Maggie Parsons is an operations, finance, and compliance executive whose career has spanned technology startups, consumer products, and decentralized finance. She is the Head of Operations at Lighter, a decentralized perps exchange using ZK technology to power trading on Ethereum. ^[1]

Education

Parsons graduated from the University of Washington in 2012 and from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. ^[2]

Career

Parsons began her career in business management at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, where she worked from 2015 to 2017 in operational and management-focused roles. She later joined PS Audio as a Product Manager, contributing to product development and business operations for the audio technology company.

In 2019, Parsons joined Lunchclub as Head of Operations and Finance. In that role, she oversaw operational and financial functions during a period of growth for the professional networking platform, helping support the company's expansion and organizational development.

Since June 2022, Parsons has worked at Lighter, a decentralized finance infrastructure company, where she leads operations, finance, and compliance functions. Her work has focused on supporting the company's development of blockchain-based trading and settlement infrastructure and managing the financial, operational, and regulatory processes associated with its growth. ^[2]