Management & Board

Management

David Barrett
David Barrett
Chief Executive Officer and Director

David Barrett founded Expensify and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since 2009. Prior to Expensify, Mr. Barrett led engineering for Red Swoosh, Inc., a peer-to-peer file sharing company, which was acquired by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in 2007. Mr. Barrett holds a B.S.E. in engineering from the University of Michigan. We believe that Mr. Barrett is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his strategic vision and leadership in conceptualizing and developing our brand and business, his expertise in technology and the perspective and experience he brings as our founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Ryan Schaffer
Ryan Schaffer
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Ryan Schaffer has served as our Chief Financial Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2017, and he previously served as our Director of Marketing and Strategy from 2013-2017. Mr. Schaffer worked in marketing at various companies prior to joining Expensify. Mr. Schaffer holds a B.S. in business from the University of Dayton. We believe that Mr. Schaffer is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his perspective and experience as our Chief Financial Officer, his experience leading our board meetings since 2019 and his significant knowledge of and history with our company.

Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez Divo
Director

Carlos Alvarez Divo has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2025. Mr. Alvarez Divo has served as our Director of Engineering since February 2019. Mr. Alvarez Divo previously served as our Head of Core Services from April 2016 to February 2019, Head of Mobile from November 2014 to April 2016, and our Head of Web from October 2013 to November 2014. Mr. Alvarez Divo holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar. We believe that Mr. Alvarez Divo is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his long history of employment with our company and his extensive technical knowledge of our platform from years of experience working in every level of our technology.

Jason Mills
Jason Mills
Director

Jason Mills has served as a member of our board of directors since our IPO. Mr. Mills has served as our Chief Product Officer since May 2021, and he previously served as our Director of Product and Customers from January 2013 to May 2021. Prior to Expensify, Mr. Mills served as an analyst intern at Zurich Financial from February 2010 to August 2010 and as an analyst intern at Goldman Sachs from June 2009 to August 2009. Mr. Mills holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a Master of Arts in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. We believe that Mr. Mills is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his long history of leadership with our company, his perspective and experience as our Chief Product Officer and his comprehensive knowledge of our business.

Daniel Vidal
Daniel Vidal
Chief Strategy Officer
As the CSO, Daniel works closely with the CEO and organizational leaders to develop, execute, and sustain key initiatives at Expensify while leading up the company’s strategic finance initiatives. Since joining Expensify in 2012, Daniel has built out the business development team, helped launch the ExpensifyApproved! Accountants program, developed crucial partnerships with world class accounting firms and strategic partners, and helped open up new markets for global expansion. In 2017, Daniel was named as one of CPA Practice Advisor’s 20 Under 40 Superstars for the work he has done with accountants and technology. Daniel lives in Portland and loves to golf. He holds an M.S. in Commerce from University of Virginia.

Board

David Barrett
David Barrett
Director
David Barrett founded Expensify and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since 2009. Prior to Expensify, Mr. Barrett led engineering for Red Swoosh, Inc., a peer-to-peer file sharing company, which was acquired by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in 2007. Mr. Barrett holds a B.S.E. in engineering from the University of Michigan. We believe that Mr. Barrett is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his strategic vision and leadership in conceptualizing and developing our brand and business, his expertise in technology and the perspective and experience he brings as our founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Chair of the Executive Committee
Ryan Schaffer
Ryan Schaffer
Director
Ryan Schaffer has served as our Chief Financial Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2017, and he previously served as our Director of Marketing and Strategy from 2013-2017. Mr. Schaffer worked in marketing at various companies prior to joining Expensify. Mr. Schaffer holds a B.S. in business from the University of Dayton. We believe that Mr. Schaffer is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his perspective and experience as our Chief Financial Officer, his experience leading our board meetings since 2019 and his significant knowledge of and history with our company.
Member of the Executive Committee
Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez Divo
Director

Carlos Alvarez Divo has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2025. Mr. Alvarez Divo has served as our Director of Engineering since February 2019. Mr. Alvarez Divo previously served as our Head of Core Services from April 2016 to February 2019, Head of Mobile from November 2014 to April 2016, and our Head of Web from October 2013 to November 2014. Mr. Alvarez Divo holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar. We believe that Mr. Alvarez Divo is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his long history of employment with our company and his extensive technical knowledge of our platform from years of experience working in every level of our technology.

