Anna Spisak
San Francisco (Ohlone land), she/her
Work Experience
Start of Anything is an art collective based in San Francisco. We produce immersive events that create the conditions for connection to self, others, and place in service of developing community and celebrating San Francisco in this post-COVID era.
Warbler Labs is a key contributor to Goldfinch, an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol. Backed by a16z, IDEO, and Variant.
Scratch uses technology and human-centered design to improve the loan repayment experience for borrowers with mortgages, student loans, and PPP loans.
Clover Health is a tech-enabled Medicare Advantage health plan that aims to provide America’s seniors with highly affordable, “obvious” healthcare plans by leveraging Clover Assistant, a proprietary Clinical Decision Support software product.
Projects
Goldfinch is a decentralized credit protocol that allows for crypto borrowing without crypto collateral; instead loans are fully collateralized off-chain. Most of the first $100M was impact-focused lending to businesses in emerging markets.
While at Warbler Labs, I led the design efforts of contributions to the Goldfinch protocol, including: a re-brand of Goldfinch.finance, a re-design of the Golfinch.finance Dapp, and several key protocol features.
"Turbo Tax for PPP loans."
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is an SBA-backed loan that helped businesses keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisis. Scratch was contracted by Cross River Bank to manage $2B+ in PPP loans. Our tool and operations directly supported 106k+ businesses in maximizing their PPP loan forgiveness.
I co-led a cross-functional team in developing requirements for, designing, and building the digital application + operational processes for handling PPP loan forgiveness. The project was shaped by strict federal government requirements that changed several times as the PPP program was being developed. Initial concept-to-MVP launch time: 8 weeks.
Side Projects
Somatic Coaching and Bodywork in service of embodied leadership. I started Embodied Future to work with individuals and organizations to achieve sustainable, future-oriented transformation.
Founded in 2021, SOA is an intentional community in SF's Mission neighborhood. I develop systems to enable interdependent living, like 🥦 food inventory management and 👋 onboarding for new residents/guests.