Greenlight Appoints Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer
By FF Newsroom · 8 December 2021

Greenlight® Financial Technology, Inc. ("Greenlight"), the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart kids, has announced several key executive hires, including a CFO, CTO and COO, to further accelerate the company's rapid growth as it surpasses $100M in ARR with more than 4.5 million parents and kids.
"The expansion of our leadership team is a major step towards our next phase of growth," said Tim Sheehan, co-founder and CEO of Greenlight. "Brian, Sameera and Will bring invaluable experience in building and operating world-class businesses to Greenlight as we continue on our mission to shine a light on the world of money for millions more families."
Greenlight added the following individuals to its leadership team:
- Brian Dong, Greenlight Chief Financial Officer (CFO): Brian joins Greenlight from Goldman Sachs where he served as Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division, advising Technology companies such as Apple, eBay, Square and Qualcomm for more than a decade on financing, strategic investment and M&A transactions. Brian also advised clients on several high-profile public offerings including IPOs for Tesla and Twitter, as well as leading Coinbase's $98 billion direct listing. As CFO, he will lead Greenlight's financial and capital markets strategies as the company continues on its high-growth trajectory.
- Sameera Rao, Greenlight Chief Technology Officer (CTO): Sameera joins Greenlight with more than 20 years of engineering leadership experience. Most recently, he was Head of Consumer Engineering at PayPal, where he led global engineering teams across PayPal consumer products like the Flagship PayPal Super App, Invest, Crypto, P2P and more, powering billions in revenue. As CTO, Sameera will oversee engineering, including product development, security, infrastructure and IT as Greenlight continues to scale and add more financial services to its platform.
- Will Yu, Greenlight Chief Operating Officer (COO): Will brings more than a decade of operational leadership experience scaling high-growth, venture-backed technology companies to Greenlight. He joins Greenlight from real estate fintech Cadre, where he led finance and operations for the company. As COO, Will will drive operational excellence to support Greenlight's rapid growth while overseeing customer success, risk management and compliance.