Member of the Executive Committee
Jason Mills
Jason Mills
Director

Jason Mills has served as a member of our board of directors since our IPO. Mr. Mills has served as our Chief Product Officer since May 2021, and he previously served as our Director of Product and Customers from January 2013 to May 2021. Prior to Expensify, Mr. Mills served as an analyst intern at Zurich Financial from February 2010 to August 2010 and as an analyst intern at Goldman Sachs from June 2009 to August 2009. Mr. Mills holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a Master of Arts in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. We believe that Mr. Mills is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his long history of leadership with our company, his perspective and experience as our Chief Product Officer and his comprehensive knowledge of our business.

Member of the Executive Committee
Daniel Vidal
Daniel Vidal
Director

Daniel Vidal has served as a member of our board of directors since our IPO. Mr. Vidal has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since May 2021, and he previously served as our Director of Corporate Development & Strategy from February 2019 to May 2021 and Head of Business Development from August 2013 to February 2019. Mr. Vidal holds a B.S. in Kinesiology from Arizona State University and a Masters in Commerce from the University of Virginia. We believe that Mr. Vidal is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his long history of employment with our company, his perspective and experience as our Chief Strategy Officer and his leadership developing our Strategic Partnership program and ExpensifyApproved! Accountants program.

Member of the Executive Committee
Timothy L. Christen
Timothy L. Christen
Director

Timothy L. Christen has served on our board of directors since the effectiveness of our IPO registration statement. Mr. Christen has served as a director of Mayville Engineering Company, a publicly traded value added manufacturer, since June 2016 and serves as the Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Christen served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baker Tilly US, LLP, a national public accounting firm, from June 1999 to May 2016. Mr. Christen also served as the non-executive Chairman of Baker Tilly International Ltd. from October 2017 to October 2021 and as a director of CPA.com, a CPA firm solutions and strategies provider, since February 2018. Mr. Christen also served as director of the American Institute of CPAs from 2014 to 2017, serving as Chairman from 2015 to 2016, and since January 2021 serves as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Mr. Christen holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and is a licensed certified public accountant. We believe that Mr. Christen is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his over 38 years of accounting expertise and substantial strategy, risk and management experience over his 16 years as the Chief Executive Officer of a national public accounting firm and membership on the board of a publicly traded company.

Ying (Vivian) Liu
Ying (Vivian) Liu
Director

Ying (Vivian) Liu has served on our board of directors since our IPO. Ms. Liu has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proficium, Inc. since April 2025. Prior to Proficium, Inc., Ms. Liu served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of ContextLogic, Inc. (d/b/a Wish), a mobile e-commerce platform from November 2021 to October 2024. Prior to Wish, Ms. Liu served as Chief Financial Officer of Shutterfly, Inc., a retailer and manufacturing platform for personalized products, from April 2020 to November 2021. Prior to Shutterfly, Inc., Ms. Liu served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Lexmark Inc., a printing solutions company, from July 2017 to April 2020. Prior to Lexmark Inc., Ms. Liu served as VP, Finance of Huawei Technology, an enterprise networking solutions company, from October 2016 until July 2017. Prior to Huawei, Ms. Liu spent eight years at Cisco in multiple finance leadership positions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Liu worked at Deloitte & Touche, Goldman Sachs and China Merchants Bank. Ms. Liu served on the board of Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a publicly traded electric vehicle manufacturer, from January 2023 to January 2025. Ms. Liu holds a B.A. in international finance from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, an M.B.A from the University of Washington and is a licensed chartered financial analyst and certified public accountant. We believe that Ms. Liu is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her extensive finance and leadership experience.

Ellen Pao
Ellen Pao
Director

Ellen Pao has served on our board of directors since our IPO. Ms. Pao cofounded and has lead Project Include, a nonprofit advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in technology companies, since December 2015. Ms. Pao has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a board member of Project Include since January 2017. Prior to Project Include, Ms. Pao served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development of Reddit, a social media platform, from April 2012 until July 2015. Prior to Reddit, Ms. Pao served as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Kapor Center and Venture Partner at Kapor Capital from January 2017 until March 2018. Ms. Pao holds a B.S.E in electrical engineering from Princeton University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. We believe that Ms. Pao is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her focus on diversity and inclusion and her experience as a board observer, board member, investor and advisor to technology startups since 2005.

Committees Composition

Audit Committee Compensation Committee Executive Committee
David Barrett Compensation Committee Executive Committee
Timothy L. Christen Audit Committee
Carlos Alvarez Divo Compensation Committee Executive Committee
Ying (Vivian) Liu Audit Committee
Jason Mills Compensation Committee Executive Committee
Ellen Pao Audit Committee
Ryan Schaffer Compensation Committee Executive Committee
Daniel Vidal Compensation Committee Executive Committee
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