Ian Saunders
FounderFounder/CEO at Billforward
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedBillforward · YC
About
Ian Saunders is the Product Management Lead for Payments Processing & Checkout at Meta, where he oversees payments and checkout experiences across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. He previously co-founded Billforward (YC S14), a developer-focused billing platform serving customers including Cloudflare, Docker, Apple (BuddyBuild), Red Hat (CoreOS), and Danone, where he served as CTO and later CEO. He also competes in ultramarathons, including races up to 240 miles.
Founder/CEO at BillforwardYC S14
Intro paths
YC
Ian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ian can intro founders to Billforward's investors below.
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Co-founders at Billforward
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Mark ParryFounder
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Aubone TennantFounder/Chief Growth Officer
Experience
- MetaProduct Management Lead, Payments Processing & Checkoutcurrent2024 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- MetaProduct Manager (People Manager), Payments & Creator Platform2021 — 2024Menlo Park, CA
- MetaProduct Manager, Marketplace Payments & Commerce2019 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
- BillforwardCEO and Head of Product (Founder) - YCS14 Batch2018 — 2019
- BillforwardCTO and Head of Product (Founder) - YCS14 Batch2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- c4nsultManaging Director2011 — 2019London
- Morgan StanleyStrategist and Technical Lead2007 — 2011London, United Kingdom
- MicrosoftDeveloper2005 — 2006
Skills & more
Product StrategyProduct ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipFinTechPaymentsCommerceStartups / EntrepreneurshipPlatform Product ManagementTest Driven Development11WCF6Start-ups22Architecture2
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DatabasesEnterprise ArchitectureSystem ArchitectureCSSjQueryWeb DevelopmentHTMLUser ExperienceManagementSnakesProgrammingDatabase DesignFrom Ian's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ian Saunders?
- Ian Saunders is the Product Management Lead for Payments Processing & Checkout at Meta, where he oversees payments and checkout experiences across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. He previously co-founded Billforward (YC S14), a developer-focused billing platform serving customers including Cloudflare, Docker, Apple (BuddyBuild), Red Hat (CoreOS), and Danone, where he served as CTO and later CEO. He also competes in ultramarathons, including races up to 240 miles.
- Where does Ian Saunders work?
- Ian Saunders is Founder/CEO of Billforward.
- What companies did Ian Saunders found?
- Ian Saunders founded Billforward.
- Where did Ian Saunders go to school?
- Ian Saunders studied at Y Combinator (YCS14); University of Bath (Bsc(Hon), Computer Science).
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