Where does Alison Alvarez work?

Alison Alvarez is Founder of BlastPoint.

What companies did Alison Alvarez found?

Alison Alvarez founded BlastPoint.

Where did Alison Alvarez go to school?

Alison Alvarez studied at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Carnegie Mellon University (MS School of Computer Science, Language Technologies); The George Washington University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Japanese).

Alison Alvarez

Founder

Founder at BlastPoint

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

FoundedBlastPoint

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295 people in our graph share verified history with Alison — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dylan MikusunlockedAlison: together at Rhiza Labs (2012–2013)

Alison: together at Rhiza Labs

×5Alison: together at BlastPoint

×5Alison: together at Carnegie Mellon University

Founder at BlastPoint

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BlastPoint's investors · 12

Allos VenturesCincinnati · $1M – $6M checks BTECH CONSORTIUMEl Segundo · $1M – $5M checks Chloe CapitalIthaca · $100K – $250K checks Curql Collective, LLCDes Moines eLab VenturesAnn Arbor · $25K – $100K checks IrishAngelsSan Francisco · $250K – $350K checks Michigan Capital NetworkGrand Rapids MissionOGPhiladelphia · $5M – $10M checks · since 2025 Mudita VentureDetroit · $500K – $1M checks Next Level VenturesDes Moines · $500K – $5M checks Quake CapitalAustin · since 2017 Stout Street CapitalDenver · $250K checks

Co-founders at BlastPoint

Tomer BorensteinDirector, Executive Officer

Tony Cebzanov

Experience

BlastPointCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2016 — presentPittsburgh, PA
Valor WaterAdvisor2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Innovative Systems, Inc.Product Manager2016 — 2017Greater Pittsburgh Area
Rhiza LabsSenior Product Strategist2014 — 2016
Rhiza LabsSoftware Engineer and Computational Linguist2009 — 2016

Skills & more

PythonJavaSoftware EngineeringWeb DevelopmentMySQLSoftware DevelopmentJavaScriptJapaneseComputational LinguisticsPerlCSSWeb Applications

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XMLData ModelingSoftware DesignPHPLispTextile DesignProduct StrategyRhizaAgile MethodologiesData AnalysisLeadershipManagement

Languages English · Japanese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alison Alvarez?: Founder at BlastPoint
Where does Alison Alvarez work?: Alison Alvarez is Founder of BlastPoint.
What companies did Alison Alvarez found?: Alison Alvarez founded BlastPoint.
Where did Alison Alvarez go to school?: Alison Alvarez studied at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Carnegie Mellon University (MS School of Computer Science, Language Technologies); The George Washington University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Japanese).

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Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures Kevin SilverInvestment Operations Specialist at Golden Seeds MarkInvestor at Yu Galaxy Marco DeMirozGeneral Partner & Co-founder at The Venture Reality Fund Andrew BartusiakSenior Associate at PeakSpan Capital Partners Murli RaviCo-founder and Managing Partner at Tin Men Capital

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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Lucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of Passes Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AI Joshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGen Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Gul DolenInvestor at JLS Sirine DhaouadiSenior Associate, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics (Private Equity) at Northleaf Capital Partners Kaori RupnowExecutive Assistant at Kicker Ventures Ellery BuntelCofounder at Telepathic Technologies Aya MiyaguchiFounder at The Ethereum Foundation Michael GruberGeneral Partner at JLS

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Shared employers

Also worked at BlastPoint6

Doug NealManaging Director at eLab Ventures Kevin CovertCo-Founder & Managing Director at BTECH CONSORTIUM George KrautzelManaging Partner at MissionOG Michael PerrinPartner at Next Level Ventures Tomer BorensteinDirector, Executive Officer at BlastPoint Tony CebzanovFounder at BlastPoint

Also worked at Rhiza Labs2

Dylan MikusFounder at Amika Jeff ChristensenDirector, Product and Digital Innovation at Arsenal