10 Plaid executives
Co-Founder and CEO, COO, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Technology Officer are among the current titles held by these Plaid executives, alongside chief revenue, marketing, security and strategy officers. A reader can learn how executives lead Plaid from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Chris Pearce
LinkedInExperience: Chief Revenue Officer · Plaid
Chris Pearce has been Chief Revenue Officer of Plaid since July 2026, based in the Seattle area. Chris Pearce was Head of Enterprise at Plaid from September 2023 to July 2026 and Senior Vice President of Sales at Tableau at Salesforce from February 2022 to September 2023.
Eric Hart
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Plaid
Eric Hart is a former Chief Financial Officer of Plaid, a role held from October 2023 to May 2025, based in Seattle. Eric Hart has been Chief Strategy, Business, and Corporate Development Officer at Expedia Group since May 2025 and was Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group from December 2019 to October 2022.
Eric Sager
LinkedInExperience: COO · Plaid
Eric Sager has been COO of Plaid since January 2019, based in San Francisco. Eric Sager was Chief Revenue Officer at Bluevine from July 2016 to January 2019, Head of Sales at Square from April 2015 to July 2016 and Head of Growth and Retention at Square from October 2013 to June 2015.
Hannah Hughes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Plaid
Hannah Hughes has been Chief Marketing Officer of Plaid since December 2025, based in Oakland. Hannah Hughes was Head of Product Marketing at Cash App from October 2024 to December 2025 and Head of Consumer PMM, Lifecycle, and Creative at Affirm from December 2019 to September 2024.
Jason Pate
LinkedInExperience: Chief Strategy Officer · Plaid
Jason Pate has been Chief Strategy Officer of Plaid since October 2023, based in the Seattle area. Jason Pate was Interim CFO of Plaid from July 2022 to October 2023, Head of Business and Corporate Development there from April 2019 to July 2022 and worked in Product at Plaid from 2018 to 2019.
Sean Cassidy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer · Plaid
Sean Cassidy has been Chief Information Security Officer of Plaid since June 2026, based in San Francisco. Sean Cassidy was Head of Security at Asana from September 2019 to June 2026 and Head of Information Security at Patreon from July 2018 to September 2019.
Seun Sodipo
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Plaid
Seun Sodipo has been Chief Financial Officer of Plaid since October 2025, based in Stanford, California. Seun Sodipo was Chief Financial Officer of Glossier, Inc. from October 2021 to October 2025 and Head of Product Finance & Strategy at Stripe from April 2020 to October 2021.
Tom Daniels
LinkedInExperience: CISO · Plaid
Tom Daniels is a former CISO of Plaid, a role held from June 2021 to September 2025, based in New York. Tom Daniels was CISO at Cursor from September 2025 to August 2026 and Interim CISO at Square from July 2020 to April 2021, and has worked in Security at SpaceXAI since August 2026.
Will Robinson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Plaid
Will Robinson has been Chief Technology Officer of Plaid since May 2025, based in Menlo Park. Will Robinson was VP of Engineering at Coinbase from September 2021 to May 2025, Chief Technology Officer at ASAPP from December 2019 to August 2021 and Chief Technology Officer at Google Cloud Security from 2016 to 2019.
Zachary Perret
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · Plaid
Zachary Perret has been Co-Founder & CEO of Plaid since January 2012, based in San Francisco. Zachary Perret's profile places this role at Plaid as current. Zachary Perret has also been Co-Founder of Mischief since 2020 and was an Associate at Bain & Company from 2010 to 2012.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current executive role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which issues need your own attention and which your leadership group should own?
- 03What has your own work taught you about leading a function inside a financial technology company?
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