Propel
Jimmy Chen is the founder and CEO of Propel, a for-profit software company that they started after working on a project at Significance Labs that helped low-income Americans apply for food stamps. Prior to their work at Significance Labs, Jimmy was a product manager at Facebook and LinkedIn. Jimmy started their career as an intern/consultant at CGAP (World Bank Group).
Jimmy Chen has a Bachelor of Science from Symbolic Systems at Stanford University. Jimmy also has a certification from GoodCompany Ventures: For Doers, Not Dreamers in GoodCompany Ventures 2014.
Some direct reports include Nisreen Cain - VP of Engineering, Ram Mehta - CTO, and Jeff Kaiser - COO.
Propel
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Propel's mission is to enable Americans with low income to improve their financial health. Propel’s free app, Providers (formerly Fresh EBT), is used by over five million Americans across the country each month.