# Arisa Amano

> Arisa Amano is a Co-Founder & CEO at Internal.io.

- Canonical URL: https://iq.wiki/wiki/arisa-amano
- Categories: People in crypto
- Tags: Developer, Founder
- Created: 2022-07-27T18:46:53.487Z
- Last updated: 2022-09-13T02:17:24.067Z
- Source: IQ.wiki — the world's largest blockchain and crypto encyclopedia (https://iq.wiki)

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**Arisa Amano** is the Co-Founder & CEO at Internal, a newly funded startup that helps companies better manage their internal consoles, she is an  entrepreneur and product marketing executive.[\[15\]](#cite-id-e1143xnbcfk)  
  
She was also the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of **Harbor ([blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain))**, a [blockchain technology](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) company that aims to create [decentralized](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) compliance protocol that standardizes the way securities are issued and traded on blockchains. [\[1\]](#cite-id-kzayt2x6axn)  
  
Arisa was Vice President of Products at Zenefits and was responsible for the Zenefits product suite.  Arisa previously held product/marketing roles with Yammer, Microsoft, VMware, and MTV Networks.[\[2\]](#cite-id-rqwq5drai3)[\[3\]](#cite-id-j5ulxu06te)  
  
# Education  
  
Amano graduated from the University of California, with a Bachelor of Science in Management Sciences.[\[4\]](#cite-id-mvjph37zgmb)  
  
# Career  
  
Arisa Amano began her career at VMware, a software company that provides cloud computing and platform virtualization software and services. As their marketing manager, she analyzed customer usage of products and created marketing campaigns; one of the campaigns was a YouTube video contest called “Run It with VMware.” [\[5\]](#cite-id-s7psvmw6awg)[\[6\]](#cite-id-ohd6vdh472d)  
  
In 2010, she worked at MTV Networks as a Product Marketing Lead for Social Games. She worked across Nickelodeon, MTV, and Comedy Central groups. [\[7\]](#cite-id-0n6nkee0562)  
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In March 2011, Amano became the Director of Product Marketing & Design for Yammer. In December 2013, her role changed to Head of Lifecycle Marketing. She was part of the company until they were acquired by Microsoft.[\[8\]](#cite-id-cf92cm3mpv)  
  
In December 2014, Amano began playing the role of Vice President of Products for Zenefits. owned the complete relaunch of the Zenefits' product suite, launching Z2 and HROne.[\[9\]](#cite-id-kptvrh3d07a)  
  
In 2017, Arisa Amano co-founded **Harbor (blockchain)** with **Bob Remeika**. Their team is in the process of creating a [decentralized](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) compliance protocol that standardizes the way securities are issued and traded on [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain).[\[10\]](#cite-id-7z2c792prvd)  
  
She is currently the co-founder and CEO of Internal, an internal tools platform that allows anyone to create without code, reducing dependence on engineering and enabling businesses to do more with less.[\[16\]](#cite-id-qrvzco908c)[\[17\]](#cite-id-qnhkwikjzrc)  
  
# Personal Life and Skills  
  
Amano currently resides in San Francisco. While working with VMWare, she was the lead vocalist for an all-employee group called Elastic Sky.[\[12\]](#cite-id-ikly6qrtck)[\[13\]](#cite-id-hm6f06prw75)[\[14\]](#cite-id-uvx4r3o60zj)  
  
Arisa is a Product and product marketing executive with 13+ years of experience.