Former GitLab Chief Technology Officer and Google VP of Engineering brings more than 25 years of technology leadership, infrastructure expertise, and a proven track record of scaling enterprise systems to Flywire’s Board of Directors
Flywire Corporation (Flywire) (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, today announced the appointment of Sabrina Farmer to its Board of Directors. In connection with her appointment, Ms. Farmer will also join the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
Ms. Farmer joins the Flywire Board with extensive experience building ultra-scalable and highly reliable software systems, driving digital transformation, and leading global teams to deliver innovation in consumer and enterprise technology. She currently serves as Corporate Vice President of the Commerce Platform at Microsoft, where she is responsible for delivering the scalable core commerce, billing, and payment platforms that enable go-to-market (GTM) strategies for Azure, Office 365, Copilot, and consumer channels. Prior to Microsoft, she was Chief Technology Officer at GitLab, where she led the company’s software engineering, operations, and customer support teams. Previously, Ms. Farmer had a distinguished, 19-year career at Google in which she most recently served as Vice President of Engineering, Core Infrastructure, leading strategic initiatives across Google’s most critical systems. She reported directly to senior leadership and was responsible for the reliability, performance, and efficiency of all of Google’s billion-user products and infrastructure. During her tenure, Ms. Farmer supported some of the world’s most widely-used digital services, and engineering organizations achieved new standards for infrastructure resilience and operational excellence.
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“Sabrina’s track record of architecting and operating systems at unprecedented scale, including managing billions of interactions across the world’s largest digital platforms, makes her an invaluable addition to our Board,” said Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire. “Her deep expertise in building reliable, high-performance infrastructure and her proven ability to lead transformational change across complex global organizations aligns with Flywire’s growth trajectory. We look forward to her strategic insights as we continue to scale our business globally.”
Beyond her technical leadership, Ms. Farmer is a passionate advocate for inclusion in technology. She earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Orleans and has established two scholarships there to help level the playing field for inclusion and empowerment in the technology sector.
“Throughout my career, I’ve engineered platforms that billions of people depend on daily. The uncompromising standards required at massive scale are exactly what Flywire has embedded in its payments infrastructure that powers the essential industries that it serves,” said Sabrina Farmer. “Flywire’s commitment to technical excellence, security, and innovation resonates with me, and I’m excited to support their vision of delivering exceptional payment experiences to their clients and payers around the world.”
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