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Allison Barr Allen

Founder, investor, and startup advisor

Mill Valley, California

Skills

Strategic Planning
Product Management
Cost Reduction Strategies
Corporate Social Responsibility
Fraud
Pricing Strategy
Incentives
Electronic Payments
Emerging Payments
FinTech
Customer Support

Education

Work Experience

  • Investor

    2024

    I’m grateful to have been an early angel investor in 30+ companies such as Esusu, Hex, AirGarage, Mercury, Tofu, Paramark, Replo, and more. I partner with top operators at the very earliest stages of their company development, often before the company is even formed.

  • LP

    2019

    Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ ultra-talented operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of enterprise tech.

2019 - 2022

  • Co-founder & COO

    2019 - 2022

    Fast was a startup focused on scaling 1-click checkout and identity across the internet. Joined after the pre-seed round & promoted to co-founder. Managed IR for the first 3 funding rounds, helping the company raise > $100M from top funds & angel investors. Recruited leads for key functions including sales, payments, CS, and product. Co-led all company functions until the series B and then managed internal functions. Fast was acqui-hired by Affirm in April 2022.

2014 - 2019

  • Head of Global Product Operations - Money Team

    2018 - 2019

    I led Global Product Operations for the Money Team at Uber. My team launched, scaled, and managed Uber's Money products, including Instant Pay, Driver Payments, Cash, Wallets, and Rider Payments.

  • Product Operations Lead - Money Team

    2016 - 2018

    Launched & scaled Instant Pay, which is Uber's fast-growing, on-demand payment product. Processed $1B in transaction volume within the first year. Managed Driver Payments and Payments tooling for 73 countries.

  • Operations and Logistics Manager

    2014 - 2016

    Managed driver incentives, fraud, and payments for the Chicago market

2010 - 2014

  • Advisory Senior Associate

    2010 - 2014

    Technology consulting for top health insurance companies (payers)

Communication Neural Systems Research Group, Northwestern University

2007 - 2010

  • Research Analyst

    2007 - 2010