Monique Barbanson

Monique Barbanson is an experienced professional in technology and engineering, currently serving in the Customer Usage Data Platform and Privacy Enablement Products roles at Fastly since August 2023. Barbanson has been an Angel Squad Member at Hustle Fund since April 2021 and is also the founder of Livecraft.ai. Previously, Barbanson held the position of Comms and Growth Engineer at Affirm, where significant achievements included scaling a messaging service to support increased volume due to major partnerships. Other notable roles include Interim VP of Engineering at RDS, Interim CTO at Mindful Mamas, and Managing Partner at Duff Lite. Barbanson has extensive experience at Microsoft Corporation, contributing as Head of Engineering for Xbox Media Applications and leading IPTV market entry initiatives. Early career achievements include positions at Web TV and Netscape. Barbanson holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master's in Computer Science from Yale University, and a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Centrale Lyon.