Thompson Paine

Have held leadership positions across Product, Operations, and Policy. Currently leading Geopolitics. Previously Head of Product Management and Strategy & Operations functions (Product Ops, Customer Support, Platform Ops, StratOps) from GA release to scale of our web, mobile, API, and public sector products, and the launches of Anthropic’s Claude 2, 3, & 4 models, as Anthropic’s revenue grew to $7B+ and valuation to $183B.

Adjunct Professor, teaching a course on emerging technologies, law, and U.S.-China Competition.

Head of Product Experience Operations (PXO), leading teams incubating and scaling the tooling, automation, and scalable operations that underpin a best-in-class user experience in Stripe banking products (Issuing, Capital, Treasury, and more). Previously worked on Stripe Atlas (stripe.com/atlas), a powerful, safe, and easy-to-use platform for launching a startup from anywhere in the world.

Co-authored paper on the U.S.-China tech race as part of a series for the Technology and Public Policy Project. The Project, funded by Schmidt Futures, is housed within the Freeman Spogli Institute's Cyber Policy Center at Stanford.

Quizlet is relied on by over 50 million students and teachers a month around the world, including 2/3 of US high school students and half of US college students. I joined as the 6th full-time employee, driving strategy and execution across company functions at various times in my tenure - from high-level business model and product strategy, international expansion, business development, and our programmatic advertising business to recruiting, HR, customer support, trust and safety, and privacy compliance.