Leadership

All of Pave, starting with our executive team, is built around a unique alchemy of expertise in compensation, data science, engineering, and go-to-market acumen. Together, we are perfecting the art and science of pay.

Executive Team

Guiding Pave forward

Matt Schulman
Founder and CEO

After seeing coworkers struggle to value their pay, Matt founded Pave in 2020. He has a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Past stops include Meta.

Alex Cwirko-Godycki
VP, Marketing & Strategy

Alex leads Pave's marketing function and advises our team on business and product strategy. He has a B.A. in government and history from Cornell University.

Past stops include Equilar, Jump, and Aon (McLagan and Radford).

Charlie Nelson
VP, Revenue

Charlie leads Pave's customer success, rev. ops., and sales functions. He has a B.A. in business communication and sociology from the University of Washington.

Past stops include ADP, Simply Hired, and SmartRecruiters.

Chi-Kai Chien
VP, Engineering

Chi-Kai leads Pave's engineering function. He has a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in computer science from U.C. Irvine.

Past stops include Cisco, Nvidia, Marvell Semiconductor, CareZone, and Calm.

Samuel Ford
VP, Finance

Samuel leads Pave's finance, legal, and people functions. He has a B.S. in commerce from the Unversity of Virgina and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Past stops include Goldman Sachs and Airtable.

Armando Villa
Head of Sales

Armando leads Pave's sales team, including sales development and account executive roles. He has a B.B.A. in business from Eastern Washington University.

Past stops include Starbucks, Salesforce, and SmartRecruiters.

Dan Petty
Head of Security

Dan leads Pave's security team. He has a B.S. in information systems from Carnegie Mellon University and a M.Phil. in tech policy from Cambridge University.

Past stops include PWC, Google, and Credit Karma.

Emily Glick
Head of Customer Success

Emily leads Pave's customer success and support teams, including all account management roles. She has a B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University.

Past stops include Sunrun, Freckle, brightwheel, and Subscript.

Nicklaus Salzman
Head of Partnerships

Nick leads Pave's partnerships team, spanning relationships with consultants, VC firms, and other platforms. He has a B.S. in economics from Duke University.

Past stops include Apple, HYP3R, and One Signal.

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