Leadership

All of Pave, starting with our executive team, is built around a unique alchemy of expertise in compensation, data science, engineering, and go-to-market acumen. Together, we are perfecting the art and science of pay.

Executive Team

Guiding Pave forward

Matt Schulman
Founder and CEO

After watching coworkers struggle to value their total rewards, Matt founded Pave in 2019. He has a B.S. in computer science and a B.S. in economics (at the Wharton School) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Past stops include Meta.

Charlie Nelson
COO

Charlie leads Pave's partnerships, people, finance, IT, recruiting, and RevOps functions. He has a B.A. in business communication and sociology from the University of Washington.

Past stops include ADP, Simply Hired, and SmartRecruiters.

Alex Cwirko-Godycki
GM, Market Data Business/
VP, Marketing & Strategy

Alex leads Pave's market data business and marketing and strategy functions. He has a B.A. in government and history from Cornell University.

Past stops include Equilar, Jump, and Aon (McLagan and Radford).

Armando Villa
VP, Revenue

Armando leads Pave's account management, customer success, sales, and support functions. He has a B.B.A. in business from Eastern Washington University.

Past stops include Starbucks, Salesforce, and SmartRecruiters.

Melanie Kennedy
VP, Legal

Melanie leads Pave's legal function. She has a B.S. in psychology from University of Michigan and a J.D. from Brigham Young University.

Past stops include Snap Finance, MarketStar, Symantec, and Novell.

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