
Sean Emmer
CTO & Founder focused on dental billing and engineering
Santa Barbara, California
Brooklyn, New York
Summary
Technical founder and engineering leader who defines and executes the technical vision for product-focused startups. pearly+1
Builds product-grade backend stacks emphasizing developer productivity and typesafety—advocated for Prisma, GraphQL, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure to accelerate feature development at Pearly. prisma+1
Serial founder with startup exit and subsequent engineering leadership: co-founded Path (messaging platform), which was later acquired, then transitioned into a director role at the acquirer before founding Pearly. theorg+1
Focused on improving dental revenue cycle and patient payment experiences—Pearly aims to simplify billing and collections for practices and patients using automation, data science, and personalized communications. pearly+1
Princeton-educated (A.B. Economics, Class of 2011) with early public mentions during his undergraduate years. dailyprincetonian