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Our Team

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Fix the Internet, work with people who make things happen, excel in a meritocracy focused on results and not "CYA", help out people who don't understand personal finance, and get free lunches.

Tim Chen
Founder & CEO

Prior to founding NerdWallet in 2009, Tim was a hedge fund equity analyst specializing in payment processing companies, credit card networks, and technology companies. He has also worked as an equity research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. Tim is a graduate of Stanford University, where he majored in economics. In addition to writing for NerdWallet, Tim regularly contributes to several major personal finance publications.

Jacob Gibson
Co-Founder & COO

Jake heads operations and business development for NerdWallet. Prior to joining the company, Jake was a long-time employee of JPMorgan Chase, where he traded fixed income derivatives and managed the development of a number of new trading technologies. Jake is a graduate of MIT, with degrees in mathematics and finance.

Eric Ogren
CTO

Eric serves as NerdWallet's chief technology officer, and is a veteran of successful technology companies such as Riverbed Technology and Microsoft Corporation. He holds a computer science degree from Stanford University.

Erin Freeley
Press Relations

Erin heads press relations for NerdWallet. She is the founder of ProwessPR, a New York-based consultancy that specializes in the promotion of seed funded, emerging start-ups as well as established technology and consumer brands. She has been in the business for more than a decade, working both independently and with such top agencies as Edelman, A&R Partners, Nectar Communications, The OutCast Agency, Niehaus Ryan Wong and CooperKatz & Company.

Joseph Audette
VP of Education and Financial Literacy

Joseph manages the development of NerdWallet's content and tools focused on student financial literacy. Joe is a graduate of MIT, and after spending 7 years in the automotive sector, looks forward to passing on lessons from repaying his student loans 15 years ahead of schedule.

Alicia Jao
VP of Travel Media

Alicia leads NerdWallet's dollar-maximizing travel products. A graduate of USC and Stanford Business School, Alicia traded her career in VC investing to build travel tools so everyone can join her on her many travel adventures.

Anisha Sekar
VP of Credit and Debit Products

Anisha oversees marketing and content strategy for NerdWallet's award-winning credit and debit card products. Anisha studied applied mathematics and economics at Brown University and has worked in Silicon Valley startups as well as in the public sector.

Stephanie Wei
VP of Deposit Products

Stephanie develops and manages NerdWallet's Deposit products. Before joining NerdWallet, she worked in corporate strategy and business development at Roll Global and M&A Advisory at KPMG. Stephanie is a graduate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Stephen Vanderpool
Travel Content Specialist

Stephen Vanderpool is a credit card analyst and blogger for NerdWallet. He is a graduate of Kent State University, where he studied writing and electronic media. In addition to his NerdWallet posts, Stephen writes fiction and screenplays and works on independent films.

Laura Edgar
Banking Content Specialist

Laura brings a writer's wit and eye for a great story to the world of finance. She has an M.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University. Laura has written for a variety of online publications, and is passionate about Web culture and consumer education.

Angie Picardo
Personal Finance Content Specialist

Angie is a marketing analyst and a blogger for NerdWallet. She will soon be graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English with a concentration in American poetry. Angie hopes to add a little romance to our everyday financial literature.

Ellie Wilkinson
Personal Finance Content Specialist

Ellie is a proud nerd and a writer for the NerdWallet blog. She is currently finishing her last semester at Princeton, where she studies English. Ellie has written for several different publications and has covered a range of different topics, including personal finance, college life, and science.