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    Alex Payne

    Alex Payne

    Cofounder and first CTO of @simple-finance-1. Platform Lead and early employee at @twitter. Invests and advises.

    Angel New York
    al3x.net
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    Experience
    Simple Finance
    Exit
    Simple Finance
    Founder, CTO 2010 - 2012 (about 2 years)
    Twitter
    Exit
    Twitter
    Platform Lead 2007 - 2010 (over 3 years)
    Founder
    Simple Finance
    Employee
    Twitter
    Advisor
    Light Table, Treehouse, Simperium, CPUsage, playAPI, Geoloqi
     
    Projects
    Twitter OAuth
    Move the Twitter API from basic auth to OAuth
    Matt Sanford
    With Matt Sanford
     
    About
    Achievements

    Ran the original Platform team at Twitter. Cofounded online banking service Simple. Consulted with startups, federal agencies, and non-profits. Gave talks around the world, including lecturing to a graduate seminar at Stanford.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Scala Ruby Infrastructure Security Backend Development DevOps FinTech
    Locations
    New York City
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