Outlier is a different kind of company
We believe that success in life and success in business are not separate things, but intertwined as part of our lives. It is important to us that the journey we take with our company is as positive as the destination we hope to reach.
We aspire to the following in everything we do:
Quality
We aspire to the highest standards. It is not enough that our customers pay us for our services, we want them to love our products. It is not enough that our employees collect a paycheck, we want them to love their jobs. It is not enough for us to compete in the market, we want to win.
Empowerment
We want every member of the Outlier team to be empowered to express their creativity, pursue new ideas and shape the company into something that makes us all proud.
Work/Life Balance
We believe that productivity is not based on the numbers of hours worked, but the intelligence and thoughtfulness applied to the hours you do work. Exercise, sleep and fun are part of our jobs since without them we cannot perform at our best. We will not require a choice between our families and our jobs.
Diversity & Inclusiveness
We welcome people of every personality, background and life experience because diversity makes us a better team. To achieve this, we realize we will need to work harder than others to find, recruit and include a diverse group of people.
Honesty
We are fully transparent to our employees and investors. Everyone on the Outlier team should understand and know as much about the business as they want to know. There are no secrets.
“We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.”
The humans behind Outlier
We understand how companies use data to make decisions because we have been the data scientists, data analysts and leaders at the forefront of those decisions. After years of manual business analysis, we decided there should be a better way. That led each of us to Outlier.
Sean Byrnes
Co-Founder and CEO
Sean was the co-founder of Flurry (acquired by Yahoo in 2014), the largest mobile analytics company in the world. In his free time, Sean advises some early stage technology companies and invests in many others.
Sean holds a B.A. in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Mike Kim
Co-Founder and CTO
Mike has been on the forefront of data science and machine learning having led efforts at Google, Aardvark (acquired by Google), and AltSchool.
Mike received his B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of California, San Francisco.
Anthony Watkins
Head of Product
Anthony oversaw a 10x growth in user base at Flurry (acquired by Yahoo) and then served as Yahoo’s founding Head of the Mobile Developer Platform team. Anthony has spoken internationally on topics ranging from deploying Kafka at scale to building data-driven businesses.
Anthony holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Andrea Spillmann-Gajek
Head of Customer Success
Andrea leads the Customer Success team at Outlier. Over the past decade she has focused on driving user adoption and value across verticals, from mobile health in the developing world to large-scale enterprise SaaS. Most recently, Andrea scaled and led Customer Success at Captricity, as a member of the founding team and SVP of Customer Success.
Andrea holds a B.A. from Harvard College in History of Science, with minors in Health Policy and Latin American Studies, and a Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley.
Doug Mitarotonda
Head of Analytics
Doug helps our team and customers understand their data. He has been connecting people with data his whole career in various industries: sports and live entertainment (Qcue), electric power industry (The Brattle Group), and climate change policy (NYSDEC).
Doug received his Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University. He also holds an M.Eng. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Asian Studies, from Cornell University.
Jennifer Ellard
Head of Marketing
Jennifer is a leader in product marketing, demand generation and public relations. She focuses on enterprise tech marketing and was previously at organizations, including Tanium, Castlight, HP and Symantec.
Jen holds a B.S. in Business – Marketing from University of Alabama in Huntsville and an MBA (Marketing and Finance) from Santa Clara University.
Todd Fitzgerald
VP of Sales
Todd has been managing sales teams and grown revenue for over 15 years. Previously, Todd was at Snap and Flurry (acquired by Yahoo!). He also held sales roles at entertainment giants, including CNET and Fox Interactive Media.
Todd holds a B.A. in Economics and Communications from University of Arizona.
Lee Lefknowitz
Head of Talent
Lee has a long history of building teams and hiring top talent for startups all the way to Fortune 100 companies. One of his areas of expertise is recruiting and retaining a diverse set of employees within the technology start-up space.
Lee received his B.A. in Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder.