Helson Taveras

Helson Taveras has a diverse work experience that spans several industries and roles. In 2014, Helson worked as an intern at ADP. In 2015, they served as a Mobile Application Development Intern at Forbes and as a SpecTech Staff member at Columbia Daily Spectator. In the same year, Helson co-founded Swipes, where they took on the role of Lead Developer and helped create an app that facilitated meal sharing among Columbia University students. This initiative raised awareness about university food insecurity at a national level.

From 2016 to 2018, Helson co-founded and served as the CTO of Riley Corporation, a real estate lead qualification platform. During this time, they raised over $3 million in venture capital, built the business to $1 million in annual recurring revenue, and worked with a team of top-performing real estate agents in the US and Canada.

From 2017 to 2019, Helson was a Thiel Fellow at The Thiel Foundation. In 2019, they founded General Computing, providing high-quality product and engineering consulting services to early-stage startups. Helson took ownership of the end-to-end product lifecycle, including ideation, customer discovery, building product/engineering roadmaps, and codebase review.

Currently, Helson is working as a co-founder and CTO at Keep Technologies, a bank account and credit card provider for Canadian SMBs. Helson is focused on offering businesses competitive cashback rewards, lower wire fees, fair currency conversion rates, and increased credit limits for working capital needs. Additionally, Helson is actively hiring senior full-stack engineers for remote work.

Helson Taveras attended Y Combinator in 2017. Prior to that, they studied at Columbia University starting in 2014, although it is not specified when they completed their degree or what field of study they pursued. Additionally, Helson has experience at CITYterm, Milton Academy, and SEEDS - Access Changes Everything, although the duration and specific details of these educational experiences are not provided.