Welcome New Team Members Onboard! [July 2024]

We are excited to share that the Pump (engineering and sales) team expanded by three new members last week! 

As we scale our number of customers, it’s incredibly energizing to see our team grow. As with all our new employees, they completed Pump University, our way of quickly onboarding people to understand our core mission, the customers we serve, and the space we sit in. 

Join us in welcoming Greg Garcia, Joel Walker, and Bea Pilar to the team. They bring not only great skills but also a ton of experience from places like Google, Vanta, Apple, and other cool companies.

This is a big moment for us – the first time we’ve added three new faces to our team all at once! And we’re looking forward to more days like this in the future.

A little bit about our them; 

Greg Garcia 

Greg spent time as an account executive Hired, Member, and Vettery and graduated with an Economics degree from Brown University. Some fun facts about Greg:

1. Greg consumed 32 tacos on a recent 5-day trip to Mexico City!

2. He is a proudly retired backyard chicken farmer

3. He backpacked the W trek in Patagonia

Joel Walker

Prior to Pump, Joel worked for Google as a senior software engineer. Before that, he worked at QDivision and Maryville Technologies. Joel is an alumni from University of Missouri-Saint Louis. Some fun facts about Joel:

1. Joel has a black cat named Zendaya who gives high fives!

2. He loves traveling; and has been to 12 countries and a majority of the states. Next on his list is Thailand.

3. Despite his last name, he LOVES running 🏃‍♂️. He played soccer in school and still plays whenever he can.

Bea Pilar

Bea has experience as a SDR team lead at Vanta and Apple. She graduated from San Jose State University in 2021. Some fun facts about her:

1. She loves reading so much that she read 140 books last year!

2. She has a dog named Copper who will be making appearances at the office!

3. She is a DIEHARD San Francisco Giants fan!

We are eager to continue our growth journey and remain committed to our mission of helping startups reduce cloud costs.