PERSON: Harper Reed

PayPal/Harper Rules, LLC

Senior Director/Owner

Harper Reed is an engineer who builds paradigm-shifting technology and leads others to do the same. He loves using the vastness of the Internet to bring people together, whether as CTO of Obama for America, CTO at Threadless.com, or on his own projects. Through the acquisition of Modest, inc, he is helping to define the future of commerce at PayPal.

You can often find him playing with new technology, looking for something to hack, or enjoying life in Chicago with his amazing partner, Hiromi and their bizarre poodle, Lulu.

— harperreed.com