Alumni Spotlight: Timothy Sheehan

Timothy Sheehan poses for a headshot.

Class of 1994

Degree:

Business/Information Management

Current Role:

CEO and Co-Founder of Greenlight

Tim Sheehan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Greenlight. Greenlight is the safest way for parents to give their kids money, approve their spending, and prepare them for financial independence. Prior to Greenlight, Tim was the Lead Entrepreneur In Residence at Georgia Tech’s startup incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center. Earlier in Tim’s career he was Director of Yahoo! Finance and responsible for growing it to the #1 finance site in the world. Tim also served as SVP Products, Marketing and Strategy for Biller Solutions at Fiserv, was a Cofounder & CEO of Reachable, General Manager of Yodlee, and Senior Product Manager at E*Trade. 

Tell us about your favorite faculty member. 

I enjoyed all of the professors who I was lucky enough to learn from, but my favorite faculty member was my Mom -Dr. Kate Sheehan. She was kind, smart, and wickedly funny. She taught mathematics at Marymount.