# Sam E.

> Founding Team @ Tilt (fka Empower)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/same

➡️ Part of the 4 that started Tilt (formerly Empower) in 2016, now 250+ team w/ 9 fig. ARR
➡️ Launched first international market in México with 10+ team & 7 figure ARR in just 2 years

## Work Experience
### Special Projects @ Tilt
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
• Building and deploying internal AI systems for a 450 person company

### Founding Team @ Tilt (formerly Empower)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Billion-dollar, Sequoia & Initialized-backed fintech using machine learning for credit decisioning, serving millions across the US, Mexico, Philippines, and India.
• Part of the original 4 that started Tilt (fka Empower Finance) launching multiple products over the years
• Led México launch—first international market, 7-figure revenue, gross margin positive in 3 years with a small team

### Mentor @ First Round Capital
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
• First Round's Design Track (https://designertrack.firstround.com/)
• Mentor program for portfolio companies

### Alumni & Mentor @ Startmate
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Was part of the Startmate (Australian YC) 2015 batch run by Blackbird Ventures

### Co-Founder (Startmate 2015) @ Robby
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Sydney, Australia
• Built an app that allowed retail workers to add their work schedule by taking a photo of it
• Organically grew so popular with Apple employees (25% workforce in 6 months) that Apple banned it from the App Store and as a result we ultimately had to shut down the service.
• Part of Startmate (2015)

### Founding Team @ Booodl
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Sydney, Australia
• Part of the founding team of Booodl, a pioneering mobile and web platform.  
• Enabled consumers to discover and visit physical stores, driving foot traffic and engagement.

### Intern (Acq by Concur Technologies) @ SAP Concur
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Sydney Area, Australia
• University internship

### Teaching Assistant | Gap Year @ Repton Dubai School
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Dubai, UAE
• Gap year as a teaching assistant


## Education
### Masters in Information Technology, Computer Science
University of Technology Sydney
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

### Bachelors in Management, Business, Management
University of Technology Sydney
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012

### Higher School Certificate
St Aloysius'​ College, Milsons Point
Jan 2001 – Jan 2007

### Growth Series
Reforge
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samueljameselliott

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Source: https://flows.cv/same
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/same/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-25