Laura helped build the gift card business at Blackhawk Network. Her guilty pleasures include an unhealthy addiction to flip flops (current count at 28) and peanut butter M&M’s.
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