Alex Payne
Writer, early-stage investor, donor, and erstwhile technologist.
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Min Investment:
$5,000.00Max Investment:
$50,000.00Target Investment:
$25,000.00
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Work Experience
2012 - 2016
Consultant
2012 - 2016
Technical consulting to early-stage startups, non-profits, and political campaigns. Systems architecture and automation, API design, full stack software development.
2010 - 2012
CTO
2010 - 2012
Shipped a thoughtfully designed, reliable online banking service for web and mobile that helps people understand their spending. Hired a top-notch team of engineers, designers, operations folks, security experts, customer support specialists, and more.
2007 - 2010
Platform Lead
2007 - 2010
Started out doing a bit of everything as Twitter grew from a side-project into a worldwide phenomenon. I then spent about two years building out our API and nurtured the community of talented third-party developers around it. I finished up my time there working on the service's backend infrastructure. Along the way I interviewed seemingly hundreds of people, met with partners, supported technical due diligence investigations, advocated for new technologies and development methodologies, and much more.
2006 - 2007
Web Application Developer
2006 - 2007
Was the sole developer for a prototype website for a storytelling social network startup aimed at an older target demographic of users.
2004 - 2006
Intrusion Engineer
2004 - 2006
2004 - 2004
Web Application Developer
2004 - 2004